ID GVPO_HALMT Reviewed; 140 AA. AC Q02240; I3R589; DT 01-JUL-1993, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JUL-1993, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 81. DE RecName: Full=Gas vesicle protein O; DE Short=GvpO {ECO:0000303|PubMed:1404376}; GN Name=gvpO {ECO:0000303|PubMed:1404376}; OrderedLocusNames=HFX_1693; OS Haloferax mediterranei (strain ATCC 33500 / DSM 1411 / JCM 8866 / NBRC OS 14739 / NCIMB 2177 / R-4) (Halobacterium mediterranei). OC Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Stenosarchaea group; Halobacteria; Haloferacales; OC Haloferacaceae; Haloferax. OX NCBI_TaxID=523841; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], GAS VESICLE GENE CLUSTER, AND DISRUPTION RP PHENOTYPE. RC STRAIN=ATCC 33500 / DSM 1411 / JCM 8866 / NBRC 14739 / NCIMB 2177 / RC R-4; RX PubMed=1404376; DOI=10.1016/0022-2836(92)90914-6; RA Englert C., Krueger K., Offner S., Pfeifer F.; RT "Three different but related gene clusters encoding gas vesicles in RT halophilic archaea."; RL J. Mol. Biol. 227:586-592(1992). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=ATCC 33500 / DSM 1411 / JCM 8866 / NBRC 14739 / NCIMB 2177 / RC R-4; RX PubMed=22843593; DOI=10.1128/jb.00880-12; RA Han J., Zhang F., Hou J., Liu X., Li M., Liu H., Cai L., Zhang B., Chen Y., RA Zhou J., Hu S., Xiang H.; RT "Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile halophilic RT archaeon Haloferax mediterranei, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- RT hydroxyvalerate) producer."; RL J. Bacteriol. 194:4463-4464(2012). RN [3] RP FUNCTION, AND DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE. RX PubMed=1282192; DOI=10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01789.x; RA Englert C., Wanner G., Pfeifer F.; RT "Functional analysis of the gas vesicle gene cluster of the halophilic RT archaeon Haloferax mediterranei defines the vac-region boundary and RT suggests a regulatory role for the gvpD gene or its product."; RL Mol. Microbiol. 6:3543-3550(1992). RN [4] RP INDUCTION. RX PubMed=7683649; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98354-7; RA Englert C., Pfeifer F.; RT "Analysis of gas vesicle gene expression in Haloferax mediterranei reveals RT that GvpA and GvpC are both gas vesicle structural proteins."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 268:9329-9336(1993). RN [5] RP INDUCTION BY SALT. RC STRAIN=ATCC 33500 / DSM 1411 / JCM 8866 / NBRC 14739 / NCIMB 2177 / RC R-4; RX PubMed=8757736; DOI=10.1099/13500872-142-7-1715; RA Roeder R., Pfeifer F.; RT "Influence of salt on the transcription of the gas-vesicle genes of RT Haloferax mediterranei and identification of the endogenous transcriptional RT activator gene."; RL Microbiology 142:1715-1723(1996). CC -!- FUNCTION: A minor component of the gas vesicle (GV), may play a role in CC transcription and/or RNA stability and/or in GV assembly. Gas vesicles CC are small, hollow, gas filled protein structures found in some CC microorganisms. They allow positioning of halobacteria at the optimal CC depth for growth in the poorly aerated shallow brine pools of their CC habitat. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O51968}. CC -!- FUNCTION: Expression of a 9.5 kb mc-vac DNA fragment containing 2 CC divergently transcribed regions (gvpD-gvpE-gvpF-gvpG-gvpH-gvpI-gvpJ- CC gvpK-gvpL-gvpM and gvpA-gvpC-gvpN-gvpO) allows H.volcanii to produce CC gas vesicles. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1282192, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1404376, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:8757736}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Forms homodimers, forms a GvpN-GvpO heterodimer, interacts CC with GvpC, GvpF, GvpI and GvpL, might interact with GvpA. CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O51968}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Gas vesicle {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O51968}. CC Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O51968}. CC -!- INDUCTION: Expressed from a single promoter upstream of gvpA; most CC transcripts stop at the gvpA terminator, with low read-through into CC downstream gvpC-gvpN-gvpO. Expression starts in early stationary phase CC and is maximal in stationary phase (PubMed:7683649, PubMed:8757736). CC Highly expressed in 25% salt, poorly expressed in 15% salt, no gas CC vesicles are formed at 15% salt (PubMed:8757736). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7683649, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8757736}. CC -!- DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE: No longer makes gas vesicles in H.volcanii; cells CC translate GvpA but do not make gas vesicles. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1282192, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1404376}. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: Encoded in a 14-gene locus called mc-vac. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1282192, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1404376}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the gas vesicle GvpO family. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; X64701; CAA45942.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; CP001868; AFK19399.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR PIR; S28113; S28113. DR RefSeq; WP_004056709.1; NZ_CP039139.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q02240; -. DR STRING; 523841.HFX_1693; -. DR PaxDb; 523841-HFX_1693; -. DR GeneID; 40157048; -. DR KEGG; hme:HFX_1693; -. DR eggNOG; arCOG04040; Archaea. DR HOGENOM; CLU_142302_0_0_2; -. DR OrthoDB; 205220at2157; -. DR Proteomes; UP000006469; Chromosome. DR GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0031411; C:gas vesicle; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0031412; P:gas vesicle organization; IEA:InterPro. DR InterPro; IPR008634; Gas-vesicle_GvpO. DR Pfam; PF05800; GvpO; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF028743; GvpO_protein; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Cytoplasm; Gas vesicle. FT CHAIN 1..140 FT /note="Gas vesicle protein O" FT /id="PRO_0000182701" FT REGION 1..61 FT /note="Disordered" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT COMPBIAS 41..57 FT /note="Polar residues" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" SQ SEQUENCE 140 AA; 15307 MW; B97A2A43E3B56BF4 CRC64; MSDQGNEHAN HDGIDNAGLS AEVGSGPEAK RTRDEPPEQT ASDEAVSNQS PDSTIGLSDA QVRAREAAKE LLEYEFEGII KIEAANGDGW RTVVELVERN AVPDTQDIIG RYEITLDATG SVTGYELLER YRRGDMKEEL //