Abstract
We identified an open reading frame from a database of the entire genome of Synechococcus elongatus, the product of which was very similar to pixJ1, which was proposed as photoreceptor gene for phototaxis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 [Yoshihara et al. (2000) Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 1299]. The mRNA of S. elongatus pixJ (SepixJ) was expressed in vivo as a part of the product of an operon. SePixJ was detected exclusively in the membrane fraction after cell fractionation. Immunogold labeling of SePixJ in ultra-thin sections indicated that it existed only in both ends of the rod-shaped cell; probably bound with the cytoplasmic membrane.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1585-1588 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Plant and Cell Physiology |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords*
- Bipolar localization
- Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
- Photoreceptor
- Phototaxis
- Phytochrome
- Thermophilic cyanobacterium
Field of Science*
- 1.6 Biological sciences
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database