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Published on June 30, 2006; 10.1104/pp.106.083451

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Received May 11, 2006
Accepted June 15, 2006

Impaired photosynthesis in phosphatidylglycerol-deficient mutant of cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC7120 with a disrupted gene encoding a putative phosphatidylglycerophosphatase

Feng Wu , Zhenle Yang *, and Tingyun Kuang

Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100093, China; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100093, China

* Corresponding author; email: yangzhl{at}ibcas.ac.cn.

Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is a ubiquitous phospholipid in thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts, and plays an important role in the structure and function of photosynthetic membranes. The last step of the PG biosynthesis is dephosphorylation of phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP) catalyzed by PGP phosphatase. However, the gene encoding PGP phosphatase has not been identified and cloned from cyanobacteria or higher plants. In this study we constructed a PG-deficient mutant from cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC7120 with a disrupted gene (alr1715) encoding a putative PGP phosphatase. The obtained mutant showed an about 30% reduction in the cellular content of PG. Following the reduction in the PG content, the photoautotrophical growth of the mutant was restrained and the cellular content of chlorophyll (Chl) was decreased. The decreases in net photosynthetic and photosystem II (PSII) activities on a cell basis also occurred in this mutant. Simultaneously, the photochemical efficiency of PSII was considerably declined and less excitation energy was transferred towards PSII. These findings demonstrate that the alr1715 gene of Anabaena sp. PCC7120 is involved in the biosynthesis of PG and essential for photosynthesis.






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