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ArticleBiophysical journal2011

Modeling the light- and redox-dependent interaction of PpsR/AppA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Rakesh Pandey, Dietrich Flockerzi, Marcus J B Hauser, Ronny Straube

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rakesh PandeySystems Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Dietrich Flockerzi
Marcus J B Hauser
Ronny Straube
Max Planck Society · DEMax Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems · DEOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facultative photosynthetic bacteria switch their energy generation mechanism from respiration to photosynthesis depending on oxygen tension and light. Part of this transition is mediated by the aerobic transcriptional repressor PpsR. In Rhodobacter sphaeroides, the repressive action of PpsR is antagonized by the redox- and blue-light-sensitive flavoprotein AppA which results in a unique phenotype: the repression of photosynthesis genes at intermediate oxygen levels and high light intensity, which is believed to reduce the risk of photooxidative stress. To analyze the underlying mechanism we developed a simple mathematical model based on the AppA-dependent reduction of a disulfide bond in PpsR and the light-sensitive complex formation between the reduced forms of AppA and PpsR. A steady-state analysis shows that high light repression can indeed occur at intermediate oxygen levels if PpsR is reduced on a faster timescale than AppA and if the electron transfer from AppA to PpsR is effectively irreversible. The model further predicts that if AppA copy numbers exceed those of PpsR by at least a factor of two, the transition from aerobic to anaerobic growth mode can occur via a bistable regime. We provide necessary conditions for the emergence of bistability and discuss possible experimental verifications.

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LightModels, BiologicalAerobiosisBacterial ProteinsFlavoproteinsGenes, BacterialOxidation-ReductionOxygenPhotosynthesisProtein BindingRhodobacter sphaeroidesAppA protein, Rhodobacter sphaeroidesBacterial ProteinsFlavoproteinsOxygen

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PMID21575568
PMCPMC3093564
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