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An RpaA-Dependent Sigma Factor Cascade Sets the Timing of Circadian Transcriptional Rhythms in Synechococcus elongatus.

Cell reports | 2018

The circadian clock of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 drives oscillations in global mRNA abundances with 24-hr periodicity under constant light conditions. The circadian clock-regulated transcription factor RpaA controls the timing of circadian gene expression, but the mechanisms underlying this control are not well understood. Here, we show that four RpaA-dependent sigma factors-RpoD2, RpoD6, RpoD5, and SigF2-are sequentially activated downstream of active RpaA and are required for proper expression of circadian mRNAs. By measuring global gene expression in strains modified to individually lack rpoD2, rpoD6, rpoD5, and sigF2, we identify how expression of circadian mRNAs, including sigma factor mRNAs, is altered in the absence of each sigma factor. Broadly, our findings suggest that a single transcription factor, RpaA, is sufficient to generate complex circadian expression patterns in part by regulating an interdependent sigma factor cascade.

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