Cellulose in the cyanobacteria
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brown, R. Malcolm (Richard Malcolm), 1939- | en |
| dc.creator | Nobles, David Ronald | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-28T22:56:57Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2008-08-28T22:56:57Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Multiple aspects of cellulose biosynthesis in cyanobacteria were investigated: product identification and characterization; function, sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the cellulose synthases; suitability of cyanobacteria for transgenic cellulose synthase expression; and improved tools for the detection and identification of product. Cellulose was positively identified in members of three sections of cyanobacteria. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses established a cyanobacterial origin of vascular plant cellulose synthases. An insertional knockout of a plant-like cellulose synthase caused a loss of heterocyst envelope birefringence, altered the homogeneous polysaccharide layer of the heterocyst, and impaired nitrogen fixation in Nostoc punctiforme. Mutants of Synechococcus leopoliensis strain UTCC 100 expressing genes from the cellulose synthase operon of Acetobacter xylinum secreted extracellular material, which bound Tinopal and CBHI-gold, but could not be positively identified as cellulose. Finally, specific β 1,4-glucan probes for use in fluorescence and electron microscopy were successfully created by fusing the cellulose binding module of Trametes hirsuta to Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and Ferritin (FtnA), respectively. | |
| dc.description.department | Biological Sciences, School of | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.identifier | b64850638 | en |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 84744364 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2587 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cyanobacteria | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cellulose--Synthesis | en |
| dc.title | Cellulose in the cyanobacteria | en |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Biological Sciences, School of | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Plant Biology | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |