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Avoidance of protein oxidation correlates with the desiccation and radiation resistance of hot and cold desert strains of the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis |
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| Authors: | Fagliarone Claudia Mosca Claudia Ubaldi Ilaria Verseux Cyprien Baqué Mickael Wilmotte Annick Billi Daniela |
| Institution: | 1.Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy ;2.Astrobiological Laboratories, Institute of Planetary Research, Management and Infrastructure, German Aerospace Center, Berlin, Germany ;3.InBioS-Centre for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium ; |
| Abstract: | To investigate the relationship between desiccation and the extent of protein oxidation in desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis a selection of 10 isolates from hot and cold deserts and the terrestrial cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis thermalis sp. PCC 7203 were exposed to desiccation (air-drying) and analyzed for survival. Strain CCMEE 029 from the Negev desert and the aquatic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were further investigated for protein oxidation after desiccation (drying over silica gel), treatment with H2O2 up to 1 M and exposure to γ-rays up to 25 kGy. Then a selection of desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis with different survival rates after prolonged desiccation, as well as Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Chroococcidiopsis thermalis sp. PCC 7203, were analyzed for protein oxidation after treatment with 10 and 100 mM of H2O2. Results suggest that in the investigated strains a tight correlation occurs between desiccation and radiation tolerance and avoidance of protein oxidation. |
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