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Zhou Y, Schideman L, Park D, Stirbet A, Govindjee, Rupassara S, Krehbiel J, Seufferheld M. Characterization of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant strain with improved biomass production under low light and mixotrophic conditions. ALGAL RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schierenbeck L, Ries D, Rogge K, Grewe S, Weisshaar B, Kruse O. Fast forward genetics to identify mutations causing a high light tolerant phenotype in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by whole-genome-sequencing. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:57. [PMID: 25730202 PMCID: PMC4336690 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1232-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND High light tolerance of microalgae is a desired phenotype for efficient cultivation in large scale production systems under fluctuating outdoor conditions. Outdoor cultivation requires the use of either wild-type or non-GMO derived mutant strains due to safety concerns. The identification and molecular characterization of such mutants derived from untagged forward genetics approaches was limited previously by the tedious and time-consuming methods involving techniques such as classical meiotic mapping. The combination of mapping with next generation sequencing technologies offers alternative strategies to identify genes involved in high light adaptation in untagged mutants. RESULTS We used the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in a non-GMO mutation strategy without any preceding crossing step or pooled progeny to identify genes involved in the regulatory processes of high light adaptation. To generate high light tolerant mutants, wildtype cells were mutagenized only to a low extent, followed by a stringent selection. We performed whole-genome sequencing of two independent mutants hit1 and hit2 and the parental wildtype. The availability of a reference genome sequence and the removal of shared bakground variants between the wildtype strain and each mutant, enabled us to identify two single nucleotide polymorphisms within the same gene Cre02.g085050, hereafter called LRS1 (putative Light Response Signaling protein 1). These two independent single amino acid exchanges are both located in the putative WD40 propeller domain of the corresponding protein LRS1. Both mutants exhibited an increased rate of non-photochemical-quenching (NPQ) and an improved resistance against chemically induced reactive oxygen species. In silico analyses revealed homology of LRS1 to the photoregulatory protein COP1 in plants. CONCLUSIONS In this work we identified the nuclear encoded gene LRS1 as an essential factor for high light adaptation in C. reinhardtii. The causative random mutation within this gene was identified by a rapid and efficient method, avoiding any preceding crossing step, meiotic mapping, or pooled progeny. Our results open up new insights into mechanisms of high light adaptation in microalgae and at the same time provide a simplified strategy for non-GMO forward genetics, a crucial precondition that could result in the identification of key factors for economically relevant biological processes within algae.
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- Lisa Schierenbeck
- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Genome Research, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- />Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Improving the sunlight-to-biomass conversion efficiency in microalgal biofactories. J Biotechnol 2014; 201:28-42. [PMID: 25160918 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Microalgae represent promising organisms for the sustainable production of commodities, chemicals or fuels. Future use of such systems, however, requires increased productivity of microalgal mass cultures in order to reach an economic viability for microalgae-based production schemes. The efficiency of sunlight-to-biomass conversion that can be observed in bulk cultures is generally far lower (35-80%) than the theoretical maximum, because energy losses occur at multiple steps during the light-driven conversion of carbon dioxide to organic carbon. The light-harvesting system is a major source of energy losses and thus a prime target for strain engineering. Truncation of the light-harvesting antenna in the algal model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was shown to be an effective way of increasing culture productivity at least under saturating light conditions. Furthermore engineering of the Calvin-Benson cycle or the creation of photorespiratory bypasses in A. thaliana proved to be successful in terms of achieving higher biomass productivities. An efficient generation of novel microalgal strains with improved sunlight conversion efficiencies by targeted engineering in the future will require an expanded molecular toolkit. In the meantime random mutagenesis coupled to high-throughput screening for desired phenotypes can be used to provide engineered microalgae.
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Hu G, Fan Y, Zhang L, Yuan C, Wang J, Li W, Hu Q, Li F. Enhanced lipid productivity and photosynthesis efficiency in a Desmodesmus sp. mutant induced by heavy carbon ions. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60700. [PMID: 23593286 PMCID: PMC3621885 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The unicellular green microalga Desmodesmus sp. S1 can produce more than 50% total lipid of cell dry weight under high light and nitrogen-limitation conditions. After irradiation by heavy 12C6+ ion beam of 10, 30, 60, 90 or 120 Gy, followed by screening of resulting mutants on 24-well microplates, more than 500 mutants were obtained. One of those, named D90G-19, exhibited lipid productivity of 0.298 g L−1⋅d−1, 20.6% higher than wild type, likely owing to an improved maximum quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) of photosynthesis under stress. This work demonstrated that heavy-ion irradiation combined with high-throughput screening is an effective means for trait improvement. The resulting mutant D90G-19 may be used for enhanced lipid production.
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- Guangrong Hu
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, PR China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, PR China
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- Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology (LARB), College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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Spijkerman E. The expression of a carbon concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas acidophila under variable phosphorus, iron, and CO2 concentrations. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2011; 109:179-189. [PMID: 21286811 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9607-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 12/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The CO(2) acquisition was analyzed in Chlamydomonas acidophila at pH 2.4 in a range of medium P and Fe concentrations and at high and low CO(2) condition. The inorganic carbon concentrating factor (CCF) was related to cellular P quota (Q(p)), maximum CO(2)-uptake rate by photosynthesis (V(max,O2)), half saturation constant for CO(2) uptake (K(0.5)), and medium Fe concentration. There was no effect of the medium Fe concentration on the CCF. The CCF increased with increasing Q(p) in both high and low CO(2) grown algae, but maximum Q(p) was 6-fold higher in the low CO(2) cells. In high CO(2) conditions, the CCF was low, ranging between 0.8 and 3.5. High CCF values up to 9.1 were only observed in CO(2)-limited cells, but P- and CO(2)-colimited cells had a low CCF. High CCF did not relate with a low K(0.5) as all CO(2)-limited cells had a low K(0.5) (<4 μM CO(2)). High C(i)-pools in cells with high Q(p) suggested the presence of an active CO(2)-uptake mechanism. The CCF also increased with increasing V(max,O2) which reflect an adaptation to the nutrient in highest demand (CO(2)) under balanced growth conditions. It is proposed that the size of the CCF in C. acidophila is more strongly related to porter density for CO(2) uptake (reflected in V(max,O2)) and less- to high-affinity CO(2) uptake (low K(0.5)) at balanced growth. In addition, high CCF can only be realized with high Q(p).
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- Elly Spijkerman
- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
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Spijkerman E. What physiological acclimation supports increased growth at high CO2 conditions? PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2008; 133:41-48. [PMID: 18298410 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Chlamydomonas acidophila Negoro is a green algal species abundant in acidic waters (pH 2-3.5), in which inorganic carbon is present only as CO(2). Previous studies have shown that aeration with CO(2) increased its maximum growth rate, suggesting CO(2) limitation under natural conditions. To unravel the underlying physiological mechanisms at high CO(2) conditions that enables increased growth, several physiological characteristics from high- and low-CO(2)-acclimated cells were studied: maximum quantum yield, photosynthetic O(2) evolution (P(max)), affinity constant for CO(2) by photosynthesis (K(0.5,p)), a CO(2)-concentrating mechanism (CCM), cellular Rubisco content and the affinity constant of Rubisco for CO(2) (K(0.5,r)). The results show that at high CO(2) concentrations, C. acidophila had a higher K(0.5,p), P(max), maximum quantum yield, switched off its CCM and had a lower Rubisco content than at low CO(2) conditions. In contrast, the K(0.5,r) was comparable under high and low CO(2) conditions. It is calculated that the higher P(max) can already explain the increased growth rate in a high CO(2) environment. From an ecophysiological point of view, the increased maximum growth rate at high CO(2) will likely not be realised in the field because of other population regulating factors and should be seen as an acclimation to CO(2) and not as proof for a CO(2) limitation.
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- Elly Spijkerman
- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany.
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REBOUD XAVIER, MAJERUS NICOLAS, GASQUEZ JACQUES, POWLES STEPHEN. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model system for pro-active herbicide resistance evolution research. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00787.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Förster B, Mathesius U, Pogson BJ. Comparative proteomics of high light stress in the model algaChlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proteomics 2006; 6:4309-20. [PMID: 16800035 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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High light (HL) stress adversely affects growth, productivity and viability of photosynthetic organisms. The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a model system to study photosynthesis and light stress. Comparative proteomics of wild-type and two very high light (VHL)-resistant mutants, VHL(R)-S4 and VHL(R)-S9, revealed complex alterations in response to excess light. A two-dimensional reference map of the soluble subproteome was constructed representing about 1500 proteins. A total of 83 proteins from various metabolic pathways were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting. Quantitative comparisons of 444 proteins showed 105 significantly changed proteins between wild type and mutants under different light conditions. Commonly, more proteins were decreased than increased, but different proteins were affected in each genotype. Proteins uniquely altered in either VHL(R) mutant may be involved in VHL resistance. Such candidate proteins similarly altered without light stress, thus possibly contributing to "pre-adaptation" of mutants to VHL, included decreased levels of a DEAD box RNA helicase (VHL(R)-S4) and NAB1 and RB38 proteins (VHL(R)-S9), and increased levels of an oxygen evolving enhancer 1 (OEE1) isoform and an unknown protein (VHL(R)-S4). Changes from increased levels in HL to decreased levels in excess light, included OEE1 (VHL(R)-S9) or the reverse change for NAB1, RB38, beta-carbonic anhydrase and an ABC transporter-like protein (VHL(R)-S4).
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- Britta Förster
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Förster B, Osmond CB, Pogson BJ. Improved survival of very high light and oxidative stress is conferred by spontaneous gain-of-function mutations in Chlamydomonas. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1709:45-57. [PMID: 16002040 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Revised: 05/18/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Investigations into high light and oxidative stress in photosynthetic organisms have focussed primarily on genetic impairment of different photoprotective functions. There are few reports of "gain-of-function" mutations that provide enhanced resistance to high light and/or oxidative stress without reduced productivity. We have isolated at least four such very high light resistant (VHL(R)) mutations in the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, that permit near maximal growth rates at light intensities lethal to wild type. This resistance is not due to an alteration in electron transport rate or quantity and functionality of the two photosystems that could have enhanced photochemical quenching. Nor is it due to reduced excitation pressure by downregulation of the light harvesting antennae or increased nonphotochemical quenching. In fact, photosynthetic activity is unaffected in more than 30 VHL(R) isolates. Instead, the basis of the VHL(R) phenotype is a combination of traits, which appears to be dominated by enhanced capacity to tolerate reactive oxygen species generated by excess light, methylviologen, rose bengal or hydrogen peroxide. This is further evidenced in lower levels of ROS after exposure to very high light in the VHL(R)-S9 mutant. Additionally, the VHL(R) phenotype is associated with increased zeaxanthin accumulation, maintenance of fast synthesis and degradation rates of the D1 protein, and sustained balanced electron flow into and out of PSI under very high light. We conclude that the VHL(R) mutations arose from a selection pressure that favors changes to the regulatory system(s) that coordinates several photoprotective processes amongst which repair of PSII and enhanced detoxification of reactive oxygen species play seminal roles.
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- Britta Förster
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bldg. 41, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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Spijkerman E. Inorganic carbon acquisition by Chlamydomonas acidophila across a pH range. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1139/b05-073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chlamydomonas acidophila Negoro had a higher maximum growth rate upon aeration with 5% CO2 (v/v) than in nonaerated conditions at an external pH above 2. In medium with a pH of 1.0 or 2.0, a decrease in the maximum growth rate was observed upon CO2 aeration in comparison with nonaerated conditions. At both very low and very high external pH conditions, an induction of external carbonic anhydrase was detected; this being more pronounced in CO2-aerated cells than in nonaerated cells. It is therefore suggested that the induction of carbonic anhydrase is part of a stress response in Chlamydomonas acidophila. Comparison of some physiological characteristics of Chlamydomonas acidophila acclimated at pH 2.65 and at pH 6.0, revealed that CO2 aeration increased gross maximum photosynthesis at both pHs, whereas respiration, light acclimation, and photoinhibition were not effected. At pH 2.65, Chlamydomonas acidophila was found to have a carbon-concentrating mechanism under nonaerated conditions, whereas it did not under CO2-aerated conditions at pH 6. The affinity for CO2 use in O2 production was not dependent on CO2 aeration, but it was much lower at pH 6 than it was at pH 2.65. CO2 kinetic characteristics indicate that the photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas acidophila in its natural environment is not limited by inorganic carbon.Key words: Chlamydomonas acidophila, CCM, external carbonic anhydrase, photosynthesis, growth rates, pH stress, CO2.
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Close DC, Beadle CL. Xanthophyll-cycle dynamics and rapid induction of anthocyanin synthesis in Eucalyptus nitens seedlings transferred to photoinhibitory conditions. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 162:37-46. [PMID: 15700419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2003.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effects of rapid induction and subsequent relaxation of cold-induced photo-inhibition on pigment chemistry of Eucalyptus nitens (Deane and Maiden) Maiden seedling leaves was assessed. The seedlings were subjected to four treatments in a nursery, fertilised or non-fertilised and shaded or non-shaded, before induction of photoinhibition in a growth chamber. Within 2 days, growth chamber conditions decreased photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) and increased xanthophyll-cycle conversion ratio. This was associated with decreased levels of total chlorophyll and increased levels of xanthophyll-cycle pigments. After 8 days, Fv/Fm of all treatments rose. Anthocyanin Levels gradually increased until day eight, except in non-shaded, non-fertilised seedlings, which had high levels before the induction of photoinhibition. Visible spectroscopy indicated increased absorption between 500 and 590nm, indicative of anthocyanin absorption. Electron transport rate after xanthophyll-cycle relaxation was half that measured before induction of photoinhibition. The findings indicate that anthocyanins may provide a photoprotective role in E. nitens seedlings under conditions of photoinhibition.
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- Dugald C Close
- Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Autralia.
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Harris EH. CHLAMYDOMONAS AS A MODEL ORGANISM. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 52:363-406. [PMID: 11337403 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.52.1.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 429] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas offers a simple life cycle, easy isolation of mutants, and a growing array of tools and techniques for molecular genetic studies. Among the principal areas of current investigation using this model system are flagellar structure and function, genetics of basal bodies (centrioles), chloroplast biogenesis, photosynthesis, light perception, cell-cell recognition, and cell cycle control. A genome project has begun with compilation of expressed sequence tag data and gene expression studies and will lead to a complete genome sequence. Resources available to the research community include wild-type and mutant strains, plasmid constructs for transformation studies, and a comprehensive on-line database.
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- Elizabeth H Harris
- Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-1000; e-mail:
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Heifetz PB, Förster B, Osmond CB, Giles LJ, Boynton JE. Effects of acetate on facultative autotrophy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii assessed by photosynthetic measurements and stable isotope analyses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:1439-45. [PMID: 10759539 PMCID: PMC58978 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/1999] [Accepted: 12/06/1999] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can grow photoautotrophically utilizing CO(2), heterotrophically utilizing acetate, and mixotrophically utilizing both carbon sources. Growth of cells in increasing concentrations of acetate plus 5% CO(2) in liquid culture progressively reduced photosynthetic CO(2) fixation and net O(2) evolution without effects on respiration, photosystem II efficiency (as measured by chlorophyll fluorescence), or growth. Using the technique of on-line oxygen isotope ratio mass spectrometry, we found that mixotrophic growth in acetate is not associated with activation of the cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase pathway. The fraction of carbon biomass resulting from photosynthesis, determined by stable carbon isotope ratio mass spectrometry, declined dramatically (about 50%) in cells grown in acetate with saturating light and CO(2). Under these conditions, photosynthetic CO(2) fixation and O(2) evolution were also reduced by about 50%. Some growth conditions (e.g. limiting light, high acetate, solid medium in air) virtually abolished photosynthetic carbon gain. These effects of acetate were exacerbated in mutants with slowed electron transfer through the D1 reaction center protein of photosystem II or impaired chloroplast protein synthesis. Therefore, in mixotrophically grown cells of C. reinhardtii, interpretations of the effects of environmental or genetic manipulations of photosynthesis are likely to be confounded by acetate in the medium.
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- P B Heifetz
- Developmental Cellular and Molecular Biology Group, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-1000, USA.
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Grossman AR. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and photosynthesis: genetics to genomics. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2000; 3:132-137. [PMID: 10712957 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(99)00053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Genetic and physiological features of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii have provided a useful model for elucidating the function, biogenesis and regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus. Combining these characteristics with newly developed molecular technologies for engineering Chlamydomonas and the promise of global analyses of nuclear and chloroplast gene expression will add a new perspective to views on photosynthetic function and regulation.
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- A R Grossman
- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford 94305, USA.
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