Unique Proteomes Implicate Functional Specialization across Heterocysts, Akinetes, and Vegetative Cells in Anabaena cylindrica

In response to environmental changes, vegetative cells of Anabaena cylindrica can differentiate into two other cell types: a heterocyst for oxic N2-fixation, and an enlarged spore called akinete for stress survival. Akinetes normally differentiate from vegetative cells adjacent to heterocysts. Heterocysts inhibit nearby cells from differentiating into heterocysts but can induce adjacent cells to become akinetes, a rare embryogenetic induction in prokaryotes. The mechanism for a patterned differentiation in A. cylindrica has been little studied. Here, we isolated three types of cells from A. cylindrica to identify their proteomes using LC-MS/MS. A total of 1395 proteins were identified, including 664 proteins from akinetes, 751 proteins from heterocysts, and 1236 proteins from vegetative cells. There were 45 proteins (33 novel proteins) found exclusive to akinetes, 57 heterocyst-specific proteins (33 novel proteins), including nif gene products, and 485 proteins exclusively in vegetative cells. Our proteomic data suggest that akinetes, unlike the typical spores of bacteria, perform unique biochemical functions that collaborate with both heterocysts and vegetative cells. A HAVe model for collaboration among heterocysts, akinetes and vegetative cells is proposed to illustrate the metabolic network of cyanophycin and carbohydrates based on the distribution of their biosynthesis related proteins in three types of cells. Interestingly, cell division proteins, DNA replication proteins, some carboxysomal proteins including RuBisCO and proteins in photosystems I, II were found abundant in heterocysts, the non-dividing cells dedicated exclusively to oxic N2-fixation. The identification of the akinete and heterocyst proteomes enables the pursuit of genetic studies into the patterned differentiation of akinetes and heterocysts.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2020-06-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1101/2020.06.29.176149
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