Zhenxiong Jiang, Khondokar Nowshin Islam, Malory Wolfe, Michael O’Connell, Dykia Williams, Ashley Florance, David J Vinyard, Xiaohui Zhang, Maxwell Brenner, Andor J Kiss, Xianhua Liu, Xin Wang
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Enhancing photosynthesis under salt stress via directed evolution in cyanobacteria
A key aspect of enhancing photosynthesis is improving the kinetics of photochemical quenching recovery following environmental perturbation or stress. Salt stress exacerbates high light stress in cyanobacteria and leads to severe yield losses in crop plants. Genetic traits that confer salt tolerance without compromising photosynthetic performance are essential for improving photosynthesis under these conditions. Here, we applied accelerated evolution in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 by conditionally suppressing its methyl-directed mismatch repair system to obtain beneficial genetic traits for enhanced photosynthesis under salt stress. We screened over 10,000 mutants and isolated eight strains with increased biomass or sucrose productivity under salt stress. Genome sequencing revealed an average of 8–20 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or indels per genome. Notably, mutations in the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center D1-encoding gene, resulting in the amino acid changes L353F, I358N, and H359N at the carboxyl terminus of the precursor-D1 (pD1) protein, improved photosynthesis under salt and combined salt and light stress by potentially accelerating D1 maturation during PSII repair. Phylogenetic analysis of pD1 across cyanobacteria and red algae highlights the broad relevance of these adaptive genetic traits, underscoring the importance of leveraging evolutionary insights to improve photosynthesis under stress or fluctuating environments.
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