Protein PII regulates both inorganic carbon and nitrate uptake and is modified by a redox signal in synechocystis PCC 6803 - PubMed (original) (raw)

Protein PII regulates both inorganic carbon and nitrate uptake and is modified by a redox signal in synechocystis PCC 6803

M Hisbergues et al. FEBS Lett. 1999.

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Abstract

In Synechocystis PCC 6803 as in other cyanobacteria, involvement of protein PII in the co-regulation of inorganic carbon and nitrogen metabolism was established based on post-translational modifications of the protein resulting from changes in the carbon/nitrogen regimes. Uptake of bicarbonate and nitrate in response to changes of the carbon and/or nitrogen regimes is altered in a PII-null mutant, indicating that both processes are under control of PII. Modulation of electron flow by addition of methyl viologen with or without duroquinol, or in a NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-deficient mutant, affects the phosphorylation level of PII. The redox state of the cells would thus act as a trigger for PII phosphorylation.

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