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J. Bacteriol., 02 1995, 508-516, Vol 177, No. 3
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Specific binding of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 proteins to the enhancer element of psbAII required for high-light-induced expression

R Li, NS Dickerson, UW Mueller and SS Golden
Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3258.

The psbAII gene of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 is a member of a three-gene family that encodes the D1 protein of the photosystem II reaction center. Transcription of psbAII is rapidly induced when the light intensity reaching the culture increases from 125 microE.m-2.s-1 (low light) to 750 microE.m-2.s-1 (high light). The DNA segment upstream of psbAII that corresponds to the untranslated leader of its major transcript has enhancer activity and confers high- light induction. We show that one or more soluble proteins from PCC 7942 specifically bind to this region of psbAII (designated the enhancer element). In vivo footprinting showed protein binding to the enhancer element in high-light-exposed cell samples but not in those maintained at low light, even though in vitro mobility shifts were detectable with extracts from low- or high-light-grown cells. When 12 bp were deleted from the psbAII enhancer element, protein binding was impaired and high-light induction of both transcriptional and translational psbAII-lacZ reporters was significantly reduced. This finding indicates that protein binding to this region is required for high-light induction of psbAII. The mutant element also showed impaired enhancer activity when combined with a heterologous promoter.

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