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Acidophilic green algal genome provides insights into adaptation to an acidic environment.


ABSTRACT: Some microalgae are adapted to extremely acidic environments in which toxic metals are present at high levels. However, little is known about how acidophilic algae evolved from their respective neutrophilic ancestors by adapting to particular acidic environments. To gain insights into this issue, we determined the draft genome sequence of the acidophilic green alga Chlamydomonas eustigma and performed comparative genome and transcriptome analyses between Ceustigma and its neutrophilic relative Chlamydomonas reinhardtii The results revealed the following features in Ceustigma that probably contributed to the adaptation to an acidic environment. Genes encoding heat-shock proteins and plasma membrane H+-ATPase are highly expressed in Ceustigma This species has also lost fermentation pathways that acidify the cytosol and has acquired an energy shuttle and buffering system and arsenic detoxification genes through horizontal gene transfer. Moreover, the arsenic detoxification genes have been multiplied in the genome. These features have also been found in other acidophilic green and red algae, suggesting the existence of common mechanisms in the adaptation to acidic environments.

SUBMITTER: Hirooka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5625915 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Acidophilic green algal genome provides insights into adaptation to an acidic environment.

Hirooka Shunsuke S   Hirose Yuu Y   Kanesaki Yu Y   Higuchi Sumio S   Fujiwara Takayuki T   Onuma Ryo R   Era Atsuko A   Ohbayashi Ryudo R   Uzuka Akihiro A   Nozaki Hisayoshi H   Yoshikawa Hirofumi H   Miyagishima Shin-Ya SY  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170911 39


Some microalgae are adapted to extremely acidic environments in which toxic metals are present at high levels. However, little is known about how acidophilic algae evolved from their respective neutrophilic ancestors by adapting to particular acidic environments. To gain insights into this issue, we determined the draft genome sequence of the acidophilic green alga <i>Chlamydomonas eustigma</i> and performed comparative genome and transcriptome analyses between <i>C</i><i>eustigma</i> and its ne  ...[more]

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