title: Effect of Intracellular Glutathione on Heat-induced Cell Death in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis PCC 6803.
abstract: A correlation was found between the rate of cell death induced by heat and the GSH content of Synechocystis PCC 6803: cells accumulating GSH above the control level were more tolerant to heat than the control cells, and those containing a lower concentration of GSH were more sensitive. Lethal heating caused a decrease of GSH content, and a rapid intracellular oxidation in cells containing the decreased amount of GSH.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.|b Institute of Industrial Science & Technology of Shimane Prefecture.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suginaka
authors.affiliation: a Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: c Research Institute for Molecular Genetics, Shimane University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ashida
authors.affiliation: a Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.affiliation: a Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
keywords: cyanobacteria; glutathione; lethal heat shock; oxidative stress