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Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Control of mRNA from lrtA, a Light-Repressed Transcript in Synechococcus sp. PCC 70021

Hrissi Samartzidou and William R. Widger*

Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204

Transcription regulation and transcript stability of a light-repressed transcript, lrtA, from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 were studied using ribonuclease protection assays. The transcript for lrtA was not detected in continuously illuminated cells, yet transcript levels increased when cells were placed in the dark. A lag of 20 to 30 min was seen in the accumulation of this transcript after the cells were placed in the dark. Transcript synthesis continued in the dark for 3 h and the transcript levels remained elevated for at least 7 h. The addition of 10 µm rifampicin to illuminated cells before dark adaptation inhibited the transcription of lrtA in the dark. Upon the addition of rifampicin to 3-h dark-adapted cells, lrtA transcript levels remained constant for 30 min and persisted for 3 h. A 3-h half-life was estimated in the dark, whereas a 4-min half-life was observed in the light. Extensive secondary structure was predicted for this transcript within the 5' untranslated region, which is also present in the 5' untranslated region of lrtA from a different cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Evidence suggests that lrtA transcript stability is not the result of differences in ribonuclease activity from dark to light. Small amounts of lrtA transcript were detected in illuminated cells upon the addition of 25 µg mL-1 chloramphenicol. The addition of chloramphenicol to dark-adapted cells before illumination allowed detection of the lrtA transcript for longer times in the light relative to controls without chloramphenicol. These results suggest that lrtA mRNA processing in the light is different from that in the dark and that protein synthesis is required for light repression of the lrtA transcript.

1   This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. GM46297), the Robert A. Welch Foundation (grant no. E-1381), and the National Science Foundation (equipment grant no. BIR 9109294).
*   Corresponding author; e-mail billw{at}photo.bchs.uh.edu; fax 1-713-743-8351.

Plant Physiol. (1998) 117: 225-234
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