Functional expression of an oxygen-labile nitrogenase in an oxygenic photosynthetic organism
| Autor: | Hiroya Kotani, Ryoma Tsujimoto, Konomi Yokomizo, Yuichi Fujita, Aoi Nonaka, Hisanori Yamakawa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Science Microorganism Environmental pollution Photosynthesis 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences Nitrogen Fixation Nitrogenase Gene Multidisciplinary biology Chemistry Synechocystis biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology Biochemistry Genes Bacterial Nitrogen fixation Medicine Diazotroph Microorganisms Genetically-Modified 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Transfer of nitrogen fixation ability to plants, especially crops, is a promising approach to mitigate dependence on chemical nitrogen fertilizer and alleviate environmental pollution caused by nitrogen fertilizer run-off. However, the need to transfer a large number of nitrogen fixation (nif) genes and the extreme vulnerability of nitrogenase to oxygen constitute major obstacles for transfer of nitrogen-fixing ability to plants. Here we demonstrate functional expression of a cyanobacterial nitrogenase in the non-diazotrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (Synechocystis 6803). A 20.8-kb chromosomal fragment containing 25 nif and nif-related genes of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana was integrated into a neutral genome site of Synechocystis 6803 by five-step homologous recombination together with the cnfR gene encoding the transcriptional activator of the nif genes to isolate CN1. In addition, two other transformants CN2 and CN3 carrying additional one and four genes, respectively, were isolated from CN1. Low but significant nitrogenase activity was detected in all transformants. This is the first example of nitrogenase activity detected in non-diazotrophic photosynthetic organisms. These strains provide valuable platforms to investigate unknown factors that enable nitrogen-fixing growth of non-diazotrophic photosynthetic organisms, including plants. |
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