Cellular Homeostasis: A Small RNA at the Crossroads of Iron and Photosynthesis

Marie-Claude Carrier; Jean-Sébastien Bourassa; Eric Massé

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.003

Cellular Homeostasis: A Small RNA at the Crossroads of Iron and Photosynthesis

Curr Biol. 2017 May 22;27(10):R380-R383. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.003.

Authors

Marie-Claude Carrier¹, Jean-Sébastien Bourassa¹, Eric Massé²

Affiliations

¹ University of Sherbrooke, CRCHUS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
² University of Sherbrooke, CRCHUS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28535387
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.003

Abstract

The cyanobacterium Synechocystis relies on iron to perform oxygenic photosynthesis. This makes Synechocystis particularly sensitive to iron starvation. A new study shows that the small RNA IsaR1 is a major effector of the iron-stress response, remodeling the photosynthetic apparatus.

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MeSH terms

Acclimatization
Homeostasis
Iron
Photosynthesis
RNA
Synechocystis / genetics*

Substances

RNA
Iron