Effects of light deprivation on RNA synthesis, accumulation of guanosine 3'(2')-diphosphate 5'-diphosphate, and protein synthesis in heat-shocked Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 6301, a cyanobacterium

Author:

Surányi G,Korcz A,Pálfi Z,Borbély G

Abstract

The rate of total RNA synthesis, the extent of guanosine 3'(2')-diphosphate 5'-diphosphate (ppGpp) accumulation, and the pattern of protein synthesis were studied in light-deprived and heat-shocked Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 6301 cells. There was an inverse correlation between the rate of total RNA synthesis and the pool of ppGpp, except immediately after a temperature shift up, when a parallel increase in the rate of RNA synthesis and accumulation of ppGpp was observed. The inverse correlation between RNA synthesis and ppGpp accumulation was more pronounced when cells were grown in the dark. Heat shock treatment (47 degrees C) had an unexpected effect on ppGpp accumulation; there was a fairly stable level of ppGpp under heat shock conditions, which coincided with a stable steady-state rate of RNA synthesis even in the dark. We found that the pattern of dark-specific proteins was altered in response to heat shock. The transient synthesis of several dark-specific proteins was abolished by an elevated temperature (47 degrees C) in the dark; moreover, the main heat shock proteins were synthesized even in the dark. This phenomenon might be of aid in the study of cyanobacterial gene expression.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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