GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) The model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC encodes nine different σ factors. SigA is the essential primary σ factor that is mainly responsible for expression of housekeeping genes during normal growth. Group 2 σ factors are non-essential in standard conditions, and actually all single, double, triple and quadruple inactivation strains of group 2 factors grow well in standard growth conditions. The roles of group 2 σ factors in oxidative stress acclimation were studied using the ΔsigBCDE strain of Synechocystis sp. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

19 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) In eubacteria, replacement of one σ factor in the RNA polymerase (RNAP) holoenzyme by another one changes the transcription pattern. Cyanobacteria are eubacteria characterized by oxygenic photosynthesis and they typically encode numerous group 2 σ factors that closely resemble the essential primary σ factor. A mutant strain of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 without functional group 2 σ factors (named as ΔsigBCDE) could not acclimate to heat, high salt, or bright light stress but in standard conditions ΔsigBCDE grew only 9% slower than the control strain. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

7 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Small CAB-like proteins (SCPs) are single-helix light-harvesting-like proteins found in all organisms performing oxygenic photosynthesis. We investigated the function of these stress-induced proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by comparing a strain, which expresses SCPs constitutively, with a mutant lacking all five SCPs. In the absence of SCPs, cells were larger, and showed irregular thylakoid structure and cell-surfaces. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

3 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) The rpoZ gene encodes the small ω subunit of RNA polymerase (RNAP). A ∆rpoZ strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 grew well in standard conditions (constant illumination at 40 µmol photons m-2s-1; 32 °C; ambient CO2) but was heat sensitive and died at 40 °C. In the control strain , 71 genes were at least two-fold up-regulated and 91 genes down-regulated after a 24-h treatment at 40 °C, while in ∆rpoZ 394 genes responded to heat. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

13 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) The catalytic core of the RNA polymerase of most eubacteria is composed of two α subunits and β, β’ and ω subunits. In Escherichia coli, the ω subunit (encoded by the rpoZ gene) has been suggested to assist β’ during RNA polymerase core assembly. The function of the ω subunit is particularly interesting in cyanobacteria because the cyanobacterial β’ is split to N-terminal γ and C-terminal β’ subunits. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

7 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) Adjustment of gene expression during acclimation to stress conditions, such as bright light, in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 depends on four group 2 σ factors (SigB, SigC, SigD, SigE). A ∆sigCDE strain containing the stress responsive SigB as an only functional group 2 σ factor appears twice as resistant to photoinhibition of photosystem II (PSII) as the control strain. Microarray analyzes of the ∆sigCDE strain indicated that 77 genes in standard conditions and 79 genes in high light were differently expressed compared to the control strain. more...

Organism:

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Type:

Expression profiling by array

Platform:

GPL17595

13 Samples

Download data: TXT