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Oscillations in supercoiling drive circadian gene expression in cyanobacteria


ABSTRACT: The cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 exhibits oscillations in mRNA transcript abundance with 24-hour periodicity under continuous light conditions. The mechanism underlying these oscillations remains elusive â?? neither cis nor trans-factors controlling circadian gene expression phase have been identified. Here we show that the topological status of the chromosome is highly correlated with circadian gene expression state. We also demonstrate that DNA sequence characteristics of genes that appear monotonically activated and monotonically repressed by chromosomal relaxation during the circadian cycle are similar to those of supercoiling responsive genes in E. coli. Furthermore, perturbation of superhelical status within the physiological range elicits global changes in gene expression similar to those that occur during the normal circadian cycle. Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 was subjected to two consecutive light/dark cycles and released into continuous light (T = 0). Cells were sampled every 4 hours from T = 24 to T = 84 hours for microarray analysis to characterize circadian gene expression. In a separate experiment, to characterize the response of S. elongatus to immediate chromosome relaxation, cells were sampled at T = 56 and T = 64 hours, immediately followed by novobiocin treatment (0.1 ug/ml), and the resulting response was measured by microarray after 5, 10, 30, 90, and 150 minutes. This experiment was designed to test whether chromosomal relaxation is sufficient to induce gene expression changes similar to those observed during the circadian cycle.

ORGANISM(S): Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

SUBMITTER: Erin O'Shea 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-18902 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Oscillations in supercoiling drive circadian gene expression in cyanobacteria.

Vijayan Vikram V   Zuzow Rick R   O'Shea Erin K EK  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20091214 52


The cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 exhibits oscillations in mRNA transcript abundance with 24-h periodicity under continuous light conditions. The mechanism underlying these oscillations remains elusive--neither cis nor trans-factors controlling circadian gene expression phase have been identified. Here, we show that the topological status of the chromosome is highly correlated with circadian gene expression state. We also demonstrate that DNA sequence characteristics of genes t  ...[more]

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