Complete Genomic Sequence of the Filamentous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

@article{citeulike:2775419, abstract = {The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of a filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, was determined. The genome of Anabaena consisted of a single chromosome (6,413,771 bp) and six plasmids, designated pCC7120{alpha} (408,101 bp), pCC7120{beta} (186,614 bp), pCC7120{gamma} (101,965 bp), pCC7120{delta} (55,414 bp), pCC7120{epsilon} (40,340 bp), and pCC7120{zeta} (5,584 bp). The chromosome bears 5368 potential protein-encoding genes, four sets of rRNA genes, 48 tRNA genes representing 42 tRNA species, and 4 genes for small structural RNAs. The predicted products of 45\% of the potential protein-encoding genes showed sequence similarity to known and predicted proteins of known function, and 27\% to translated products of hypothetical genes. The remaining 28\% lacked significant similarity to genes for known and predicted proteins in the public DNA databases. More than 60 genes involved in various processes of heterocyst formation and nitrogen fixation were assigned to the chromosome based on their similarity to the reported genes. One hundred and ninety-five genes coding for components of two-component signal transduction systems, nearly 2.5 times as many as those in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, were identified on the chromosome. Only 37\% of the Anabaena genes showed significant sequence similarity to those of Synechocystis, indicating a high degree of divergence of the gene information between the two cyanobacterial strains. 10.1093/dnares/8.5.205}, author = {Kaneko, Takakazu and Nakamura, Yasukazu and Wolk, Peter C. and Kuritz, Tanya and Sasamoto, Shigemi and Watanabe, Akiko and Iriguchi, Mayumi and Ishikawa, Atsuko and Kawashima, Kumiko and Kimura, Takaharu and Kishida, Yoshie and Kohara, Mitsuyo and Matsumoto, Midori and Matsuno, Ai and Muraki, Akiko and Nakazaki, Naomi and Shimpo, Sayaka and Sugimoto, Masako and Takazawa, Masaki and Yamada, Manabu and Yasuda, Miho and Tabata, Satoshi }, citeulike-article-id = {2775419}, doi = {10.1093/dnares/8.5.205}, journal = {DNA Res}, keywords = {biochempaper, cyanobacteria}, month = {January}, number = {5}, pages = {205--213}, posted-at = {2008-05-09 13:43:38}, priority = {0}, title = {Complete Genomic Sequence of the Filamentous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dnares/8.5.205}, volume = {8}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2775419 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2775419 TI - Complete Genomic Sequence of the Filamentous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 JF - DNA Res VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - 205 EP - 213 N2 - The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of a filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, was determined. The genome of Anabaena consisted of a single chromosome (6,413,771 bp) and six plasmids, designated pCC7120{alpha} (408,101 bp), pCC7120{beta} (186,614 bp), pCC7120{gamma} (101,965 bp), pCC7120{delta} (55,414 bp), pCC7120{epsilon} (40,340 bp), and pCC7120{zeta} (5,584 bp). The chromosome bears 5368 potential protein-encoding genes, four sets of rRNA genes, 48 tRNA genes representing 42 tRNA species, and 4 genes for small structural RNAs. The predicted products of 45% of the potential protein-encoding genes showed sequence similarity to known and predicted proteins of known function, and 27% to translated products of hypothetical genes. The remaining 28% lacked significant similarity to genes for known and predicted proteins in the public DNA databases. More than 60 genes involved in various processes of heterocyst formation and nitrogen fixation were assigned to the chromosome based on their similarity to the reported genes. One hundred and ninety-five genes coding for components of two-component signal transduction systems, nearly 2.5 times as many as those in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, were identified on the chromosome. Only 37% of the Anabaena genes showed significant sequence similarity to those of Synechocystis, indicating a high degree of divergence of the gene information between the two cyanobacterial strains. 10.1093/dnares/8.5.205 KW - biochempaper KW - cyanobacteria AU - Kaneko, Takakazu AU - Nakamura, Yasukazu AU - Wolk, Peter AU - Kuritz, Tanya AU - Sasamoto, Shigemi AU - Watanabe, Akiko AU - Iriguchi, Mayumi AU - Ishikawa, Atsuko AU - Kawashima, Kumiko AU - Kimura, Takaharu AU - Kishida, Yoshie AU - Kohara, Mitsuyo AU - Matsumoto, Midori AU - Matsuno, Ai AU - Muraki, Akiko AU - Nakazaki, Naomi AU - Shimpo, Sayaka AU - Sugimoto, Masako AU - Takazawa, Masaki AU - Yamada, Manabu AU - Yasuda, Miho AU - Tabata, Satoshi PY - 2001/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dnares/8.5.205 ER -