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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/srep09741
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [22245030, 23370020, 24590366, 26840099, 24750169, 24770040, 24107002]
- PRESTO (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology) fellowship from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24770040, 24750169, 15K05577, 23370020, 15K07018, 15H01063, 22245030, 24550065, 13J02354, 24107002, 24550201, 26840099] Funding Source: KAKEN
In previous studies we have demonstrated that chlorophyllide a oxidoreductases (CORs) from bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a-producing Rhodobacter species and BChl b-producing Blastochloris viridis show distinct substrate recognition and different catalytic hydrogenation reactions, and that these two types of CORs therefore cause committed steps for BChls a and b biosynthesis. In this study, COR genes from B. viridis were incorporated and overexpressed in a series of Rhodobacter sphaeroides mutants. We found that the following two factors are essential in making R. sphaeroides produce BChl b: the loss of functions of both intrinsic COR and 8-vinyl reductase (BciA) in the host R. sphaeroides strain; and expression of the BchYZ catalytic components of COR from B. viridis, not the complete set of COR (BchXYZ), in the host strain. In addition, we incorporated bchYZ of B. viridis into the R. sphaeroides mutant lacking BchJ and BciA, resulting in the strain accumulating both BChl a and BChl b. This is the first example of an anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium producing BChls a and b together. The results suggest that BchJ enhances activity of the intrinsic COR. The physiological significance of BchJ in pigment biosynthetic pathways will be discussed.
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