An adenylate cyclase, Cya1, regulates cell motility in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 contained two genes, cya1 and cya2, encoding putative adenylate cyclases. The wild type cells are motile, whereas the disruption mutants of cya1, but not cya2, were immotile. Disruption of the cya1 gene also caused reduction of cellular cAMP level. The cya1 mutant cells regained motility when cAMP was added exogenously.
Terauchi
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Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Ohmori
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D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases