蓝藻Anabaena 7120光漂白细胞固氮的研究

蓝藻Anabaena 7120经光漂白后固氮活性明显下降,转入正常光照下又恢复活性。此种经光漂白的蓝藻细胞,其固氮活性对氧敏感度小,受分子氢的促进大些,而忍受CO_2和N_2抑制的浓度相对高些。其固氮活性为弱光和光合抑制剂减弱,而加入外源的碳水化合物则能提高它的固氮活性。当碳水化合物和光合抑制剂一起加入反应系统时,蓝藻光漂白细胞的固氮活性并不能受到促进。     

蓝藻Anabaena7120断裂丝状体的固氮作用

蓝藻Anabaena 7120经甲苯处理后,其固氮活性不仅下降,而且对氧也很敏感。处理前24小时(?)时供给CO_2和N_2,其固氮活性受到促进,促进程度比单供给CO_2的大。氢对其支持和氢对其受氧损伤时的保护作用、光合抑制剂和暗处理对其抑制程度均比未经甲苯处理的蓝藻大。外源碳水化合物对其固氮活性也有促进,但同时加抑制剂时,碳水化合物的良好效应消失。     

蓝藻Anabaena 7120排氨的研究

蓝藻Anabaena7120在光下和暗中的排氨量显著不同,暗中比光下高。光下加光合抑制剂和光照强度减弱均促进蓝藻排氨。抑制固氮的CO和O_2也削弱蓝藻排氨。无论是在空气、分子氮和氩气中,还是在光和暗条件下,加MSX都促进蓝藻排氨,MSX和DCMU—同加入时,蓝藻排氨量更高。     

蓝藻Anabaena7120的固氮活力及其和光合作用的关系

蓝藻Anabaena 7120经用Ar+CO_2、空气和Ar处理后,固氮活性有明显不同。Ar+CO_2处理的活性比空气处理的高出数倍,而Ar处理的则比空气中的低很多。以上三种处理的Anabaena 7120固氮对不同生理条件反应不一样,固氮活性高者对CO和O_2的敏感程度小些、受到CO_2和N_2的抑制程度也轻。但是分子氢对三者固氮作用的支持效用相同,并且也是和氢酶活动有联系。弱光下固氮活力低的蓝藻固氮活性下降得更大些。光合抑制剂和结合态氮对固氮活力高的蓝藻固氮活性的抑制显著比固氮活力低者小。三者的放氢和放氧能力也不同,固氮活力高者放氧高而放氢量小些,低固氮活力的蓝藻正好相反。     

经短期高温处理的蓝藻Anabaena 7120的吸氢

经短期高温处理的蓝藻吸氢和固氮活性平行地下降,温度越高,处理时间越长,下降越大,且对氧的敏感度增高。暗处理、光合抑制剂、CO_2和N_2导致此种蓝藻吸氢下降程度加剧,CO_2和N_2以及H_2和N_2的加合对其促进程度也小一些,而H_2的支持和CO的抑制程度则与未经高温处理的蓝藻相近。     

甘露醇对氯化钠胁迫下蓝藻Anabaena 7120固氮活性的增强效应

营养液中添加外源的甘露醇后,蓝藻Ａｎａｂａｅｎａ ７１２０固氮受ＮａＣｌ胁迫的程度减弱。在光合作用不能进行或受到削弱,能量供应受阻、厌氧环境中和分子氧条件下,甘露醇的良好作用减小或消失。改善能涛和碳架供应,增强氢的利用或满足合成固氮酶蛋白所需物质需求时,甘露醇缓解ＮａＣｌ胁迫蓝藻固氮的程度明显增大。     

短期高温伤害蓝藻Anabaena7120的固氮活性恢复与生理条件的关系

蓝藻经短期高温处理后,其固氮活性显著下降,但在合宜条件下,这种受伤害的固氮活性可以有一定程度的恢复。光下不仅比暗中恢复快,而且活性也高得多。光合抑制剂和外源碳水化合物分别减缓和促进受高温伤害的蓝藻固氮活性恢复。在光、暗和供给外源碳水化合物的条件下,厌氧(氩和氮中)对受高温伤害的蓝藻固氮活性恢复不利。与正常蓝藻有异的是,H_2,CO_2及H_2与O_2,CO_2与N_2的加合都阻碍受高温伤害的蓝藻固氮活性的恢复。     

甘露醇对蓝藻Anabaena7120固氮氧稳定性的增强效应

甘露醇可在一定程度上增加蓝藻固氮对氧的稳定性,高氧分压下,甘露醇的此种效应相对大一些。光合作用或有氧代谢不能进行（暗或Ar中）,或光合受抑（添加抑制剂）时,甘露醇的有益作用减弱或消失。加强H2对固氮的支持（同时供给H2和O2）,保证还原剂库或氯代谢的碳架供应（提高CO2浓度,同时供应CO2和N2）的条件下,甘露醇的良好效应明显增大。外源蔗糖对甘露醇增强蓝藻固氮氧稳定性没有显著的促进效用。     

蓝藻Anabaena 7120的固氮放氢和同化力之间的关系

分子氮和二氧化碳对蓝藻Anabaena 7120固氮的抑制作用可因反应系统中pH值的提高以及对蓝藻进行预照光处理而削弱或消除。分子氢对经预照光处理的蓝藻固氮活性不但不支持,且有削弱。预暗处理的效应恰好相反。蓝藻经低温(4℃)预处理后,分子氢对其固氮活性支持减弱,甚至抑制。蓝藻放氢对分子氢和同化力水平的反应规律在趋势上与固氮基本相同。     

碳氮源对转基因鱼腥藻Anabaena sp.PCC7120培养的影响

对碳源、氮源种类和用量对转rhTNF-α基因鱼腥藻7120（Anabaena sp.PCC7120）培养的影响进行了研究,发现最适碳源为蔗糖,最适氮源为NaNO3,最佳用量分别为9g/L和2．25g/L,此时生物量远高于自养方式,达2．52g/L,比相同条件下在BG－11培养基培养高71．66％,ATNF－α表达量为16％－22％,生物活性为10^5U/mg。     

Complete genomic sequence of the filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of a filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, was determined. The genome of Anabaena consisted of a single chromosome (6,413,771 bp) and six plasmids, designated pCC7120alpha (408,101 bp), pCC7120beta (186,614 bp), pCC7120gamma (101,965 bp), pCC7120delta (55,414 bp), pCC7120epsilon (40,340 bp), and pCC7120zeta (5,584 bp). The chromosome bears 5368 potential protein-encoding genes, four sets of rRNA genes, 48 tRNA genes representing 42 tRNA species, and 4 genes for small structural RNAs. The predicted products of 45% of the potential protein-encoding genes showed sequence similarity to known and predicted proteins of known function, and 27% to translated products of hypothetical genes. The remaining 28% lacked significant similarity to genes for known and predicted proteins in the public DNA databases. More than 60 genes involved in various processes of heterocyst formation and nitrogen fixation were assigned to the chromosome based on their similarity to the reported genes. One hundred and ninety-five genes coding for components of two-component signal transduction systems, nearly 2.5 times as many as those in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, were identified on the chromosome. Only 37% of the Anabaena genes showed significant sequence similarity to those of Synechocystis, indicating a high degree of divergence of the gene information between the two cyanobacterial strains.     

CO2对转基因鱼腥藻生长的影响

为了进一步探索转基因鱼腥藻高密度培养的方法,在小型气升式反应器中研究了CO2对转基因鱼腥藻7120培养的影响。结果发现转基因鱼腥藻培养过程中通入5％ CO2能促进藻细胞生长,12d生物量提高7．44％,由于光照限制,不能大幅提高15d收获生物量,但生长周期能缩短近20％;而高浓度(10％)的CO2抑制转基因鱼腥藻的生长。CO2是通过调节pH值和影响碳源利用来影响藻细胞生长的,合适浓度的CO2有利于转基因鱼腥藻的培养。     

Structure of the oxidized long-chain flavodoxin from Anabaena 7120 at 2 A resolution.

The structure of the long-chain flavodoxin from the photosynthetic cyanobacterium Anabaena 7120 has been determined at 2 A resolution by the molecular replacement method using the atomic coordinates of the long-chain flavodoxin from Anacystis nidulans. The structure of a third long-chain flavodoxin from Chondrus crispus has recently been reported. Crystals of oxidized A. 7120 flavodoxin belong to the monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 48.0, b = 32.0, c = 51.6 A, and beta = 92 degrees, and one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The 2 A intensity data were collected with oscillation films at the CHESS synchrotron source and processed to yield 9,795 independent intensities with Rmerg of 0.07. Of these, 8,493 reflections had I > 2 sigma and were used in the analysis. The model obtained by molecular replacement was initially refined by simulated annealing using the XPLOR program. Repeated refitting into omit maps and several rounds of conjugate gradient refinement led to an R-value of 0.185 for a model containing atoms for protein residues 2-169, flavin mononucleotide (FMN), and 104 solvent molecules. The FMN shows many interactions with the protein with the isoalloxazine ring, ribityl sugar, and the 5'-phosphate. The flavin ring has its pyrimidine end buried into the protein, and the functional dimethyl benzene edge is accessible to solvent. The FMN interactions in all three long-chain structures are similar except for the O4' of the ribityl chain, which interacts with the hydroxyl group of Thr 88 side chain in A. 7120, while with a water molecule in the other two. The phosphate group interacts with the atoms of the 9-15 loop as well as with NE1 of Trp 57. The N5 atom of flavin interacts with the amide NH of Ile 59 in A. 7120, whereas in A. nidulans it interacts with the amide NH of Val 59 in a similar manner. In C. crispus flavodoxin, N5 forms a hydrogen bond with the side chain hydroxyl group of the equivalent Thr 58. The hydrogen bond distances to the backbone NH groups in the first two flavodoxins are 3.6 A and 3.5 A, respectively, whereas in the third flavodoxin the distance is 3.1 A, close to the normal value. Even though the hydrogen bond distances are long in the first two cases, still they might have significant energy because their microenvironment in the protein is not accessible to solvent.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Genome-wide expression analysis of the responses to nitrogen deprivation in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.

A heterocyst is a terminally differentiated cell of cyanobacteria which is specialized in dinitrogen fixation. Heterocyst differentiation in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is triggered by deprivation of combined nitrogen in the medium. Although various genes that are upregulated during heterocyst differentiation have been reported, most studies to date were limited to individual or a small number of genes. We prepared microarrays in collaboration with other members of the Anabaena Genome Project. Here we report on the genome-wide expression analysis of the responses to nitrogen deprivation in Anabaena. Many unidentified genes, as well as previously known genes, were found to be upregulated by nitrogen deprivation at various time points. Three main profiles of gene expression were found: genes expressed transiently at an early stage (1-3 hr) of nitrogen deprivation, genes expressed transiently at a later stage (8 hr), and genes expressed when heterocysts are formed (24 hr). We also noted that many of the upregulated genes were physically clustered to form 'expressed islands' on the chromosome. Namely, large, continuous genomic regions containing many genes were upregulated in a coordinated manner. This suggests a mechanism of global regulation of gene expression that involves chromosomal structure, which is reminiscent of eukaryotic chromatin remodelling. The possible implications of this global regulation are discussed.     

Regulation of CO on heterocyst differentiation and nitrate uptake in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

AIMS: The aim of the present investigation was to study the effects of different inorganic carbon and nitrogen sources on nitrate uptake and heterocyst differentiation in the culture of cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. METHODS AND RESULTS: Anabaena was cultivated in media BG11 containing combined nitrogen and supplementary NaHCO3 or CO2. Cell growth, heterocyst differentiation, nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.7.7.2), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH, EC 1.1.1.49) and NO uptake were analysed. The cells cultivated in BG11(0) medium with aeration were taken as reference. Experimental results showed that the differentiation frequency of heterocysts when the cells were cultivated with elevated CO2 was higher than that of the cells grown with air or bicarbonate. Heterocysts appeared unexpectedly when CO2 was introduced into the medium containing nitrate. However, no heterocysts emerged when CO2 was added to medium containing NH or urea, or when NaHCO3 was supplied to the medium with nitrate. Both nitrate uptake rate and nitrate reduction enzyme activity were depressed by the supplement of CO2 to the culture. The activity of G6PDH was enhanced with the increase in heterocyst differentiation frequency. CONCLUSION: CO2 might compete with NO for energy and electrons in the uptake process and CO2 appears favoured. This led to a high intracellular C/N ratio and a relative N limitation. So the process of heterocyst differentiation was activated to supplement nitrogen uptake. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study provided an attractive possibility to form more heterocysts by rapid growth of Anabaena cells cultivated in the medium containing nitrate in order to increase nitrogen fixation and hydrogen production.