Serine/threonine protein kinase SpkA in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is a regulator of expression of three putative pilA operons, formation of thick pili, and cell motility.
Previous studies showed that a Ser/Thr protein kinase, SpkA, in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is involved in cell motility. The present study, in which DNA microarray analysis and electron microscopy were used, demonstrated that SpkA regulates the expression of putative pilA9-pilA10-pilA11-slr2018, pilA5-pilA6, and pilA1-pilA2 operons and is essential for the formation of thick pili.
Panichkin
Vladimir B
VB
National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Arakawa-Kobayashi
Satoko
S
Kanaseki
Toku
T
Suzuki
Iwane
I
Los
Dmitry A
DA
Shestakov
Sergey V
SV
Murata
Norio
N
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D009068:Movement; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D009876:Operon; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D046939:Synechocystis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011494:Protein Kinases; C422202:spkA protein, Synechocystis