A cyanobacterial strain with all chromosomal rRNA operons inactivated: a single nucleotide mutation of 23S rRNA confers temperature-sensitive phenotypes

Microbiology
Tanakarn MonshupaneeW Chungjatupornchai

Abstract

The presence of a multicopy chromosome, with each copy containing two rRNA operons (rrnA and rrnB), has been an obstacle to analysing mutated rRNA in Synechococcus PCC 7942. To create a system for expressing homogeneous mutated rRNA, the chromosomal rrn operons were sequentially inactivated and a final strain was successfully obtained with all the chromosomal rrn operons inactivated but carrying a replaceable multicopy plasmid containing a single rrn operon. The lag time required for growth response on dark/light shift of mutant strains with chromosomal rrnA or rrnB inactivated was increased 50 % over that of the wild-type strain; however, the presence of the plasmid-borne rrn operon restored the lag time. The doubling time of mutant strains carrying only a functional rrnB operon, but not strains carrying only a functional rrnA operon, was significantly longer than that of the wild-type strain. A strain in which essentially all the cellular 23S rRNA contained the mutation C2588A was temperature sensitive at 16 degrees C and 45 degrees C. Position C2588 is equivalent to C2611 of the peptidyltransferase centre in domain V of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA.

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May 5, 2009·The Journal of Microbiology·Wipa Chungjatupornchai, Sirirat Fa-aroonsawat
Oct 22, 2013·Microbiological Research·Wipa Chungjatupornchai, Sirirat Fa-Aroonsawat
Mar 1, 2019·Frontiers in Microbiology·Ala Eddine Cherni, Xavier Perret

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