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TitleThe calcium-binding protein CSE links Ca signaling with cell-cell communication in cyanobacteria.
Journal, issue, pagesEMBO J, Year 2026
Publish dateAug 13, 2026
AuthorsTeresa A Müller / Felicia Stahlecker / Karolina Roganowicz / Sherihan Samir / Gregor L Weiss / Murray Coles / Khaled A Selim /
PubMed AbstractMulticellular cyanobacteria have evolved sophisticated cell-cell communication machinery to exchange, synchronize, and coordinate the efforts of individual cells. Analogous to gap junctions that have ...Multicellular cyanobacteria have evolved sophisticated cell-cell communication machinery to exchange, synchronize, and coordinate the efforts of individual cells. Analogous to gap junctions that have traditionally been regarded as a eukaryotic feature, multicellular cyanobacteria coordinate their cell-cell communication via septal junctions (SJs). However, the signals that regulate cell-cell communication and septal-junction assembly are largely unknown. Lately, calcium signaling has been implicated in regulating cell junctions in eukaryotes. We recently discovered a Ca-binding protein, CSE, which is exclusively found in multicellular cyanobacteria. Here, we investigate CSE as a potential link between calcium signaling and cell-cell communication. We solve the NMR structure of CSE in its Ca-bound state and revealed that CSE acts as Ca-buffer protein. Using cryo-electron tomography, we find that Δcse mutant cells display significantly fewer septal junctions as well as SJ precursors known as nanopores. This indicates that CSE is not only essential for Ca homeostasis, but also mediates cell-cell communication via regulating SJs and nanopores formation, and establishes Ca signaling and CSE as key players regulating cyanobacterial multicellularity. Furthermore, these findings highlight calcium signaling as a conserved principle for regulating cellular junctions in organisms that diverged a billion years ago.
External linksEMBO J / PubMed:42595912
MethodsEM (tomography)
Structure data

EMDB-52774: Cryo-electron tomogram of cryo-FIB milled Nostoc PCC7120 wild-type
Method: EM (tomography)

EMDB-52775: Cryo-electron tomogram of cryo-FIB milled Nostoc PCC7120 cseKO
Method: EM (tomography)

EMDB-52776: Cryo-electron tomogram of cryo-FIB milled Nostoc PCC7120 cse KO
Method: EM (tomography)

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  • Nostoc PCC7120 (bacteria)

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