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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2004, p. 956-967, Vol. 186, No. 4
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.956-967.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The sufR Gene (sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803) Functions as a Repressor of the sufBCDS Operon in Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis in Cyanobacteria

Tao Wang,1 Gaozhong Shen,1 Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian,1 Lee McIntosh,2 Donald A. Bryant,1 and John H. Golbeck1*

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802,1 MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 488242

Received 26 August 2003/ Accepted 11 November 2003

The suf operon is composed of four genes (sufB, sufC, sufD, and sufS) and is highly conserved in the genomes of cyanobacteria. Open reading frame sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is located near the 5' end of the suf operon but is transcribed in the direction opposite that of the suf operon. We previously reported the isolation of two independent suppressor strains of C14SPsaC that mapped to sll0088 and restored photoautotrophic growth. The protein encoded by sll0088 has two significant features: (i) a DNA-binding domain near the N terminus and (ii) four highly conserved cysteine residues near the C terminus. The protein has high sequence similarity to transcription regulatory proteins with a conserved DNA-binding domain and can be classified in the DeoR family of helix-loop-helix proteins. The protein falls into a further subclass that contains a C-X12-C-X13-C-X14-C motif near the C terminus, which may represent a metal-binding site. The expressed Sll0088 protein harbored an iron-sulfur cluster as shown by optical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Compared to the wild type, expression levels of the sufBCDS genes were elevated when cells were grown under conditions of oxidative and iron stress and were even higher in a null mutant of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 in which the sll0088 homolog was insertionally inactivated. In agreement with the proposed role of the sufBCDS genes in iron metabolism, the growth rate of the null mutant was significantly higher than that of the wild type under iron-limiting conditions. We propose that the protein encoded by sll0088 is a transcriptional repressor of the suf operon, and we name the gene sufR.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: S. 310 Frear Building, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Phone: (814) 865-1163. Fax: (814) 863-7024. E-mail: jhg5{at}psu.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, February 2004, p. 956-967, Vol. 186, No. 4
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.956-967.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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