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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2016

Slr1670 from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Is Required for the Re-assimilation of the Osmolyte Glucosylglycerol.

Philipp Savakis, Xiaoming Tan, Cuncun Qiao, Kuo Song, Xuefeng Lu, Klaas J Hellingwerf, Filipe Branco Dos Santos

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Philipp SavakisMolecular Microbial Physiology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Xiaoming TanKey Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao, China.
Cuncun QiaoKey Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao, China.
Kuo SongKey Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao, China.
Xuefeng LuKey Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao, China.
Klaas J HellingwerfMolecular Microbial Physiology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Filipe Branco Dos SantosMolecular Microbial Physiology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology · CNUniversity of Amsterdam · NLChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When subjected to mild salt stress, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 produces small amounts of glycerol through an as of yet unidentified pathway. Here, we show that this glycerol is a degradation product of the main osmolyte of this organism, glucosylglycerol (GG). Inactivation of ggpS, encoding the first step of GG-synthesis, abolished de novo synthesis of glycerol, while the ability to hydrolyze exogenously supplied glucoslylglycerol was unimpaired. Inactivation of glpK, encoding glycerol kinase, had no effect on glycerol synthesis. Inactivation of slr1670, encoding a GHL5-type putative glycoside hydrolase, abolished de novo synthesis of glycerol, as well as hydrolysis of GG, and led to increased intracellular concentrations of this osmolyte. Slr1670 therefore presumably displays GG hydrolase activity. A gene homologous to the one encoded by slr1670 occurs in a wide range of cyanobacteria, proteobacteria, and archaea. In cyanobacteria, it co-occurs with genes involved in GG-synthesis.

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cyanobacteriaglucosylglycerolosmolytesalt stressSlr1670Synechocystis

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PMID27621728
PMCPMC5002435
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