title: Transcriptional regulation of cruxrhodopsin gene from extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica strain TR-1.
abstract: Transcription of the cruxrhodopsin (cR) gene in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica strain TR-1 was investigated using Northern analysis to quantify message level. In the cell cultures growing in the dark, cR transcript level remained very low. In contrast, exposure of the cell cultures to light stimulated transcription of the cR gene. In addition, cR gene transcription was also induced when Ha. japonica was grown under high oxygen tension and then shifted to low oxygen tension in the dark. These results suggested that transcription of the cR gene is regulated by high light intensity and low oxygen tension.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yatsunami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins / Q000235:genetics*; D003470:Culture Media; D003624:Darkness; D019848:Gene Expression Regulation, Archaeal / Q000528:radiation effects; D019766:Genes, Archaeal; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D019613:Haloarcula / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D017494:Proton Pumps / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D017494:Proton Pumps; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C091296:cop-2 protein, Haloarcula japonica; C091297:cruxrhodopsin-1 protein, Haloarcula japonica; D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins