Marine ecosystems: Bacterial photosynthesis genes in a virus Export

@article{Mann2003, abstract = {A bacteriophage may protect itself and its host against a deadly effect of bright sunlight. Cyanobacteria contribute to the overall photosynthetic production of oxygen in the oceans, but they are susceptible to infection by viruses and also to photo-inhibition when sunlight is too intense. Here we show that the genomic sequence of one such virus, a bacteriophage known as S-PM2, encodes the D1 and D2 proteins that are key components of one of the photosynthetic reaction centres (photosystem II, PSII), which are crucial sites of damage in photo-inhibition. The presence of this virus, and others like it, in the ocean may ensure that photo-inhibition is prevented in infected cells, allowing photosynthesis to continue and therefore provide the energy needed by the virus for its replication.}, address = {Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. n.h.mann@warwick.ac.uk}, author = {Mann, Nicholas H. and Cook, Annabel and Millard, Andrew and Bailey, Shaun and Clokie, Martha}, citeulike-article-id = {1391578}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/424741a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/424741a}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12917674}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12917674}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1038/424741a}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {cyanophage, d1}, month = {August}, number = {6950}, pages = {741}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 11:06:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Marine ecosystems: Bacterial photosynthesis genes in a virus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/424741a}, volume = {424}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - Mann2003 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1391578 N2 - A bacteriophage may protect itself and its host against a deadly effect of bright sunlight. Cyanobacteria contribute to the overall photosynthetic production of oxygen in the oceans, but they are susceptible to infection by viruses and also to photo-inhibition when sunlight is too intense. Here we show that the genomic sequence of one such virus, a bacteriophage known as S-PM2, encodes the D1 and D2 proteins that are key components of one of the photosynthetic reaction centres (photosystem II, PSII), which are crucial sites of damage in photo-inhibition. The presence of this virus, and others like it, in the ocean may ensure that photo-inhibition is prevented in infected cells, allowing photosynthesis to continue and therefore provide the energy needed by the virus for its replication. IS - 6950 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. n.h.mann@warwick.ac.uk EP - 741 TI - Marine ecosystems: Bacterial photosynthesis genes in a virus PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 424 SP - 741 KW - cyanophage KW - d1 AU - Mann, Nicholas AU - Cook, Annabel AU - Millard, Andrew AU - Bailey, Shaun AU - Clokie, Martha PY - 2003/08/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/424741a ER -