聚球藻7002在光生物反应器中的光自养培养

通过对聚球藻7002在光生物反应器中的培养,研究了光强在聚球藻7002培养液中的衰减规律,得到了培养过程光强随藻细胞浓度和光程距离变化的关系式,即I=I₀exp［-(-0.0239+0.0777OD₇₅₀)·L］。并对培养过程特性及培养温度、外加CO₂浓度和光照强度对藻细胞生长的影响进行了较为详细的研究,得到了反应器中较为适宜的聚球藻7002的培养条件,藻细胞培养密度达到3.4g/L(干重),体积产率达到0.57g/(L·d)的较高水平。     

FNRD在聚球藻7002中的表达及其性质研究

置于Lac启动子和Kan启动子控制之下的petHL基因分别转化蓝细菌Synechococcussp.PCC7002,从Southern blot分析结果推断,petHL已整合到蓝细菌染色体DNA上。Western blot分析表明,转入蓝细菌体内的petHL基因得到了表达,且Kan启动子启动该基因表达的效率高于Lac启动子。内源FNRD表现出与FNR全酶相同的稳定性。Triton X-114分相实验结果显示,部分FNRD可进入Triton X-114相,推测这些分子可能发生了脂酰化修饰。同时FNRD在体内可能参与了光合电子传递而使光合放氧速率增加。     

聚球藻7002嗜铁素的检测与分离

【目的】探究聚球藻7002嗜铁素的检测和分离方法,为深入研究海洋嗜铁素提供科学依据。【方法】在缺铁MediumA中培养聚球藻7002,利用双层平板法、混合平板法和传统铬天青S(CAS)平板法定性检测嗜铁素,用CAS蓝色液体检测液定量检测嗜铁素。采用大孔树脂XAD-2和固定化金属离子亲和层析(IMAC)对嗜铁素进行分离,IMAC采用降低pH和竞争性洗脱两种洗脱方式。【结果】混合平板定性检测法更快速、高效、便捷。缺铁培养的聚球藻7002发酵液中,嗜铁素的相对含量高达93.50%。大孔树脂分离,上样液pH调为2.0时,嗜铁素吸附充分,分离效果较好。试验发现,分离得到的聚球藻7002嗜铁素在254nm紫外下具有明显的荧光特性。【结论】试验得到了聚球藻7002嗜铁素定性检测和分离的有效方法。     

Red antenna states of photosystem I from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Absorption, fluorescence and single-molecule spectroscopy at low temperatures were used to elucidate spectral properties, heterogeneities and dynamics of the red-shifted chlorophyll a (Chla) molecules responsible for the fluorescence in photosystem I (PSI) from the cyanobacterium Synechoccocus sp. PCC 7002. The 77 K absorption spectrum indicates the presence of 2–3 red-shifted Chla’s absorbing at about 708 nm. The fluorescence emission spectrum is dominated by a broad band at 714 nm. The emission spectra of single PSI complexes show zero-phonon lines (ZPLs) as well as a broad intensity distribution without ZPLs. The spectral region below 710 nm often shows ZPLs, they form a spectral band with a maximum at 698 nm (F698). The region above 710 nm is dominated by broad intensity distributions and the observation of ZPLs is less frequent. The broad distributions are due to the emission of the C708 Chla’s and the emission from F698 stems from a Chla species absorbing at the blue side of P700. The properties of these two emissions show a close relation to those of the C708 and C719 pools observed in T. elongatus. Therefore an assignment of F698 and C708 to Chla-species with similarities to C708 and C719 in T. elongatus is proposed.     

Computational evaluation of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 metabolism for chemical production

Cyanobacteria are ideal metabolic engineering platforms for carbon-neutral biotechnology because they directly convert CO₂ to a range of valuable products. In this study, we present a computational assessment of biochemical production in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 (Synechococcus 7002), a fast growing cyanobacterium whose genome has been sequenced, and for which genetic modification methods have been developed. We evaluated the maximum theoretical yields (mol product per mol CO₂ or mol photon) of producing various chemicals under photoautotrophic and dark conditions using a genome-scale metabolic model of Synechococcus 7002. We found that the yields were lower under dark conditions, compared to photoautotrophic conditions, due to the limited amount of energy and reductant generated from glycogen. We also examined the effects of photon and CO₂ limitations on chemical production under photoautotrophic conditions. In addition, using various computational methods such as minimization of metabolic adjustment (MOMA), relative metabolic change (RELATCH), and OptORF, we identified gene-knockout mutants that are predicted to improve chemical production under photoautotrophic and/or dark anoxic conditions. These computational results are useful for metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria to synthesize value-added products.     

Characterization of chlorophyll f synthase heterologously produced in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

In diverse terrestrial cyanobacteria, Far-Red Light Photoacclimation (FaRLiP) promotes extensive remodeling of the photosynthetic apparatus, including photosystems (PS)I and PSII and the cores of phycobilisomes, and is accompanied by the concomitant biosynthesis of chlorophyll (Chl) d and Chl f. Chl f synthase, encoded by chlF, is a highly divergent paralog of psbA; heterologous expression of chlF from Chlorogloeopsis fritscii PCC 9212 led to the light-dependent production of Chl f in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 (Ho et al., Science 353, aaf9178 (2016)). In the studies reported here, expression of the chlF gene from Fischerella thermalis PCC 7521 in the heterologous system led to enhanced synthesis of Chl f. N-terminally [His]₁₀-tagged ChlF⁷⁵²¹ was purified and identified by immunoblotting and tryptic-peptide mass fingerprinting. As predicted from its sequence similarity to PsbA, ChlF bound Chl a and pheophytin a at a ratio of ~?3–4:1, bound β-carotene and zeaxanthin, and was inhibited in vivo by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea. Cross-linking studies and the absence of copurifying proteins indicated that ChlF forms homodimers. Flash photolysis of ChlF produced a Chl a triplet that decayed with a lifetime (1/e) of ~?817 µs and that could be attributed to intersystem crossing by EPR spectroscopy at 90 K. When the chlF⁷⁵²¹ gene was expressed in a strain in which the psbD1 and psbD2 genes had been deleted, significantly more Chl f was produced, and Chl f levels could be further enhanced by specific growth-light conditions. Chl f synthesized in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 was inserted into trimeric PSI complexes.

     

Salinity-dependent copy number change of endogenous plasmids in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

Marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain. PCC 7002 has at least six endogenous plasmids. When it was cultured in 1 m NaCl medium, the copy numbers of the smallest (4.5 kb) and the second smallest (9.7 kb) plasmids decreased to one-third and one-tenth of those in control culture (0.3 m NaCl) respectively. In medium without NaCl, the copy numbers of those plasmids also decreased but the changes were much smaller. On the other hand, copy numbers of 15.4-kb, 30.0-kb, and 36.9-kb plasmids did not change among the three different NaCl concentrations (0 m, 0.3 m, 1 m). The copy number changes of the two plasmids were reversible. A similar copy number change was also observed in medium with 0.3 m NaCl+0.7 m KCl. These observations suggest that copy number controls are different among endogenous plasmids, and some of them are affected by salinity in the medium.     

State transitions in a phycobilisome-less mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

State transitions were investigated in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 in both wild-type cells and mutant cells lacking phycobilisomes. Preillumination in the presence of DCMU induced State 1 and dark-adaptation induced State 2 in both wild-type and mutant cells as determined by 77 K fluorescence emission spectroscopy. Light-induced transitions were observed in the wild-type after preferential excitation of phycocyanin (State 2) or preferential excitation of Chl a (State 1). Light-induced transitions were also observed in the phycobilisome-less mutant after preferential excitation of short-wavelength Chl a (State 2) or carotenoids and long-wavelength Chl a (State 1). We conclude that the mechanism of the light-state transition in cyanobacteria does not require the presence of the phycobilisome. Our results contradict proposed models for the state transition, which require phosphorylation of, and an active role for, the phycobilisome.     

Physical genome map of the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002.

A physical restriction map of the genome of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 was assembled from AscI, NotI, SalI, and SfiI digests of intact genomic DNA separated on a contour-clamped homogeneous electric field pulsed-field gel electrophoresis system. An average genome size of 2.7 x 10(6) bp was calculated from 21 NotI, 37 SalI, or 27 SfiI fragments obtained by the digestions. The genomic map was assembled by using three different strategies: linking clone analysis, pulsed-field fragment hybridization, and individual clone hybridization to singly and doubly restriction-digested large DNA fragments. The relative positions of 21 genes or operons were determined, and these data suggest that the gene order is not highly conserved between Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 and Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.     

Effects of modified Phycobilin biosynthesis in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

The pathway for phycocyanobilin biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 comprises two enzymes: heme oxygenase and phycocyanobilin synthase (PcyA). The phycobilin content of cells can be modified by overexpressing genes encoding alternative enzymes for biliverdin reduction. Overexpression of the pebAB and HY2 genes, encoding alternative ferredoxin-dependent biliverdin reductases, caused unique effects due to the overproduction of phycoerythrobilin and phytochromobilin, respectively. Colonies overexpressing pebAB became reddish brown and visually resembled strains that naturally produce phycoerythrin. This was almost exclusively due to the replacement of phycocyanobilin by phycoerythrobilin on the phycocyanin α-subunit. This phenotype was unstable, and such strains rapidly reverted to the wild-type appearance, presumably due to strong selective pressure to inactivate pebAB expression. Overproduction of phytochromobilin, synthesized by the Arabidopsis thaliana HY2 product, was tolerated much better. Cells overexpressing HY2 were only slightly less pigmented and blue-green than the wild type. Although the pcyA gene could not be inactivated in the wild type, pcyA was easily inactivated when cells expressed HY2. These results indicate that phytochromobilin can functionally substitute for phycocyanobilin in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. Although functional phycobilisomes were assembled in this strain, the overall phycobiliprotein content of cells was lower, the efficiency of energy transfer by these phycobilisomes was lower than for wild-type phycobilisomes, and the absorption cross-section of the cells was reduced relative to that of the wild type because of an increased spectral overlap of the modified phycobiliproteins with chlorophyll a. As a result, the strain producing phycobiliproteins carrying phytochromobilin grew much more slowly at low light intensity.     

Evaluation of quenching methods for metabolite recovery in photoautotrophic Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

The first step of many metabolomics studies is quenching, a technique vital for rapidly halting metabolism and ensuring that the metabolite profile remains unchanging during sample processing. The most widely used approach is to plunge the sample into prechilled cold methanol; however, this led to significant metabolite loss in Synecheococcus sp. PCC 7002. Here we describe our analysis of the impacts of cold methanol quenching on the model marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, as well as our brief investigation of alternative quenching methods. We tested several methods including cold methanol, cold saline, and two filtration approaches. Targeted central metabolites were extracted and metabolomic profiles were generated using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The results indicate that cold methanol quenching induces dramatic metabolite leakage in Synechococcus, resulting in a majority of central metabolites being lost prior to extraction. Alternatively, usage of a chilled saline quenching solution mitigates metabolite leakage and improves sample recovery without sacrificing rapid quenching of cellular metabolism. Finally, we illustrate that metabolite leakage can be assessed, and subsequently accounted for, in order to determine absolute metabolite pool sizes; however, our results show that metabolite leakage is inconsistent across various metabolite pools and therefore must be determined for each individually measured metabolite.     

Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 nifJ mutant lacking pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase

The nifJ gene codes for pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR), which reduces ferredoxin during fermentative catabolism of pyruvate to acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA). A nifJ knockout mutant was constructed that lacks one of two pathways for the oxidation of pyruvate in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. Remarkably, the photoautotrophic growth rate of this mutant increased by 20% relative to the wild-type (WT) rate under conditions of light-dark cycling. This result is attributed to an increase in the quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII) charge separation as measured by photosynthetic electron turnover efficiency determined using fast-repetition-rate fluorometry (F(v)/F(m)). During autofermentation, the excretion of acetate and lactate products by nifJ mutant cells decreased 2-fold and 1.2-fold, respectively. Although nifJ cells displayed higher in vitro hydrogenase activity than WT cells, H(2) production in vivo was 1.3-fold lower than the WT level. Inhibition of acetate-CoA ligase and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by glycerol eliminated acetate production, with a resulting loss of reductant and a 3-fold decrease in H(2) production by nifJ cells compared to WT cells. Continuous electrochemical detection of dissolved H(2) revealed two temporally resolved phases of H(2) production during autofermentation, a minor first phase and a major second phase. The first phase was attributed to reduction of ferredoxin, because its level decreased 2-fold in nifJ cells. The second phase was attributed to glycolytic NADH production and decreased 20% in nifJ cells. Measurement of the intracellular NADH/NAD(+) ratio revealed that the reductant generated by PFOR contributing to the first phase of H(2) production was not in equilibrium with bulk NADH/NAD(+) and that the second phase corresponded to the equilibrium NADH-mediated process.     

Cloning and Expression of Human Pro-urokinase Gene in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Pro-urokinase (pro-UK) gene was ligated with promoter PpsbA and cloned into the integrative vector pTZ18-8, which contained a psbB gene fragment from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as the integrative platform. The expression vector was transferred into Synechococcus sp.PCC 7002 via natural transformation. Transformants conferring ampicillin resistance were amplified and then analyzed. DNA dot blot and Western blot demonstrated the existence and expression of pro-UK gene. The supernatant from crude cell extract showed thrombolytic activity, indicating that the expression product did not form inclusion bodies. According to the results of ELISA, expression of pro-UK was about 2×10 -5 -3×10 -5 g per gram of wet cells.     

人尿激酶原基因在聚球藻7002中的克隆和表达

将人尿激酶原基因连在ＰｐｓｂＡ启动子之后,再将启动子连同基因克隆入整合载体ｐＴＺ１８中。ｐＴＺ１８－８中含有一段来源于集胞藻６８０３的ｐｓｂＢ基因片段作为整合平台。将整合表达载体用直接转化的方法转聚球藻Ｓｙｎｅ－ｃｈｏｃｏｃｃｕｓ ｓｐ．ＰＣＣ７００２中。经氨苄青霉素选前扩大培养后的转化进行ＤＮＡ斑点印迹及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹, 基因的存在及表达,菌体破碎后的上清液有较高的溶解纤维蛋白的活性,说明表     

The 2/2 hemoglobin from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 with covalently attached heme: Comparison of X‐ray and NMR structures

The X‐ray structures of the hemoglobin from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 (GlbN) were solved in the ferric bis‐histidine (1.44 Å resolution) and cyanide‐bound (2.25 Å resolution) states with covalently attached heme. The two structures illustrate the conformational changes and cavity opening caused by exogenous ligand binding. They also reveal an unusually distorted heme, ruffled as in c cytochromes. Comparison to the solution structure demonstrates the influence of crystal packing on several structural elements, whereas comparison to GlbN from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 shows subtle differences in heme geometries and environment. The new structures will be instrumental in elucidating GlbN reactivity. Proteins 2014; 82:528–534. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Nucleotide Sequence of Plasmid pAQ1 of Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7002

We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of pAQ1,the smallest plasmid of the unicellular marine cyanobacteriumSynechococcus sp. PCC7002. The plasmid consists of 4,809 bpand has at least four open reading frames that potentially encodepolypeptides of 50 or more amino acids. We found that a palindromicelement, the core sequence of which is G(G/A)CGATCGCC, is over-representednot only in plasmid pAQ1 but also in the accumulated cyanobacterialgenomic sequences from Synechococcus sp. PCC6301, PCC7002, PCC7942,vulcanus and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 within GenBank and EMBLdatabases. It suggests that this sequence might mediate generearrangement, thus increasing genetic diversity, since recombinationevents are frequent in cyanobacteria.     

Dynamics of Photosynthesis in a Glycogen-Deficient glgC Mutant of Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

Cyanobacterial glycogen-deficient mutants display impaired degradation of light-harvesting phycobilisomes under nitrogen-limiting growth conditions and secrete a suite of organic acids as a putative reductant-spilling mechanism. This genetic background, therefore, represents an important platform to better understand the complex relationships between light harvesting, photosynthetic electron transport, carbon fixation, and carbon/nitrogen metabolisms. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of photosynthesis as a function of reductant sink manipulation in a glycogen-deficient glgC mutant of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. The glgC mutant showed increased susceptibility to photoinhibition during the initial phase of nitrogen deprivation. However, after extended periods of nitrogen deprivation, glgC mutant cells maintained higher levels of photosynthetic activity than the wild type, supporting continuous organic acid secretion in the absence of biomass accumulation. In contrast to the wild type, the glgC mutant maintained efficient energy transfer from phycobilisomes to photosystem II (PSII) reaction centers, had an elevated PSII/PSI ratio as a result of reduced PSII degradation, and retained a nitrogen-replete-type ultrastructure, including an extensive thylakoid membrane network, after prolonged nitrogen deprivation. Together, these results suggest that multiple global signals for nitrogen deprivation are not activated in the glgC mutant, allowing the maintenance of active photosynthetic complexes under conditions where photosynthesis would normally be abolished.     

A novel plasmid recombination mechanism of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7002.

We describe a novel mechanism of site-specific recombination in the unicellular marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7002. The specific recombination sites on the smallest plasmid pAQ1 were localized by studying the properties of pAQ1-derived shuttle-vectors. We found that a palindromic element, the core sequence of which is G(G/A)CGATCGCC, functions as a resolution site for site-specific plasmid recombination. Furthermore, site-directed mutagenesis analysis of the element show that the site-specific recombination in the cyanobacterium requires sequence specificity, symmetry in the core sequence and, in part, the spacing between the elements. Interestingly, this element is over-represented not only in pAQ1 and in the genome of the cyanobacterium, but also in the accumulated cyanobacterial sequences from Synechococcus sp. PCC6301, PCC7942, vulcanus and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 within GenBank and EMBL databases. Thus, these findings strongly suggest that the site-specific recombination mechanism based on the palindromic element should be common in these cyanobacteria.