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Adaptive radiation in photosynthetic reaction center proteins of photosynthetic bacteria

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K06858
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Research InstitutionKanagawa University (2021-2023)
Tokyo Metropolitan University (2019-2020)

Principal Investigator

Nagashima Sakiko  神奈川大学, 付置研究所, 研究員 (20637037)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords光合成電子伝達 / シトクロム / 光合成細菌 / 適応進化 / 分子系統解析 / 好気性光合成細菌 / 光合成反応中心複合体 / 環境型 / 光合成反応中心 / 膜タンパク質 / 分子認識 / 電子伝達 / 共進化 / 塩ストレス / 進化 / 適応放散 / 16S rRNA / 環境ストレス
Outline of Research at the Start

酸素非発生型光合成細菌であるPorphyrobacter属の細菌群は近縁種の中でも特に生育環境が多様な系統群であり、それぞれの環境に適した系統に進化した適応放散の好例である。Porphyrobacter属の好熱性の細菌ではタンパク質を高温下で安定化させるために特定アミノ酸が増えると指摘されている。また、光合成反応中心の系統解析では16S rRNAとは異なり、好熱性と海洋性の細菌群が近縁としてクラスターを組み、生育環境によって異なる系統の細菌の光合成器官が同じ傾向の進化を受けているという仮説を得るに至った。本研究では、これを確かめるために、環境サンプルのゲノム解析と単離、系統解析を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The amino acid sequence information of photosynthetic reaction center complexes (RC) of aerobic photosynthetic bacteria of the genus Erythrobacter was analyzed to test the hypothesis that the same mutation tendency occurs in the RC of different strains of bacteria depending on their growth environment. The amino acid sequence information of RCs suggested mutations in the cytochrome-binding region of RCs and some areas in the membrane. This feature was evident between the new strain isolated from freshwater and the closely related E. sanguieus from marine waters. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that this evolutionary feature is also observed on the electron-donating cytochrome side. To validate the results of the phylogenetic analysis, culture conditions were established to increase the expression of the photosynthetic apparatus in a novel strain with negligible expression.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

分子系統解析や遺伝子水平伝搬の解析によく利用される光合成反応中心複合体が生育環境によって適応進化が起きることを示したことが最大の成果である。加えて、ゲノム情報から抽出した配列情報から立体構造上の変異部位や変異の傾向を明らかにするという新しいアプローチは他の研究にも適用可能性が高い成果であると言える。これらの成果を活用し、環境中に広く分布する光合成細菌の系統分類の高解像度化に貢献できると期待できる。好気性光合成細菌は海洋での食物連鎖に大きな影響を与えることが知られるが、環境ゲノム解析が研究の主流であることから、光合成機能についての系統的知見は研究精度の向上につながると期待できる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Ca2+-binding motif underlies the unusual properties of certain photosynthetic bacterial core light-harvesting complexes2022

    • Author(s)
      Tani Kazutoshi、Kobayashi Kazumi、Hosogi Naoki、Ji Xuan-Cheng、Nagashima Sakiko、Nagashima Kenji V.P.、Izumida Airi、Inoue Kazuhito、Tsukatani Yusuke、Kanno Ryo、Hall Malgorzata、Yu Long-Jiang、Ishikawa Isamu、Okura Yoshihiro、Madigan Michael T.、Mizoguchi Akira、Humbel Bruno M.、Kimura Yukihiro、Wang-Otomo Zheng-Yu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Biological Chemistry

      Volume: - Issue: 6 Pages: 101967-101967

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101967

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Photosynthetic Growth and Energy Conversion in an Engineered Phototroph Containing Thermochromatium tepidum Light-Harvesting Complex 1 and the Rhodobacter sphaeroides Reaction Center Complex2021

    • Author(s)
      Nagashima Kenji V. P.、Nagashima Sakiko、Kitashima Masaharu、Inoue Kazuhito、Madigan Michael T.、Kimura Yukihiro、Wang-Otomo Zheng-Yu
    • Journal Title

      Biochemistry

      Volume: 60 Issue: 36 Pages: 2685-2690

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00462

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Type I photosynthetic reaction center in an anoxygenic phototrophic member of the Chloroflexota2021

    • Author(s)
      Tsuji JM、Shaw NA、Nagashima S、Venkiteswaran JJ、Schiff SL、Hanada S、Tank M、Neufeld JD
    • Journal Title

      bioRxiv

      Volume: -

    • DOI

      10.1101/2020.07.07.190934

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 好気性酸素非発生型光合成細菌の呼吸と光合成に働く膜結合型チトクロムcyの多様性と進化2023

    • Author(s)
      永島咲子、井上和仁、永島賢治
    • Organizer
      植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Discovery of a Chloroflexota phototroph with a Type I reaction center sheds new light on the evolution of photosynthesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Jackson M Tsuji、Nicolette A Shaw、Sakiko Nagashima、Jason J Venkiteswaran、Sherry L Schiff、Tomohiro Watanabe、Manabu Fukui、Satoshi Hanada、Marcus Tank、Josh D Neufeld
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cultivation of a phototrophic Chloroflexota member using a Type I reaction center sheds new light on the ecology and evolution of photosynthesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Jackson M. Tsuji Nicolette A. Shaw,Sakiko Nagashima,Jason J. Venkiteswaran,Sherry L. Schiff,Tomohiro Watanabe,Manabu Fukui,Satoshi Hanada,Marcus Tank,Josh D. Neufeld
    • Organizer
      18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME18)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 光合成反応中心タンパク質と電子供与チトクロムタンパク質の共進化2022

    • Author(s)
      永島咲子、井上和仁、永島賢治
    • Organizer
      第29回 光合成セミナー2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Revisiting the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis with the discovery of "Candidatus Chlorohelix allophototropha", a phototrophic Chloroflexota member that uses a Type I reaction center2021

    • Author(s)
      Jackson M. Tsuji, Nicolette A. Shaw, Sakiko Nagashima, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Sherry L. Schiff, Manabu Fukui, Satoshi Hanada, Marcus Tank, Josh D. Neufeld
    • Organizer
      日本微生物生態学会第34回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effect of salinity on protein surface amino acid compositions in type II reaction center membrane protein complex of photosynthetic bacteria2020

    • Author(s)
      永島咲子、森岡祐莉佳、花田智
    • Organizer
      ISME Virtual Microbial Ecology Summit
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Revisiting the evolution of photosynthesis with Candidatus Chlorohelix allophototropha”, the first known Chloroflexota member encoding a Type 1 reaction center2020

    • Author(s)
      Jackson M. Tsuji, Nicolette A. Shaw, Sakiko Nagashima, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Sherry L. Schiff, Satoshi Hanada, Marcus Tank, & Josh D. Neufeld
    • Organizer
      ISME Virtual Microbial Ecology Summit
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 光合成細菌の系 II 型反応中心複合膜タンパク質における外部環境による親水性ドメインのアミノ酸配列への影響2020

    • Author(s)
      森岡祐莉佳、永島咲子、花田智
    • Organizer
      第61回日本植物生理学会年会(大阪)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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