Important Functional Genes for Magnetosome Chain Assembly in Magnetotactic Spirillum

JIE Chun-Lan, ZHENG Ping, PAN Wei-Dong-*

Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7) : 610-615.

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Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7) : 610-615.
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Important Functional Genes for Magnetosome Chain Assembly in Magnetotactic Spirillum

  • XIE Chun-Lan1), 2), ZHENG Ping 3), PAN Wei-Dong1)*
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Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) rely on magnetosomes for their orientation and navigation in geomagnetic field. It is important for MTB to organize magnetosomes to form their biomagnetic compass. The magnetosomes are arranged effectively in chains in most MTB species, thus to increase the magnetic dipole moment of cells and enable the bacteria to orientate in environmental magnetic field. M.magneticum AMB-1 and M.gryphiswaldense MSR-1 are both known to form a single-chain magnetosomes along the cell‘s long axes. Recently, mutational analyses and time-lapsed experiments have discovered other novel genes, including MamJ, MamK and MamA, that are functionally involved in the magnetosome chain assembly. In this report, the study about these genes with the focus on the differences of their functions between AMB-1 and MSR-1 during of magnetosome chain assembly are described.

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magnetotactic spirillum AMB-1 & / MSR-1 / magnetosome chain / MamJ / MamK / MamA

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JIE Chun-Lan, ZHENG Ping, PAN Wei-Dong-*. Important Functional Genes for Magnetosome Chain Assembly in Magnetotactic Spirillum[J]. Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2011, 27(7): 610-615

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30670508,No. 31070755)

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