Project description:In order to explore the effect of introducing the ectoine synthesis module in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 on the global regulation of the strain under high-salt environment. The ectoine synthesis module was introduced at the Synpcc7942_0808 locus to obtain the Syn7942/Δsps-ect strain that lacked sucrose synthesis and could synthesize ectoine. Comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed on WT and Syn7942/Δsps-ect under 0 mM and 300 mM NaCl conditions.
Project description:This RNA-seq study examines transcriptional responses of a cyanobacterium–yeast co-culture system comprising Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 and Rhodotorula toruloides NBRC 0880 (Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880) under multiple conditions. Experiments included planktonic co-cultures in 50 mL tubes subjected to chemical stressors (oxidative stress, photosynthesis inhibition), temperature stress, nutrient limitation (nitrogen, phosphorus), pH extremes, and heterotrophic conditions, as well as physically separated co-cultures in a 600 mL membrane bioreactor. Axenic controls for Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 were included for comparison. Differential gene expression analysis provides insight into interspecies interactions and individual organism responses across co-culture configurations.
Project description:In the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, essentially all promoter activities are under the control of the circadian clock in continuous light (LL) conditions. Here, we employed high-density oligonucleotide arrays to investigate comprehensive profiles of genome-wide Synechococcus gene expression in kaiA-overexpressor (Ptrc::[GTG]kaiA) strains under LL. KaiC has been proposed to globally activate gene expression, our analysis revealed that dawn expressing genes were downregulated by kaiA-overexpression, such that the clock was arrested at subjective dawn. IPTG-inducible kaiA-overexpressor (oxA) S. elongatus PCC 7942 strains were analyzed under continuous light (LL) using Affymetrix high-density oligonucleotide microarrays (GeneChip CustomExpress Arrays) representing predicted 2,515 protein-coding genes on the genome of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301, which can be used also to the almost homologous strain, S. elongatus PCC 7942: a single experiment in oxA under LL in the presence or absence of an inducer, IPTG, from hour 24 to 48 in LL timecourse data (24~48 hours under continuous light) from Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 (inducible kaiA-overexpressor) strains
