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Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, p. 7306-7310, Vol. 188, No. 20
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00573-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phototaxis and Impaired Motility in Adenylyl Cyclase and Cyclase Receptor Protein Mutants of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

Devaki Bhaya,1* Kenlee Nakasugi,2 Fariba Fazeli,1 and Matthew S. Burriesci1

The Carnegie Institution, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, California 94305,1 School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia2

Received 23 April 2006/ Accepted 31 July 2006

We have carefully characterized and reexamined the motility and phototactic responses of Synechocystis sp. adenylyl cyclase (Cya1) and catabolite activator protein (SYCRP1) mutants to different light regimens, glucose, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, and cyclic AMP. We find that contrary to earlier reports, cya1 and sycrp1 mutants are motile and phototactic but are impaired in one particular phase of phototaxis in comparison with wild-type Synechocystis sp.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Carnegie Institution, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305. Phone: (650) 325 1521, ext. 282. Fax: (650) 325-6857. E-mail: dbhaya{at}stanford.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, p. 7306-7310, Vol. 188, No. 20
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00573-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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