In natural environments, photosynthetic organisms adjust their metabolism to cope with the fluctuating availability of combined nitrogen-sources, a growth limiting factor. For the acclimation, the dynamic degradation/synthesis of tetrapyrrolic pigments as well as of the amino acid arginine is pivotal; however, there was no evidence that these processes could be functionally coupled. Using co-immunopurification and spectral shift assays we found that in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 the arginine-related ArgD and CphB enzymes form protein complexes with Gun4, an essential factor for chlorophyll biosynthesis. Gun4 binds ArgD with high affinity, and the ArgD-Gun4 complex strongly accumulates in cells supplemented with ornithine, a key intermediate of the arginine pathway. Elevated ornithine levels restricted de novo synthesis of tetrapyrrolic pigments, which arrested the recovery from nitrogen deficiency. Our data reveals a direct cross-talk between tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and arginine metabolism that clarifies the importance of balancing photosynthetic pigment synthesis with nitrogen homeostasis.
[doi:10.25345/C5DB7W09F]
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Keywords: tetrapyrrole biosynthesis ; Synechocystis ; chlorophyll ; bilins ; Genome-Uncoupled-4 ; arginine metabolism ; nitrogen homeostasis
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Roman Sobotka, 1Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 37901 Trebon; Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic |
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