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ArticleFEBS letters2026

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer

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Article in FEBS letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kenric LeeInterfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0050-4649
Dimitrios BekiariInterfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Sofia DoelloInterfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4025-3016
Karl ForchhammerInterfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-8101

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fo195/16-2
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Abstract

Glycogen is the principal carbon reserve in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. We reconstituted its biosynthetic pathway in vitro-GlgC (glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase), two glycogen synthase isoenzymes (GlgA1, GlgA2) and the branching enzyme GlgB-to define how supply, polymerization and branching set flux and product structure. GlgA2 shows higher specific activity and cooperates with GlgB-generated branched primers, whereas GlgA1 has higher substrate affinity and responds more to primer concentration. Product profiling links mechanism to architecture: GlgA1 produces more-branched glycogen, while GlgA2 yields longer, less-branched polymers, with GlgB biasing utilization toward GlgA2. The complementary behaviors of GlgA1 and GlgA2 provide capacity for rapid accumulation versus steady-state maintenance and offer dynamic metabolic levers to tune glycogen content and architecture in cyanobacteria.

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Bacterial ProteinsGlucose-1-Phosphate AdenylyltransferaseGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseSynechocystisIsoenzymesKineticsModels, BiologicalSubstrate SpecificityBacterial ProteinsGlucose-1-Phosphate AdenylyltransferaseGlycogenGlycogen SynthaseIsoenzymesbiochemical assaycyanobacteriaenzyme couplingflux controlGlgA regulationglycogen synthesis modelmetabolic engineeringstoichiometry

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PMCPMC13456619

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