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Salt-dependent expression of glucosylglycerol-phosphate synthase, involved in osmolyte synthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2002
Marin Kay, Huckauf Jana, Fulda Sabine, Hagemann Martin
Abstract excerpt
The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is able to acclimate to levels of salinity ranging from freshwater to twice the seawater concentrations of salt by accumulating the compatible solute glucosylglycerol (GG). Expression of the ggpS gene coding for the key enzyme (glucosylglycerol-phosphate synthase) in GG synthesis was examined in detail. Under control conditions, the GgpS protein is stable, so...
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