dc.contributor.author | Hohmann-Marriott, Martin Frank | |
dc.contributor.author | Lamb, Jacob Joseph | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-02T14:17:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-02T14:17:16Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-10-01T06:18:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2474123 | |
dc.description.abstract | Manganese is an essential element required by cyanobacteria, as it is an essential part of the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II. In the presence of atmospheric oxygen, manganese is present as manganese oxides, which have low solubility and consequently provide low bioavailability. It is unknown if cyanobacteria are able to utilize these manganese sources, and what mechanisms may be employed to do so. Recent evidence suggests that type IV pili in non-photosynthetic bacteria facilitate electron donation to extracellular electron acceptors, thereby enabling metal acquisition. Our present study investigates whether PilA1 (major pilin protein of type IV pili) enables the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6808 to access to Mn from manganese oxides. We present physiological and spectroscopic data, which indicate that the presence of PilA1 enhances the ability of cyanobacteria to grow on manganese oxides. These observations suggest a role of PilA1-containing pili in cyanobacterial manganese acquisition. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Manganese acquisition is facilitated by PilA in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | PLoS ONE | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0184685 O | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1500941 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 240741 | nb_NO |
dc.description.localcode | © 2017 Lamb, Hohmann-Marriott. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,66,15,0 | |
cristin.unitcode | 194,63,35,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for bioteknologi og matvitenskap | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for elektroniske systemer | |
cristin.ispublished | false | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |