Computational prediction of the osmoregulation network in Synechococcus sp. WH8102.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osmotic stress is caused by sudden changes in the impermeable solute concentration around a cell, which induces instantaneous water flow in or out of the cell to balance the concentration. Very little is known about the detailed response mechanism to osmotic stress in marine Synechococcus, one of the major oxygenic phototrophic cyanobacterial genera that contribute greatly to the global CO2 fixation.

Results

We present here a computational study of the osmoregulation network in response to hyperosmotic stress of Synechococcus sp strain WH8102 using comparative genome analyses and computational prediction. In this study, we identified the key transporters, synthetases, signal sensor proteins and transcriptional regulator proteins, and found experimentally that of t

SUBMITTER: Mao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2874817 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature