Active transport of glucosylglycerol is involved in salt adaptation of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

• Published in: Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) Vol. 142; no. 7; pp. 1725 - 1732
• Main Authors: Mikkat, Stefan, Hagemann, Martin, Schoor, Arne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.07.1996; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Antimetabolites - pharmacology; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Transport, Active - drug effects; Cyanobacteria - drug effects; Cyanobacteria - genetics; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic Complementation Test; Glucosides - pharmacokinetics; Kinetics; Microbiology; Mutation; Permeability, membrane transport, intracellular transport; Sodium Chloride - pharmacology; Halotolerance; Membrane transport; Cyanobacteria; Osmoregulation; Bacteria; Synechocystis; Carrier protein; Adaptation; Salinity

Department of Biology, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany 2 Author for correspondence: Stefan Mikkat. Tel: +49 381 494 2071. Fax: +49 381 494 2079. ABSTRACT An active-transport system for the osmoprotective compound glucosylglycerol (GG) was found in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. s...