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MSX-resistant mutants of Anabaena 7120 with derepressed heterocyst development and nitrogen fixation
Authors:Mishra  Arun K.
Affiliation:(1) Department of Botany, Arunachal University, Rono Hills, Itanagar, 791112, India
Abstract:To investigate the role of ammonium-assimilating enzyme in heterocyst differentiation, pattern formation and nitrogen fixation, MSX-resistant and GS-impaired mutants of Anabaena 7120 were isolated using transposon (Tn5-1063) mutagenesis. Mutant Gs1 and Gs2 (impaired in GS activity) exhibited a similar rate of nitrogenase activity compared to that of the wild type under dinitrogen aerobic conditions in the presence and absence of MSX. Filaments of Gs1 and Gs2 produced heterocysts with an evenly spaced pattern in N2-grown conditions, while addition of MSX altered the interheterocyst spacing pattern in wild type as well as in mutant strains. The wild type showed complete repression of heterocyst development and nitrogen fixation in the presence of NO3 or NH4+, whereas the mutants Gs1 and Gs2 formed heterocysts and fixed nitrogen in the presence of NO3 and NH4+. Addition of MSX caused complete inhibition of glutamine synthetase activity in wild type but Gs1 and Gs2 remained unaffected. These results suggest that glutamine but not ammonium is directly involved in regulation of heterocyst differentiation, interheterocyst spacing pattern and nitrogen fixation in Anabaena.
Keywords:Anabaena 7120  glutamine synthetase (GS)  heterocyst  L-methionine DL-sulfoximine (MSX)  nitrogen fixation
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