All rights reserved. Copyright 2003. Organizing Committee ISPP.
11th International Symposium on
Phototrophic Prokaryotes
(ISPP 2003 Tokyo)
PROGRAM
Sunday, August 24
10:00 — 20:00
INFORMATION OPEN
Foyer (5th floor)
14:00 — 20:00
REGISTRATION
Foyer (5th floor)
14:00 — 20:00
MOUNTING POSTERS
17:30 — 19:00
WELCOME PARTY
Exhibition Hall (1st floor)
Event Hall (2nd floor)
Monday, August 25
09:00 – 09:05
OPENING REMARKS ···································································· Hall A
Ken-ichiro Takamiya (President of the ISPP2003 Local Organizing Committee)
09:05 – 10:15
PLENARY SESSION 1 (PL-1 and PL-2) ·········································· Hall A
10:15 – 10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 – 12:30
PLENARY SESSION 2 (PL-3, PL-4, and PL-5) ································ Hall A
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH ································································ Meeting Rooms (4th floor)
14:00 – 16:00
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
S-1: Genomics ················································································ Hall A
S-2: Bio-resources, Toxins, and Bioremediation ································· Hall B
16:00 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:15
PLENARY SESSION 3 (PL-6, PL-7, and PL-8) ································ Hall A
19:00 – 21:00
PARTICIPANT-ORGANIZED SESSIONS
PLENARY SESSION 1
09:05 – 10:15
Hall A
Chairperson: Ken-ichiro Takamiya (Japan)
PL-1 9:05 – 9:40
Crystal Structure of Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus
Jian-Ren Shen1, and Nobuo Kamiya2
1
Okayama University and PRESTO, JST, Japan, and 2RIKEN Harima Institute/SPring-8, Japan
PL-2 9:40 – 10:15
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Pigments, Metabolism and Structure
D. Vavilin, H. Mohamed, F. Xiong, A. van de Meene, and R. Roberson and W. Vermaas,
Arizona State University, USA
PLENARY SESSION 2
10:45 – 12:30
Hall A
Chairperson: David B. Knaff (USA)
PL-3 10:45 – 11:20
Mechanisms and Evolution of Electron Transfer to the Reaction Center of Purple and GreenFilamentous Bacteria
Katsumi Matsuura, and Kenji V. P. Nagashima
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
PL-4 11:20 – 11:55
Genome Analysis of Cyanobacteria
Satoshi Tabata
Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan
PL-5 11:55 – 12:30
(Bacterio)-chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Chlorosome Structure and Function in the Green Sulfur
Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum
Donald A. Bryant, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Julia A. Maresca, and Hui Li
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Monday, August 25 (cont.)
SYMPOSIUM 1: Genomics
14:00 – 16:00 Hall A
S-1-1 14:00 – 14:20
Prochlorococcus marinus SS120, an Example of Minimum Cyanobacterial Genome
Alexis Dufresne1, Marcel Salanoubat2, Kira Makarova3, Michael Galperin3, Wolfgang Hess4, and
Frédéric Partensky1
1
CNRS & University Paris, France, 2CNRS & University of Evry, France, 3National Center for
Biotechnology Information, USA, and 4Humboldt University, Germany
S-1-2 14:20 – 14:40
DNA-Microarray Based Expression Analysis of Hydrogen Metabolism Related Genes in the
Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
Rikard Axelsson1, Peter Lindblad1, and Röbbe Wünschiers2
1
Uppsala University, Sweden, and 2University of Köln, Germany
S-1-3 14:40 – 15:00
Reconstruction of Anabaena Fox- Transposon Mutations by Insertional Mutagenesis
Qing Fan1, Sigal Lechno-Yossef1, C. Peter Wolk1, Takakazu Kaneko2, and Satoshi Tabata2
1
Michigan State University, USA, and 2Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan
S-1-4 15:00 – 15:20
Domain Shuffling Occurs Frequently in PAS Domain-Containing Proteins of Filamentous
Cyanobacteria
Rei Narikawa, Shinobu Okamoto, Masahiko Ikeuchi, and Masayuki Ohmori
University of Tokyo, Japan
S-1-5 15:20 – 15:40
Comparative Genomics of Photosynthetic Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Origin of Endosymbiont
Genes
Naoki Sato
Saitama University, Japan
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
SYMPOSIUM 2: Bio-resources, Toxins, and Bioremediation
14:00 – 16:00 Hall B
S-2-1 14:00 – 14:20
Genetic Diversity of Toxic and Non-Toxic Strains of the Genus Planktothrix (Cyanobacteria)
Claudia Wiedner1, Susann Wächter1, and Martin Welker2
1
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany, and 2 Technische Universität
Berlin, Germany
S-2-2 14:20 – 14:40
Molecular Biology of Microcystin Biosynthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa
Elke Dittmann1, Michael Hisbergues1, Jan-Christoph Kehr1, Yvonne Claussner1, Jutta Fastner2,
Nicole Tandeau de Marsac3, and Thomas Börner1
1
Humboldt University, Germany, 2Umweltbundesamt, Germany, and 3Pasteur Institute, France
S-2-3 14:40 – 15:00
5-Aminolevulinic Acid and Porphyrin Production by Photosynthetic Bacteria
Ken Sasaki, Takehiro Utsunomiya, Kenji Takeno, and Masanori Watanabe
Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, Japan
Monday, August 25 (cont.)
S-2-4 15:00 – 15:20
Kinetics of Fatty Acids Uptake by Phototrophic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Isolated from Activated
Sludge
Yoko Okubo, Hiroyuki Futamata, and Akira Hiraishi
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
S-2-5 15:20 – 15:40
Reduction of the Oxyanion Tellurite (TeO32-) to Elemental Tellurium (Te0) by Phototrophically
Grown Rhodobacter capsulatus: Cell Viability and Bioenergetics
Francesca Borsetti, Roberto Borghese, and Davide Zannoni
University of Bologna, Italy
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
PLENARY SESSION 3
16:30 – 18:15
Hall A
Chairperson: C. Peter Wolk (USA)
PL-6 16:30 – 17:05
Billions and Billions of Bases: How Does a Biologist Maintain a Grip on Reality?
Jeff Elhai
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
PL-7 17:05 – 17:40
Nitrogen Acquisition and Its Regulation in Cyanobacteria
Enrique Flores, José E. Frías, Javier Paz-Yepes, Elvira Olmedo-Verd, Virginia Rodríguez-García,
Silvia Picossi, Ana Valladares, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, and Antonia Herrero
C.S.I.C.-Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
PL-8 17:40 – 18:15
The Role of the patS Gene in Heterocyst Development
Xiaoqiang Wu, Duan Liu, Martin Lee, Ivan Khudyakov, Rodrigo Mella, and James Golden
Texas A&M University, USA
Tuesday, August 26
09:00 – 10:10
PLENARY SESSION 4 (PL-9 and PL-10)
10:10 – 10:40
COFFEE BREAK
10:40 – 12:25
PLENARY SESSION 5 (PL-11, PL-12, and PL-13)
12:25 – 14:00
LUNCH ····························································
Meeting Rooms (4th floor)
14:00 – 15:00
POSTER SESSION 1 (Odd numbers) ···················
Exhibition Hall (1st floor)
15:00 – 16:00
POSTER SESSION 2 (Even numbers) ··················
Exhibition Hall (1st floor)
16:00 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:30
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
S-3: Ecology and Population Dynamics ··········································
S-4: Electron Transport System: Mechanism and Biogenesis ·············
19:00 – 21:00
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Meeting of the ISPP International Scientific Committee ··············
Hall A
Hall A
Hall A
Hall B
Room 303
PARTICIPANT-ORGANIZED SESSIONS
PLENARY SESSION 4
09:00 – 10:10
Hall A
Chairperson: Fevzi Daldal (USA)
PL-9 9:00 – 9:35
On the Mechanism of Signal Generation in Photoactive Yellow Protein and Other Blue-Light
Photoreceptor Proteins from Phototrophic Bacteria
Klaas J. Hellingwerf, Wim Crielaard, Michael A. van der Horst, and Wouter Laan
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PL-10 9:35 – 10:10
Functional Studies of Key Catalysts and Regulator Proteins Important for CO2 Fixation Provide New
Insights on Metabolic Control
F. Robert Tabita
The Ohio State University, USA
PLENARY SESSION 5
10:40 – 12:25
Hall A
Chairperson: Mary M. Allen (USA)
PL-11 10:40 – 11:15
Systematic Genomics of Environmental Signal Sensors
Norio Murata
National. Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
PL-12 11:15 – 11:50
Metal-Selective Transport & Trafficking by P1-type ATPases and a Metallochaperone
Gilles P. M. Borrelly1, Steven S. Tottey1, Sabine A. M. Rondet1, Claudia A. Blindauer2, Peter Sadler2,
and Nigel J. Robinson1
1
University of Newcastle, UK, and 2University of Edinburgh, UK
PL-13 11:50 – 12:25
Genomics, Genetics and Plant Metabolism: Progress in Understanding Vitamin E Synthesis in Plants
and Cyanobacteria
Dean DellaPenna
Michigan State University, USA
Tuesday, August 26 (cont.)
POSTER SESSION 1 (Odd numbers)
14:00 – 15:00
Exhibition Hall
15:00 – 16:00
Exhibition Hall
Authors stand by the odd-number posters.
POSTER SESSION 2 (Even numbers)
Authors stand by the even-number posters.
SYMPOSIUM 3: Ecology and Population Dynamics
16:30 – 18:30 Hall A
S-3-1 16:30 – 16:50
Molecular Ecology of Green Sulfur Bacteria in Marine Environments
Trine Gregersen, Jesper S. Pedersen, Mette Miller, and Raymond P. Cox
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
S-3-2 16:50 – 17:10
Cryptoendolithic Photosynthetic Communities within Recent and Ancient Travertine in Yellowstone
National Park
Tracy B. Norris, and Richard W. Castenholz
University of Oregon, USA
S-3-3 17:10 – 17:30
Biodiversity Assessment of Microbial Mats by Microscopy and by Combined Phospholipid
Biomarkers and 16S rDNA-DGGE Analyses
Jordi Urmeneta, Antoni Navarrete, Laura Villanueva, Javier del Campo, and Ricardo Guerrero
University of Barcelona, Spain
S-3-4 17:30 – 17:50
Communication between Microcystis sp., a Toxic Cyanobacterium, and the Dinoflagellate
Peridinium gatunense May Determine the Composition of Phytoplankton Assemblage in a Fresh
Water Lake
Vardi, A.1, D. Schatz1, K. Beeri1, U. Motro1, A. Sukenik2, A. Levine1, and A. Kaplan1
1
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and 2Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel
S-3-5 17:50 – 18:10
Optical Biogeography of Picocyanobacteria in the Coastal Ocean
Michelle Wood1, Craig Everroad1, Bob Arnone2, Rick Gould2, William Li3, Scott Pegau4,
and Chuck Trees5
1
University of Oregon, USA, 2Stennis Space Center, USA, 3Bedford Institute of Ocean Sciences,
Canada, 4Ketchimak Bay Research Reserve, USA, and 5CHORS, SDSU, USA
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 18:10 – 18:30
SYMPOSIUM 4: Electron Transport Systems: Mechanism and Biogenesis
16:30 – 18:30 Hall B
S-4-1 16:30 – 16:50
Electron Transport in and around Reaction Centers of Green Sulfur Bacteria and Heliobacteria
Daisuke Seo1, Kazuhito Inoue2, Pierre Sétif 3, and Hidehiro Sakurai1
1
Waseda University, Japan, 2Kanagawa University, Japan, and 3DBCM, CEA-Saclay, France
Tuesday, August 26 (cont.)
S-4-2 16:50 – 17:10
Untangling Cytochrome bc1 Engineering by Cofactor Knock-Out Strategy
Artur Osyczka, Christopher C. Moser, Fevzi Daldal, and P. Leslie Dutton
University of Pennsylvania, USA
S-4-3 17:10 – 17:30
Periplasmic Redox Homeostasis and c-Type Cytochrome Biogenesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus
Meenal Deshmukh, Serdar Turkarslan, and Fevzi Daldal
University of Pennsylvania, USA
S-4-4 17:30 – 17:50
The Role of CcsA and CcsB Proteins in the Cytochrome c Maturation in Cyanobacteria
Martin Tichy
Institute of Microbiology, Czech Republic, and University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
S-4-5 17:50 – 18:10
Proton Translocation through FO -Portion of ATP synthase: a Detailed Investigation
Boris A. Feniouk1,2, Maria A. Kozlova1, Dmitry A. Cherepanov1,3, Armen Y. Mulkidjanian1,2,
and Wolfgang Junge1
1
University of Osnabrück, Germany, 2Moscow State University, Russia, and 3Russian Academy of
Sciences, Russia
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 18:10 – 18:30
Meeting of the ISPP International Scientific Committee
19:00 – 21:00 Room 303
Wednesday, August 27
09:00 – 10:10
PLENARY SESSION 6 (PL-14 and PL-15) ··································· Hall A
10:10 – 10:40
COFFEE BREAK
10:40 – 12:25
PLENARY SESSION 7 (PL-16, PL-17, and PL-18) ······················· Hall A
12:25 – 14:00
LUNCH ···························································· Meeting Rooms (4th floor)
14:00 – 16:00
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
S-5: Gene Regulation ··································································· Hall A
S-6: Biodiversity ·········································································· Hall B
16:00 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 18:30
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
S-7: Adaptation and Acclimation ··················································· Hall A
S-8: Biosynthesis of Pigments and Lipids ········································· Hall B
19:00 – 21:00
Open Meeting of ICSP Subcommittee on
the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria ····················
PARTICIPANT-ORGANIZED SESSIONS
PLENARY SESSION 6
Room 303
09:00 – 10:10
Hall A
Chairperson: Hans C. P. Matthijs (Netherlands)
PL-14 9:00 – 9:35
Inorganic Carbon Acquisition Systems in Cyanobacteria
Teruo Ogawa1, Mari Shibata1, Hirokazu Katoh1, Hiroshi Ohkawa1, Hideya Fukuzawa2, and Aaron
Kaplan3
1
Nagoya University, Japan, 2Kyoto University, Japan, and 3The Hebrew University, Israel
PL-15 9:35 – 10:10
The Evolution of Thylakoid Membranes
Jürgen Soll
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
PLENARY SESSION 7
10:40 – 12:25
Chairperson: Richard W. Castenholz (USA)
PL-16 10:40 – 11:15
Community Structure and Physiology of Marine Picocyanobacteria
D. J. Scanlan
University of Warwick, UK
PL-17 11:15 – 11:50
Advances in the Ecology of Marine N2-Fixing Cyanobacteria
Lucas J. Stal, and Marc Staal
NIOO, Netherlands
PL-18 11:50 – 12:25
Novel Anoxygenic Phototrophs – Ecophysiology and Evolutionary Implications
Jörg Overmann
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Hall A
Wednesday, August 27 (cont.)
SYMPOSIUM 5: Gene Regulaton
14:00 – 16:00 Hall A
S-5-1 14:00 – 14:20
Differential Gene Expression in Response to Stresses and Mutation in the Cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Abhay K. Singh, Hong Li, and Louis A. Sherman
Purdue University, USA
S-5-2 14:20 – 14:40
Identification of Synechocystis PCC 6803 Genes Regulated by Crp Using a Transcriptional Reporter
Library
Christina Hwang, and Michael L. Summers
California State University, USA
S-5-3 14:40 – 15:00
Signal Transduction Protein PII Regulates Activity of NtcA during Nitrogen-Deprivation in
Synechococcus elongatus
Mohammed Fadi Aldehni, and Karl Forchhammer
Justus Liebig University, Germany
S-5-4 15:00 – 15:20
Oxygen-Dependent Responses of the Transcriptome of the Anoxygenic Phototroph,
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Oleg V. Moskvin, Pavel Ivanov, and Mark Gomelsky
University of Wyoming, USA
S-5-5 15:20 – 15:40
sll1773 Encoding an Apoptosis-Related Protein Pirin Homolog Is Induced under Extreme Stress
Conditions in Synechocytis sp. PCC 6803
Yukako Hihara1, Masayuki Muramatsu1, and Kintake Sonoike2
1
Saitama University, Japan, and 2University of Tokyo, Japan
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
SYMPOSIUM 6: Biodiversity
14:00 – 16:00 Hall B
S-6-1 14:00 – 14:20
Phylogeny of Acaryochloris Strains Isolated from Different Colonial Ascidians
Hideaki Miyashita1, Mamoru Mimuro1, and Shigetoh Miyachi2
1
Kyoto University, Japan, and 2Marine Biotechnology Institute, Japan
S-6-2 14:20 – 14:40
The Limited Global Diversity of Green Sulfur Bacteria in Marine Environments
Boris Alexander and Johannes F. Imhoff
Institut für Meereskunde, Germany
S-6-3 14:40 – 15:00
Evolution of Microcystin Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria
David Fewer, Leo Rouhiainen, Anne Rantala, Tanja Vakkilainen, Jaana Vaitomaa, and Kaarina
Sivonen
University of Helsinki, Finland
S-6-4 15:00 – 15:20
Molecular Taxonomy of Thermotolerant Rhodoplanes Strains and Related Phototropic Bacteria
Keiko Okamura1, Takayoshi Hisada1,2, and Akira Hiraishi1
1
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, and 2NCIMB Japan Co, Ltd., Japan
Wednesday, August 27 (cont.)
S-6-5 15:20 – 15:40
Ecology and Diversity of Phototrophic Bacteria from Soda Lakes of Eastern Mongolia
V.M. Gorlenko
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
SYMPOSIUM 7: Adaptation and Acclimation
16:30 – 18:30 Hall A
S-7-1 16:30 – 16:50
Antioxidative Activities of Carotenoid Species in Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria: in vivo Evaluation in
a Carotenoid Mutant Series of Rubrivivax gelatinosus
Jiro Harada1, Shinichi Takaichi2, Kenji V.P. Nagashima1, Kazuhito Inoue3, Katsumi Matsuura1, and
Keizo Shimada1
1
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, 2Nippon Medical School, Japan, and 3Kanagawa University,
Japan
S-7-2 16:50 – 17:10
Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of Salt-Stress Response in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
Martin Hagemann1, Jana Huckauf1, Kay Marin1, Sandra Röser1, and Norio Murata2
1
Universität Rostock, Germany, and 2 National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
S-7-3 17:10 – 17:30
Glycinebetaine Enhances the Degradation of Photodamaged D1, Resulting in the Efficient Repair of
Photosystem II during Photoinhibition with Salt Stress
Norikazu Ohnishi and Norio Murata
National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
S-7-4 17:30 – 17:50
Functional Role of Multiple P Binding Proteins during P Stress in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis
PCC6803
L. Humphreys and D. J. Scanlan
University of Warwick, UK
S-7-5 17:50 – 18:10
Multiple Light Inputs Direct Phototaxis in Cyanobacteria
Wing-On Ng1, Arthur R. Grossman2, and Devaki Bhaya2
1
Stanford University, USA, and 2Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 18:10 – 18:30
SYMPOSIUM 8: Biosynthesis of Pigments and Lipids
16:30 – 18:30 Hall B
S-8-1 16:30 – 16:50
Carotenoid Pathway in Photosynthetic Bacteria: Elucidation of Individual Reactions of Heterologously
Expressed Enzymes from Rhodobacter and Rubrivivax
Sabine Steiger and Gerhard Sandmann
J. W. Goethe Universität, Germany
S-8-2 16:50 – 17:10
Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Carotenosome Organelles in the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium
tepidum
Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Colleen E. Yunker, and Donald A. Bryant
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Wednesday, August 27 (cont.)
S-8-3 17:10 – 17:30
Creation of Oxygen-Tolerant Protochlorophyllide Reductase during Early Evolution of Oxygenic
Photosynthesis
Shoji Yamazaki, and Yuichi Fujita
Nagoya University, Japan
S-8-4 17:30 – 17:50
Two Mg-Protoporphyrin Monomethylester Cyclases in Proteobacteria: a Strategy Adopted for MgDivinyl Protochlorophyllide a Biosynthesis under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions
Soufian Ouchane, Martine Picaud, Anne-Soisig Steunou, and Chantal Astier
CNRS, France
S-8-5 17:50 – 18:10
Identification of a Gene for Biosynthesis of Monoglucosyldiacylglycerol, a Precursor of Membrane
Galactolipid, by Comparative Analysis of Two Cyanobacterial Genomes
Koichiro Awai1, Takatoshi Kakimoto1, Chie Kawabata-Awai1, Takakazu Kaneko2, Miki Hagio3, Kenichiro Takamiya1, Hajime Wada4, and Hiroyuki Ohta1
1
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan, 3Kyushu University,
Japan, and 4The University of Tokyo, Japan
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 18:10 – 18:30
Open Meeting of ICSP Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria
19:00 – 21:00 Room 303
Thursday, August 28
09:00 – 12:30
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
S- 9: Signal Transduction
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S-10: Light-Harvesting Systems
Hall A
Hall B
12:25 – 14:00
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH ··························································· Meeting Rooms (4th floor)
Meeting of the ISPP International Scientific Committee ········· Room 303
14:00 – 16:00
SYMPOSIA (parallel sessions)
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S-11: Physiology and N/C/S Metabolism
S-12: Reaction Centers
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Hall A
Hall B
16:00 – 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 17:40
PLENARY SESSION 8 (PL-19 and PL-20)
18:00 – 21:00
SYMPOSIUM DINNER ······································ Event Hall (2nd floor)
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SYMPOSIUM 9: Signal Transduction
Hall A
09:00 – 12:30 Hall A
S-9-1 9:00 – 9:20
Identification of Phytochrome-Like Protein and Response Regulator That Are Necessary for the
Expression of cpcG2 Gene in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Mitsunori Katayama, Xiao-Xing Geng , Mari Kobayashi, and Masahiko Ikeuchi
University of Tokyo, Japan
S-9-2 9:20 – 9:40
Histidine Kinases Perceive the Oxidative Stress to Regulate the Expression of Oxidative StressInducible Genes in Synechocystis
Yu Kanesaki, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Iwane Suzuki, and Norio Murata
National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
S-9-3 9:40 – 10:00
A Redox Active Cysteine Residue Plays a Key Role in the Redox Sensing Capabilities of RegB from
the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus
Lee R. Swem, Danielle L. Swem, and Carl E. Bauer
Indiana University, USA
S-9-4 10:00 – 10:20
Two PpsR Proteins with Antagonist Activity Control Photosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium
Eric Giraud1, David Pignol2, Marianne Jaubert1, Laure Hannibal1, Joel Fardoux1, Pierre Bouyer2,
Bernard Dreyfus1, and André Verméglio2
1
IRD/CIRAD/INRA/ENSA-M, France, and 2 LBC-UMR163-CNRS-CEA, France
S-9-5 10:20 – 10:40
Signal Transduction into and out of the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock
Susan S. Golden
Texas A&M University, USA
——— BREAK (10:40 – 11:00) ——————
S-9-6 11:00 – 11:20
Phototaxis in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
Wing-On Ng2 and Devaki Bhaya1
1
Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA, and 2Stanford University, USA
S-9-7 11:20 – 11:40
Signal transduction mechanism for phototactic gliding motility of the Synechocystis sp. strain PCC
6803
Young Mok Park
Korea Basic Science Institute, Korea
Thursday, August 28 (cont.)
S-9-8 11:40 – 12:00
PatC, a Calcium-Binding Protein That Regulates Pattern Formation in the Heterocystous
Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Yinhong Zhao, Xu Huang, Yunlong Xing, and Jindong Zhao
Peking University, China
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 12:00 – 12:30
SYMPOSIUM 10: Light-Harvesting Systems
09:00 – 12:30 Hall B
S-10-1 9:00 – 9:20
The Size and Structure of B808-866 Light Harvesting Antenna of Green Non-Sulfur Bacterium
Chloroflexus aurantiacus
Yueyong Xin, Gabriel A. Montaño, Cinda R. Mortenson, and Robert E. Blankenship
Arizona State University, USA
S-10-2 9:20 – 9:40
Theoretical Analysis of Energy Gap Dependence of the Reconstituted B800→B850 Excitation Energy
Transfer in Bacterial LH2 Complexes
Toshiaki Kakitani, and Akihiro Kimura
Nagoya University, Japan
S-10-3 9:40 – 10:00
Exchange and Replacement of Bacteriochlorophyll a Molecules in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center
Masayuki Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Kanai, Atsuo Takaya, Yosuke Ota, Zheng-Yu Wang, and
Tsunenori Nozawa
Tohoku University, Japan
S-10-4 10:00 – 10:20
Chlorosome Lipids in Green Bacteria: Monolayer or Bilayer?
Peder G. Sørensen, Kirstin J. Milks, Raymond P. Cox, and Mette Miller
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
S-10-5 10:20 – 10:40
The Structure of the Orange Carotenoid Protein of Arthrospira maxima
Cheryl A. Kerfeld1, Michael R. Sawaya1, David W. Krogmann2, Kwok Ki Ho2, and Todd O. Yeates1
1
UCLA, USA, and 2Purdue University, USA
——— BREAK (10:40 – 11:00) ——————
S-10-6 11:00 – 11:20
Connection of Phycobilisomes with Photosystem I and Photosystem II in Various Species of
Cyanobacteria and Red Algae. An Action Spectra-Based Model
Igor Stadnichuk1, Vladimir Boichenko1, and Larisa Semenova2
1
Institute of Biochemistry and 2Institute of Basic Biological Problemes, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Russia, and 3Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia
S-10-7 11:20 – 11:40
Chromophore Attachment and Protein Folding in Biliproteins
H. Scheer1, M.Storf, M. Kupka1, M. Plöscher1, S. Böhm1, K.-H. Zhao2, J.-P. Zhu, M. Deng2, M. Zhou2,
D.W. Wang2, T. Holak3, and P. Smialowski3
1
Univ. München, Germany, 2Huazhong University, China, and 3MPI für Biochemie, Germany
S-10-8 11:40 – 12:00
The Organization and Characteristics of Antenna-Reaction Center Complexes in the Chlorophyll d
Containing Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organism Acaryochloris marina
Min Chen1, Tom Bibby2, John Nield2, Anthony Larkum1, Roger Hiller3, and James Barber2
1
The University of Sydney, Australia, 2Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK,
and 3Macquarie University, Australia
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 12:00 – 12:30
Thursday, August 28 (cont.)
Meeting of the ISPP International Scientific Committee
13:00 – 14:00 Room 303
SYMPOSIUM 11: Physiology and N/C/S Metabolism
014:00 – 16:00 Hall A
S-11-1 14:00 – 14:20
Mutagenesis and Analysis of Genes Responsible for Polyglucan Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria
Eiji Suzuki1,2, Katsuya Moriya1, Jun-ichiro Takahashi1,2, Haruka Kudo1, and Yasunori Nakamura1,2
1
Akita Prefectural University, Japan, and 2CREST, Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
S-11-2 14:20 – 14:40
α-Tocopherol Plays an Essential Role in Coordination of Inorganic and Organic Carbon Metabolism
and Regulation of the Photosystem II Activity in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Yumiko Sakuragi1, Dean DellaPenna2, and Donald A. Bryant1
1
The Pennsylvania State University, USA, and 2The Michigan State University, USA
S-11-3 14:40 – 15:00
Respiratory Terminal Oxidases in Filamentous Cyanobacteria: Characterization and Functions
G. Schmetterer1, D. Pils1, C. Wilken1, A. Valladares2, A. Herrero2, and E. Flores2
1
University of Vienna, Austria, and 2CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
S-11-4 15:00 – 15:20
A New Hypothesis for the Origin of the Ancestral Plant Cell
Tatsuo Omata1, Ryoma Tsujimoto1, Madoka Yamashita1, Nanae Ueda1, Kie Kosakai1, Masashi Kato1,
Tetsuo Kobayashi1 and Makiko Aichi2
1
Nagoya University, Japan, and 2Chubu University, Japan
S-11-5 15:20 – 15:40
Sox Proteins Are Essential for Thiosulfate but not for Sulfide Oxidation in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium
Allochromatium vinosum
Daniela Hensen and Christiane Dahl
University of Bonn, Germany
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
SYMPOSIUM 12: Reaction Centers
014:00 – 16:00 Hall B
S-12-1 14:00 – 14:20
Crystal Structure of the RC-LH1 Core Complex from Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Aleksander W. Roszak, Tina D. Howard, June Southall, Alastair T. Gardiner, Christopher J. Law,
Neil W. Isaacs, and Richard J. Cogdell
University of Glasgow, UK
S-12-2 14:20 – 14:40
Electrostatic Interaction between Redox Centers in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Jean Alric1, Aude Cuni2, Hideaki Maki3, Kenji V. P. Nagashima3, Rainer Hienerwadel1, Fabrice
Rappaport2, and André Verméglio4
1
LBTE, France, 2CNRS, France, 3Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, and 4CEA/Cadarache
DEVM-LBC, France
S-12-3 14:40 – 15:00
Molecular Architecture of Photosystem I of Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421
Mamoru Mimuro1, Soichirou Satoh2, Tohru Tsuchiya1, Michiya Higuchi1, Hideaki Miyashita1, and
Ayumi Tanaka2
1
Kyoto University, Japan, and 2Hokkaido University, Japan
Thursday, August 28 (cont.)
S-12-4 15:00 – 15:20
Mutations in Hydrophilic Domains of the D1 Protein in Cells Lacking the Lumenal Extrinsic Proteins
or Carrying Mutations in CP47 of Photosystem II
Julian J. Eaton-Rye, William S. Nicoll, Regan T. Winter, Jackie A. Shand, Tina C. Summerfield, and
Ron Manulevu
University of Otago, New Zealand
S-12-5 15:20 – 15:40
Molecular Mechanisms of the Inhibition of Photosystem II by Reactive Oxygen Species in
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Yoshitaka Nishiyama1,2, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev2, Hiroshi Yamamoto2, Hidenori Hayashi1, and
Norio Murata2
1
Ehime University, Japan, and 2National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS SELECTED FROM THE POSTERS 15:40 – 16:00
PLENARY SESSION 8
16:30 – 17:40
Hall A
Chairperson: Kimiyuki Satoh (Japan)
PL-19 16:30 – 17:05
The Evolutionary Transition from Anoxygenic to Oxygenic Photosynthesis and How It Changed the
Earth
Robert E. Blankenship
Arizona State University, USA
PL-20 17:05 – 17:40
Bacteriophytochromes and Regulation of the Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Bacteria
André Verméglio1, and Eric Giraud2
1
CEA/Cadarache DEVM/LBC-UMR163-CNRS-CEA, France, and 2IRD/CIRAD/INRA/ENSA-M,
France
SYMPOSIUM DINNER
18:00 – 21:00
Event Hall
Friday, August 29
09:00 – 10:10
PLENARY SESSION 9 (PL-21 and PL-22) ·······························
10:10 – 10:40
COFFEE BREAK
10:40 – 11:50
PLENARY SESSION 10 (PL-23 and PL-24) ······························
Hall A
11:50 – 12:40
CLOSING CEREMONY ·························································
Hall A
12:40 – 14:00
LUNCH ························································· Meeting Rooms (4th floor)
14:00 –
DEPARTURE
PLENARY SESSION 9
Hall A
09:00 – 10:10
Hall A
Chairperson: Gerhart Drews (Germany)
PL-21 9:00 – 9:35
New Extremophilic Phototrophic Bacteria Including Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Containing Gas
Vesicles
Deborah O. Jung, W. Matthew Sattley, Elizabeth A. Karr, Laurie A. Achenbach, and
Michael T. Madigan
Southern Illinois University, USA
PL-22 9:35 – 10:10
The Structure and Function of the Purple Bacterial Photosynthetic Unit
Alexander W. Rosak, Tina D. Howard, June Southall, Christopher J. Law, Alastair Gardiner, Neil W.
Isaacs1, and Richard J. Cogdell
University of Glasgow, UK
PLENARY SESSION 10
10:40 – 11:50
Hall A
11:50 – 12:30
Hall A
Chairperson: Susan S. Golden (USA)
PL-23 10:40 – 11:15
Circadian System of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
Takao Kondo
Nagoya University, Japan
PL-24 11:15 – 11:50
Mechanisms of Redox and Light Control of Photosystem Synthesis
Carl Bauer
Indiana University, USA
CLOSING CEREMONY
Closing Remarks and the Annoucement about the 12th ISPP
Ken-ichiro Takamiya (President of the ISPP2003 Local Organizing Committee)
Lucas J. Stal (Chair of the ISPP International Scientific Committee)
Concert
“The Scenery in Japan”, played by a traditional “Hayashi” ensemble