Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10870844 | FEBS Letters | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Rre37 (sll1330) in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 acts as a regulatory protein for sugar catabolic genes during nitrogen starvation. Low glycogen accumulation in Îrre37 was due to low expression of glycogen anabolic genes. In addition to low 2-oxoglutarate accumulation, normal upregulated expression of genes encoding glutamate synthases (gltD and gltB) as well as accumulation of metabolites in glycolysis (fructose-6-phosphate, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate) and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle (oxaloacetate, fumarate, succinate, and aconitate) were abolished by rre37 knockout. Rre37 regulates 2-oxoglutarate accumulation, glycogen accumulation through expression of glycogen anabolic genes, and TCA cycle metabolites accumulation.
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Authors
Ancy Joseph, Shimpei Aikawa, Kengo Sasaki, Hiroshi Teramura, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Fumio Matsuda, Takashi Osanai, Masami Yokota Hirai, Akihiko Kondo,