Light limitation inducing overcompensatory growth of cyanobacteria and function of serine/threonine kinase (STK) genes involved.
Light limitation inducing overcompensatory growth of cyanobacteria and function of serine/threonine kinase (STK) genes involved.
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10.2166/wst.2021.071
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2021-03
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W. Dai;Gao Chen;X. Bi;Huairong Zhong;Xueying Wang;S. Dong;D. Lv;Shulin Zhang;Dajuan Zhang;Na Wang
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W. Dai;Gao Chen;X. Bi;Huairong Zhong;Xueying Wang;S. Dong;D. Lv;Shulin Zhang;Dajuan Zhang;Na Wang
The rapid overcompensatory growth that appears when cyanobacteria are supplied with adequate resources after a period of resource deprivation might contribute to the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms. We investigated the changing characteristics of overcompensatory growth and serine/threonine kinase (STK) genes expression of cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa in response to light limitation. The results showed M. aeruginosa exhibited overcompensatory growth for 2 days after light recovery, during which the increase in growth was inversely related to light intensity. Expression of STK genes, such as spkD, was upregulated significantly at 0.5-4 h after light recovery (P < 0.05). To investigate the function of STK genes in the overcompensatory growth, M. aeruginosa spkD was heterologously expressed in Synechocystis. Transgenic Synechocystis exhibited greater and longer overcompensatory growth than wild-type Synechocystis after light recovery. Relative expression levels of STK genes in transgenic Synechocystis were significantly higher than those in wild-type Synechocystis at 24 h of light recovery (P < 0.05). Heterologous expression of Microcystis spkD might stimulate overcompensatory growth of Synechocystis by affecting its STK gene expression.