This thesis investigates two signalling components of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the phytochrome photoreceptor CPH2 and the histidine kinase 12 (HIK12). Knockout and overexpression mutants of both proteins were analysed under distinct growth conditions, focusing on the central carbon metabolism and the transition from fast exponential to slowed-down growth in biomats. The results show a clear regulatory function of both proteins on the central carbon metabolism, which is substantiated in a strongly retarded growth phenotype in the knockout mutants, correlating with a reduced glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and changes in the transcript level of cytochrome c oxidase encoding CtaDI. These phenotypes manifest under biomatforming conditions, together with heterotrophic conditions for CPH2 and photomixotrophic conditions for HIK12. Both can be complemented by overexpression of the respective protein in the knockout background. Furthermore, the phytohormone cytokinin and its histidine kinase receptor AHK3 were shown to be involved in plant pathogen defense.
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This thesis investigates two signalling components of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the phytochrome photoreceptor CPH2 and the histidine kinase 12 (HIK12). Knockout and overexpression mutants of both proteins were analysed under distinct growth conditions, focusing on the central carbon metabolism and the transition from fast exponential to slowed-down growth in biomats. The results show a clear regulatory function of both proteins on the central carbon metabolism, which is subs...
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