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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Glycogen deficiency enhances carbon partitioning into glutamate for an alternative extracellular metabolic sink in cyanobacteria.

Yuichi Kato, Ryota Hidese, Mami Matsuda, Ryudo Ohbayashi, Hiroki Ashida, Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuichi KatoEngineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7670-9356
Ryota HideseEngineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Mami MatsudaEngineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Ryudo OhbayashiDepartment of Biological Science, Faculty of Sciences, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6359-0122
Hiroki AshidaGraduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, 3-11 Tsurukabuto, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Akihiko KondoEngineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1527-5288
Tomohisa HasunumaEngineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan. hasunuma@port.kobe-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-8382-2362
Kobe University · JPShizuoka University · JP

Funding

MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJMI19E4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycogen serves as a metabolic sink in cyanobacteria. Glycogen deficiency causes the extracellular release of distinctive metabolites such as pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate upon nitrogen depletion; however, the mechanism has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanism of carbon partitioning in glycogen-deficient cyanobacteria. Extracellular and intracellular metabolites in a glycogen-deficient ΔglgC mutant of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 were comprehensively analyzed. In the presence of a nitrogen source, the ΔglgC mutant released extracellular glutamate rather than pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate, whereas its intracellular glutamate level was lower than that in the wild-type strain. The de novo synthesis of glutamate increased in the ΔglgC mutant, suggesting that glycogen deficiency enhanced carbon partitioning into glutamate and extracellular excretion through an unidentified transport system. This study proposes a model in which glutamate serves as the prime extracellular metabolic sink alternative to glycogen when nitrogen is available.

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CarbonGlycogenGlutamic AcidKetoglutaric AcidsNitrogenPhotosynthesisPyruvatesCarbonGlutamic AcidGlycogenKetoglutaric AcidsNitrogenPyruvates

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PMID38409320
PMCPMC10897207
OpenAlexW4392162010

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