Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Cyanobacteria have evolved various strategies to sense and adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses including active movement. Motility in cyanobacteria utilizing the type IV pili (TFP) is useful to cope with changing environmental conditions. The model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereaft...

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Autores principales: Chen, Zhuo, Li, Xitong, Tan, Xiaoming, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Baoshan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Plant Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7076178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210999
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00241
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author Chen, Zhuo
Li, Xitong
Tan, Xiaoming
Zhang, Yan
Wang, Baoshan
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description Cyanobacteria have evolved various strategies to sense and adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses including active movement. Motility in cyanobacteria utilizing the type IV pili (TFP) is useful to cope with changing environmental conditions. The model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter named Synechocystis) exhibits motility via TFP called thick pili, and uses it to seek out favorable light/nutrition or escape from unfavorable conditions. Recently, a number of studies on Synechocystis thick pili have been undertaken. Molecular approaches support the role of the pilin in motility, cell adhesion, metal utilization, and natural competence in Synechocystis. This review summarizes the most recent studies on the function of thick pili as well as their formation and regulation in this cyanobacterium.
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spelling pubmed-70761782020-03-24 Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Chen, Zhuo Li, Xitong Tan, Xiaoming Zhang, Yan Wang, Baoshan Front Plant Sci Plant Science Cyanobacteria have evolved various strategies to sense and adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses including active movement. Motility in cyanobacteria utilizing the type IV pili (TFP) is useful to cope with changing environmental conditions. The model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (hereafter named Synechocystis) exhibits motility via TFP called thick pili, and uses it to seek out favorable light/nutrition or escape from unfavorable conditions. Recently, a number of studies on Synechocystis thick pili have been undertaken. Molecular approaches support the role of the pilin in motility, cell adhesion, metal utilization, and natural competence in Synechocystis. This review summarizes the most recent studies on the function of thick pili as well as their formation and regulation in this cyanobacterium. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7076178/ /pubmed/32210999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00241 Text en Copyright © 2020 Chen, Li, Tan, Zhang and Wang. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Chen, Zhuo
Li, Xitong
Tan, Xiaoming
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Wang, Baoshan
Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title_full Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title_fullStr Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title_full_unstemmed Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title_short Recent Advances in Biological Functions of Thick Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
title_sort recent advances in biological functions of thick pili in the cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. pcc 6803
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7076178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210999
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00241
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