HtpG plays a role in cold acclimation in cyanobacteria

Current Microbiology
Md Motarab Hossain, H Nakamoto

Abstract

Abstracts. The heat shock protein HtpG is homologous to members of the Hsp90 protein family of eukaryotes and is essential for basal and acquired thermotolerances in cyanobacteria. In this study we have examined the role of HtpG in the cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942, in the acclimation to low temperatures. The inactivation of the htpG gene resulted in severe inhibition of cell growth and of the photosynthetic activity when the htpG mutant was shifted to 16 degrees C from 30 degrees C. Wild-type cells were able to resume growth without a lag period when shifted to 30 degrees C after 5 days at 16 degrees C, while the mutant displayed a detectable lag. The HtpG protein was induced in the wild-type cells at 16 degrees C. Electrophoresis in the absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) showed that a novel, high-molecular-weight complex containing GroEL and DnaK accumulated at 16 degrees C, but the accumulation was strongly inhibited in the htpG mutant. Our results demonstrate that the HtpG protein contributes significantly to the ability of cyanobacteria to acclimate to low temperatures.

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