Mitchell, MC and Metodieva, G and Metodiev, M and Griffiths, H and Meyer, MT (2017) 'Pyrenoid loss impairs carbon-concentrating mechanism induction and alters primary metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.' Journal of Experimental Botany, 68 (14). 3891 - 3902. ISSN 0022-0957

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Abstract

Carbon-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) enable efficient photosynthesis and growth in CO2-limiting environments, and in eukaryotic microalgae localisation of Rubisco to a microcompartment called the pyrenoid is key. In the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Rubisco preferentially relocalises to the pyrenoid during CCM induction and pyrenoid-less mutants lack a functioning CCM and grow very poorly at low CO2. The aim of this study was to investigate the CO2 response of pyrenoid-positive (pyr+) and pyrenoid-negative (pyr–) mutant strains to determine the effect of pyrenoid absence on CCM induction and gene expression. Shotgun proteomic analysis of low-CO2-adapted strains showed reduced accumulation of some CCM-related proteins, suggesting that pyr– has limited capacity to respond to low-CO2 conditions. Comparisons between gene transcription and protein expression revealed potential regulatory interactions, since Rubisco protein linker (EPYC1) protein did not accumulate in pyr– despite increased transcription, while elements of the LCIB/LCIC complex were also differentially expressed. Furthermore, pyr− showed altered abundance of a number of proteins involved in primary metabolism, perhaps due to the failure to adapt to low CO2. This work highlights two-way regulation between CCM induction and pyrenoid formation, and provides novel candidates for future studies of pyrenoid assembly and CCM function.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Carbon-concentrating mechanism, Chlamydomonas, photosynthesis, proteomics, pyrenoid, tandem mass spectrometry
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Health > Biological Sciences, School of
Depositing User:	Jim Jamieson
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2017 14:57
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2018 13:15
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19780

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