Red-light phenotype in a marine diatom involves a specialized oligomeric red-shifted antenna and altered cell morphology

0479362 - BC 2018 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Herbstová, Miroslava - Bína, David - Kaňa, Radek - Vácha, František - Litvín, Radek
Red-light phenotype in a marine diatom involves a specialized oligomeric red-shifted antenna and altered cell morphology.
Scientific Reports. Roč. 7, September 20 (2017), č. článku 11976. ISSN 2045-2322. E-ISSN 2045-2322
R&D Projects: GA ČR GBP501/12/G055; GA MŠMT(CZ) EE2.3.20.0203
Institutional support: RVO:60077344 ; RVO:61388971
Keywords : phaeodactylum-tricornutum * chromatic adaptation * molecular characterization
OECD category: Biophysics; Microbiology (MBU-M)
Impact factor: 4.122, year: 2017

Diatoms greatly contribute to carbon fixation and thus strongly influence the global biogeochemical balance. Capable of chromatic acclimation (CA) to unfavourable light conditions, diatoms often dominate benthic ecosystems in addition to their planktonic lifestyle. Although CA has been studied at the molecular level, our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete. Here we provide new data to better explain the acclimation-associated changes under red-enhanced ambient light (RL) in diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, known to express a red-shifted antenna complex (F710). The complex was found to be an oligomer of a single polypeptide, Lhcf15. The steady-state spectroscopic properties of the oligomer were also studied. The oligomeric assembly of the Lhcf15 subunits is required for the complex to exhibit a red-shifted absorption. The presence of the red antenna in RL culture coincides with the development of a rounded phenotype of the diatom cell. A model summarizing the modulation of the photosynthetic apparatus during the acclimation response to light of different spectral quality is proposed. Our study suggests that toggling between alternative organizations of photosynthetic apparatus and distinct cell morphologies underlies the remarkable acclimation capacity of diatoms.
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