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ArticleBMC ecology and evolution2021

The Rubisco small subunits in the green algal genus Chloromonas provide insights into evolutionary loss of the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle, the pyrenoid.

Ryo Matsuzaki, Shigekatsu Suzuki, Haruyo Yamaguchi, Masanobu Kawachi, Yu Kanesaki, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Toshiyuki Mori, Hisayoshi Nozaki

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Article in BMC ecology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ryo MatsuzakiCenter for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
Shigekatsu SuzukiCenter for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
Haruyo YamaguchiCenter for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
Masanobu KawachiCenter for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
Yu KanesakiResearch Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
Hirofumi YoshikawaDepartment of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
Toshiyuki MoriDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Hisayoshi NozakiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. nozaki@bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-9308-4498
National Institute for Environmental Studies · JPTokyo University of Agriculture · JPJuntendo University · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPyrenoids are protein microcompartments composed mainly of Rubisco that are localized in the chloroplasts of many photosynthetic organisms. Pyrenoids contribute to the CO

resultsBased on de novo transcriptome analysis and Sanger sequencing of cloned reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction products, rbcS sequences were determined from 11 strains of two pyrenoid-lacking and three pyrenoid-containing species of the Reticulata group. We found that the hydrophobicity of the RBCS helices was roughly correlated with the presence or absence of pyrenoids within the Reticulata group and that a decrease in the hydrophobicity of the RBCS helices may have primarily caused pyrenoid loss during the evolution of this group.

conclusionsAlthough we suggest that the observed correlation may only exist for the Reticulata group, this is still an interesting study that provides novel insight into a potential mechanism determining initial evolutionary steps of gain and loss of the pyrenoid.

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ChlorophytaRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseCarbonEukaryotaPlastidsCarbonRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseChloromonasEvolutionGreen algaeHydrophobicity of RBCS helicesPyrenoidPyrenoid lossRubisco small subunit (RBCS)

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