Elucidating the molecular basis of thermotolerance in the Caribbean reef builder Orbicella faveolata

ABSTRACT: Thirty-five Orbicella faveolata (scleractinian coral) proteins were labeled with iTRAQ technology and analyzed across five runs ("batches") of nano-liquid chromatography followed by mass spectrometry on a Q Exactive instrument. The samples represent a mix of corals that either were or were not reciprocally transplanted across shelves (inshore vs. offshore) in the Upper Florida Keys prior to a laboratory thermal challenge (tank) experiment. The goal of this project was to determine the molecular basis of thermotolerance in this common reef-builder as well as attempt to understand why inshore genotypes are typically more stress-tolerant than closely related offshore conspecifics.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Orbicella Faveolata (ncbitaxon:48498) Symbiodiniaceae Sp. (ncbitaxon:2184076)

SUBMITTER: Anderson Mayfield  

PROVIDER: MSV000092379 | MassIVE | Sat Jul 08 08:10:00 BST 2023

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD043618

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE