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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

Identification and characterization of a prokaryotic 6-4 photolyase from Synechococcus elongatus with a deazariboflavin antenna chromophore.

Simeng Chen, Chenxi Liu, Chenchen Zhou, Zhihui Wei, Yuting Li, Lei Xiong, Liang Yan, Jun Lv, Liang Shen, Lei Xu

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  1. Codon usage bias and molecular evolution ofFrontiers in genetics · 2026
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  2. FeSBCP analogue from cyanobacteria: insights from in vitro and in silico studies.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simeng ChenAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Chenxi LiuAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Chenchen ZhouAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Zhihui WeiAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Yuting LiAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Lei XiongAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Liang YanAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Jun LvAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.
Liang ShenCollege of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China.
Lei XuAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-molecules, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8416-3362
Wannan Medical College · CNAnhui Normal University · CN

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Abstract

Synechococcus elongatus, formerly known as Anacystis nidulans, is a representative species of cyanobacteria. It is also a model organism for the study of photoreactivation, which can be fully photoreactivated even after receiving high UV doses. However, for a long time, only one photolyase was found in S. elongatus that is only able to photorepair UV induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in DNA. Here, we characterize another photolyase in S. elongatus, which belongs to iron-sulfur bacterial cryptochromes and photolyases (FeS-BCP), a subtype of prokaryotic 6-4 photolyases. This photolyase was named SePhrB that could efficiently photorepair 6-4 photoproducts in DNA. Chemical analyses revealed that SePhrB contains a catalytic FAD cofactor and an iron-sulfur cluster. All of previously reported FeS-BCPs contain 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine (DMRL) as their antenna chromophores. Here, we first demonstrated that SePhrB possesses 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin (8-HDF) as an antenna chromophore. Nevertheless, SePhrB could be photoreduced without external electron donors. After being photoreduced, the reduced FAD cofactor in SePhrB was extremely stable against air oxidation. These results suggest that FeS-BCPs are more diverse than expected which deserve further investigation.

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Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-LyaseDNADNA RepairFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideIronPyrimidine DimersSulfurSynechococcusUltraviolet RaysDeoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-LyaseDNAFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideIronPyrimidine DimersSulfur

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