title: Structural and mutational analysis of band 7 proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
abstract: Band 7 proteins, which encompass members of the stomatin, prohibitin, flotillin, and HflK/C protein families, are integral membrane proteins that play important physiological roles in eukaryotes but are poorly characterized in bacteria. We have studied the band 7 proteins encoded by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803, with emphasis on their structure and proposed role in the assembly and maintenance of the photosynthetic apparatus. Mutagenesis revealed that none of the five band 7 proteins (Slr1106, Slr1128, Slr1768, Sll0815, and Sll1021) was essential for growth under a range of conditions (including high light, salt, oxidative, and temperature stresses), although motility was compromised in an Slr1768 inactivation mutant. Accumulation of the major photosynthetic complexes in the thylakoid membrane and repair of the photosystem II complex following light damage were similar in the wild type and a quadruple mutant. Cellular fractionation experiments indicated that three of the band 7 proteins (Slr1106, Slr1768, and Slr1128) were associated with the cytoplasmic membrane, whereas Slr1106, a prohibitin homologue, was also found in the thylakoid membrane fraction. Blue native gel electrophoresis indicated that these three proteins, plus Sll0815, formed large (>669-kDa) independent complexes. Slr1128, a stomatin homologue, has a ring-like structure with an approximate diameter of 16 nm when visualized by negative stain electron microscopy. No evidence for band 7/FtsH supercomplexes was found. Overall, our results indicate that the band 7 proteins form large homo-oligomeric complexes but do not play a crucial role in the biogenesis of the photosynthetic apparatus in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nield
authors.forename: Pengpeng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Eva-Mari
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Aro
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Komenda
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Nixon
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D010802:Phylogeny; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021381:Protein Transport; D046939:Synechocystis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins
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