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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Mechanism of zinc-insertion into porphyrin ring in acidophilic photosynthetic bacteria

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12640629
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 植物生理
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

TAKAMIYA Ken-ichiro  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Grad. School Biosci. Biotech., Professor, 大学院・生命理工学研究科, 教授 (80037259)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMADA Hiroshi  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Grad. School Biosci. Biotech., Assistant Professor, 大学院・生命理工学研究科, 助手 (80301175)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
Keywordszinc-bacteriochlorophyll / bacteriochlorophyll / acidophilic photosynthetic bacteria / magnesium-chelatase / farrochelatase / chlorophyll biosynthesis / Acidiphilium rubrum
Research Abstract

The aim :
Final aim of this research is to elucidate the mechanism of biosynthesis of zinc-bacteriochlorophyll in acidophilic photosynthetic bacteria.
Results and scope :
1. In Acidiphilium rubrum, there was a single copy of magnesium chelatase subunit genes and these were functional in this bacterium.
2. Only magnesium-protoporphyrin IX and its monomethyl ester accumulated but not zinc-protoporphyrin IX or its monomethylester in the bacterium. Protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester was also detected as an intermediate. These suggested magnesium was exchanged by zinc after magnesium insertion to form zinc-bacteriochlorophyll.
3. Whether the exchange takes place in enzymatically or non-enzymatically could not be determined, but it was possible that in the low pH environment, where zinc-bacteriochlorophyll might be formed, the exchange take places very easily and non-enzymatically.
4. We tried to detect intermediates containing zinc-tetrapyrroles in this bacterium to identify the exchange reaction but so far we could not.

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Inoue, K. et al.: "Magnesium insertion by magnesium chelatase in the biosynthesis of zinc-bacteriochlorophyl a・・・・"J.Biol.Chem.. 274. 33594-33600 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishimura, K., Shimada, H. et al.: "Photosynthetic regulatory gene cluster in an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium・・・・"J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 45. 129-134 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 増田健, 鈴木琢雄, 高宮建一郎: "光合成生物におけるクロロフイル・ヘム生合成系の金属配囲酵素"蛋白質・核酸・酵素. 45. 700-709 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Takamiya, K. et al.: "Biosynthesis of zinc-containing bacteriochlorophylla"Pophyrins. 9. 227-233 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T. et al.: "Overexpression, enzymatic properties and tissue localization of a ferrochelatase of cucumber"Plant Cell Physiol.. 41. 192-199 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T. et al.: "Two Types of ferrochelatase in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissues : their・・・・"J. Biol. Chem.. 277(in press). (2001)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T.et al.: "Proceedings of 12th International Congress"Effects of light and phytohormones on the ・・・・. 1000 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T., Shimada, H., Ohta, H. and takamiya, K.: "Effects of light and phytohormones on the expression of cucumber ferrochelatases"Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis. (in press). (2001)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T., Singh, D.P., Tan, F-C., Tsuchiya, T., Shimada, H., Ohta, H., Smith, A.G., Takamiya, K.: "Two types of ferrochelatase in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissues of cucumber ; their difference in phylogeny, gene expression and localization"J. Biol. Chem.. 277(7) (in press). (2001)

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  • [Publications] Takamiya, K., Masuda, T., Inoue, K., Masuda, M., Nagura, A., Nagayama, M., Tamaki, A., Ohta, H., Shimada, H. and Takamiya, K.: "2000 Biosynthesis of zinc-containing bacteriochlorophyll a"Porphyrins. 9(3-4). 227-233 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Suzuki, T., Masuda, T., Masuda, T., Inokuchi, H., Shimada, H., Ohta, H. & Takamiya, K.: "Overexpression, enzymatic properties and tissue localization of a ferrochelatase of cucumber"Plant Cell Physiol.. 41. 192-199 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Suzuki, T. and Takamiya, K.: "Metal insertion enzymes in biosynmtheses of chlorophylls and hemes in photosynthetic organisms"Protein, Nucleic acid and Enzyme. 45(5). 700-709 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Masuda, T., Inoue, K., Masuda, M., Nagayama, M., Tamaki, A., Ohta, H., Shimada, H., & Takamiya, K.: "Magnesium insertion by magnesium chelatase in the biosynthsis of zinc-bacteriochlorophyll a in an aerobic acidophilic bacterium Acidiphilium rubrum"J. Biol. Chem.. 274. 33594-33600 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Nishimura, K., Shimada, H., Shinmen, T., Obayashi, T., Masuda, T., Ohta, H. and Takayama, K.: "Photosynthetic regulatory gene clyuster in an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, roseobacter denitrificans"J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol.. 45. 129-134 (1999)

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