Construction of a Miniaturized Chromatic Acclimation Sensor from Cyanobacteria with Reversed Response to a Light Signal

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2016 Nov 25

PMID 27883080

Citations 14

Authors

Mitsuharu Nakajima

Stefano Ferri

Matthias Rogner

Koji Sode

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Abstract

Cyanobacteria harbor unique photoreceptors, designated as cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs). In this study, we attempted to engineer the chromatic acclimation sensor CcaS, a CBCR derived from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The wild-type CcaS induces gene expression under green light illumination and represses it under red light illumination. We focused on the domain structure of CcaS, which consists of an N-terminal transmembrane helix; a GAF domain, which serves as the sensor domain; a linker region (L1); two PAS domains; a second linker region (L2); and a C-terminal histidine kinase (HK) domain. Truncated versions of the photoreceptor were constructed by removing the L1 linker region and the two PAS domains, and fusing the GAF and HK domains with a truncated linker region. Thus constructed "miniaturized CcaSs" were grouped into four distinct categories according to their responses toward green and red light illumination, with some showing improved gene regulation compared to the wild type. Remarkably, one of the miniaturized CcaSs induced gene expression under red light and repressed it under green light, a reversed response to the light signal compared to wild type CcaS. These characteristics of engineered photoreceptors were discussed by analyzing the CcaS structural model.

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