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ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND ADAPTATION

Induction and Functional Analysis of Two Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Proteins in Synechocystis PCC 6803 during the Progression of Oxidative Stress¹

Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai 599–8531, Japan (A.G., Y.N.); and Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara 631–8505, Japan (K.Y., M.T., T.T., S.S.)

Synechocystis PCC 6803 contains two types of glutathione peroxidase-like proteins (GPX-1 and GPX-2) that utilize NADPH but not reduced glutathione and unsaturated fatty acid hydroperoxides or alkyl hydroperoxides. The steady-state transcript level of gpx-1 gradually increased under oxidative stress conditions imposed by high light intensity, high salinity, or application of methylviologen or t-butyl hydroperoxide in the wild-type and GPX-2 knock-out mutant (gpx-2) cells. To examine the ability of GPX-1, GPX-2, and thioredoxin peroxidase to scavenge lipid hydroperoxide in vivo, we measured the photosynthetic evolution of O₂ and the level of lipid peroxidation in the wild-type and each type of mutant cell after the application of t-butyl hydroperoxide or H₂O₂. The data reported here indicate that GPX-1 and GPX-2 are essential for the removal of lipid hydroperoxides under normal and stress conditions, leading to the protection of membrane integrity.

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^* Corresponding author; e-mail shigeoka{at}nara.kindai.ac.jp; fax 81–742–43–2252.

Received April 25, 2004; returned for revision July 7, 2004; accepted July 7, 2004.

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