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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2750-2758, Vol. 189, No. 7
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01903-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Coordinated High-Light Response of Genes Encoding Subunits of Photosystem I Is Achieved by AT-Rich Upstream Sequences in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803{triangledown}

Masayuki Muramatsu{dagger} and Yukako Hihara*

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Saitama 338-8570, Japan

Received 16 December 2006/ Accepted 23 January 2007

Genes encoding subunits of photosystem I (PSI genes) in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 are actively transcribed under low-light conditions, whereas their transcription is coordinately and rapidly down-regulated upon the shift to high-light conditions. In order to identify the molecular mechanism of the coordinated high-light response, we searched for common light-responsive elements in the promoter region of PSI genes. First, the precise architecture of the psaD promoter was determined and compared with the previously identified structure of the psaAB promoter. One of two promoters of the psaAB genes (P1) and of the psaD gene (P2) possessed an AT-rich light-responsive element located just upstream of the basal promoter region. These sequences enhanced the basal promoter activity under low-light conditions, and their activity was transiently suppressed upon the shift to high-light conditions. Subsequent analysis of psaC, psaE, psaK1, and psaLI promoters revealed that their light response was also achieved by AT-rich sequences located at the –70 to –46 region. These results clearly show that AT-rich upstream elements are responsible for the coordinated high-light response of PSI genes dispersed throughout Synechocystis genome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. Phone: 81-48-858-3396. Fax: 81-48-858-3384. E-mail: hihara{at}molbiol.saitama-u.ac.jp.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 February 2007.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2750-2758, Vol. 189, No. 7
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01903-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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