microbiology, Vol 145, 1473-1484, Copyright © 1999 by Society for General Microbiology

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Molecular characterization of idiA and adjacent genes in the cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. strains PCC 6301 and PCC 7942

KP Michel, F Kruger, A Puhler and EK Pistorius
Biologie VIII: Zellphysiologie, Universitat Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany

IdiA (iron-deficiency-induced protein A) is a protein expressed at highly elevated levels in Synechococcus sp. strains PCC 6301 and PCC 7942 under Fe- or Mn-limiting growth conditions. Besides being similar to two bacterial Fe-binding proteins, SfuA and FbpA, IdiA shows similarity to two ORFs (slr0513 and slr1295) of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Northern blot analysis detected one transcript of about 1300 nt in RNA extracted from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301 and PCC 7942 grown under Fe deficiency. The intensity of this transcript was considerably reduced in Fe-sufficient culture. It could be further shown that the regulation of IdiA expression is at the transcriptional level and that transcription and translation of IdiA are closely linked. Primer extension analysis indicated a single transcriptional start site 193 nt upstream of the first presumed translational start codon. Moreover, molecular characterization of the entire 5.8 kb chromosomal HindIII DNA fragment carrying the idiA gene from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301 led to the identification of six long ORFs in addition to idiA. The two genes adjacent to idiA, and dpsA located 2018 nt downstream of idiA, were insertionally inactivated in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 and the corresponding mutants were partially characterized. These experiments provide evidence that the gene products of idiB, located immediately downstream of idiA, and of dpsA are involved in the activation of IdiA expression, since the absence of each of these two gene products prevents the greatly elevated expression of IdiA under nutrient deficiency.

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