Genetic, genomics, and responses to stresses in cyanobacteria: biotechnological implications

C Cassier-Chauvat, V Blanc-Garin, F Chauvat - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria are widely-diverse, environmentally crucial photosynthetic prokaryotes of
great interests for basic and applied science. Work to date has focused mostly on the three …

Structural rearrangements allow nucleic acid discrimination by type ID Cascade

EA Schwartz, TM McBride, JPK Bravo, D Wrapp… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immune systems that protect prokaryotes from foreign
nucleic acids, such as bacteriophages. Two of the most prevalent CRISPR-Cas systems …

Phenotypic characterization of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 substrains reveals differences in sensitivity to abiotic stress

T Zavřel, P Očenášová, J Červený - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is a widely used model cyanobacterium, whose substrains can
vary on both genotype and phenotype levels. Previously described phenotypic variations …

Characterization of a model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 autotrophic growth in a flat‐panel photobioreactor

T Zavřel, MA Sinetova, D Búzová… - Engineering in Life …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We characterized the photoautotrophic growth of glucose‐tolerant Synechocystis sp. PCC
6803 in a flat‐panel photobioreactor running on a semicontinuous regime under various …

Association of Psb28 and Psb27 proteins with PSII-PSI supercomplexes upon exposure of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to high light

M Bečková, Z Gardian, J Yu, P Konik, PJ Nixon… - Molecular Plant, 2017 - cell.com
Formation of the multi-subunit oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) complex involves a
number of auxiliary protein factors. In this study we compared the localization and possible …

Type IV Pili-Independent Photocurrent Production by the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

MA Thirumurthy, A Hitchcock, A Cereda, J Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biophotovoltaic devices utilize photosynthetic organisms such as the model cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (Synechocystis) to generate current for power or hydrogen …

The Psb27 Assembly Factor and Histidine‐252 of the D1 Protein Modify Energy Transfer to Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

JA Forsman, KJ Sheridan, H Singh… - Physiologia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Photosystem II (PS II) is responsible for light‐driven water splitting in oxygenic
photosynthesis. The Psb27 protein, an assembly factor required for biogenesis of PS II, is …

Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Z Chen, X Li, X Tan, Y Zhang, B Wang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria have evolved various strategies to sense and adapt to biotic and abiotic
stresses including active movement. Motility in cyanobacteria utilizing the type IV pili (TFP) is …

Strain of Synechocystis PCC 6803 with aberrant assembly of photosystem II contains tandem duplication of a large chromosomal region

M Tichý, M Bečková, J Kopečná, J Noda… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 represents a favored model organism for
photosynthetic studies. Its easy transformability allowed construction of a vast number of …

Expression of the far‐red D1 protein or introduction of conserved far‐red D1 residues into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 impairs Photosystem II

KJ Sheridan, TJ Brown, JJ Eaton‐Rye… - Physiologia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The wavelengths of light harvested in oxygenic photosynthesis are~ 400–700 nm. Some
cyanobacteria respond to far‐red light exposure via a process called far‐red light …