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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2023

Transcriptomic and photosynthetic analyses of

Mariano Battistuzzi, Maria Silvia Morlino, Lorenzo Cocola, Livio Trainotti, Laura Treu, Stefano Campanaro, Riccardo Claudi, Luca Poletto, Nicoletta La Rocca

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mariano BattistuzziNational Council of Research of Italy, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), Padua, Italy.
Maria Silvia MorlinoDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Lorenzo CocolaNational Council of Research of Italy, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), Padua, Italy.
Livio TrainottiDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Laura TreuDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Stefano CampanaroDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Riccardo ClaudiNational Institute for Astrophysics, Astronomical Observatory of Padua (INAF-OAPD), Padua, Italy.
Luca PolettoNational Council of Research of Italy, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), Padua, Italy.
Nicoletta La RoccaDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · ITCenter for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies · ITSpace (Italy) · ITOsservatorio Astronomico di Padova · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Cyanobacteria appeared in the anoxic Archean Earth, evolving for the first time oxygenic photosynthesis and deeply changing the atmosphere by introducing oxygen. Starting possibly from UV-protected environments, characterized by low visible and far-red enriched light spectra, cyanobacteria spread everywhere on Earth thanks to their adaptation capabilities in light harvesting. In the last decade, few cyanobacteria species which can acclimate to far-red light through Far-Red Light Photoacclimation (FaRLiP) have been isolated. FaRLiP cyanobacteria were thus proposed as model organisms to study the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis as well as its possible functionality around stars with high far-red emission, the M-dwarfs. These stars are astrobiological targets, as their longevity could sustain life evolution and they demonstrated to host rocky terrestrial-like exoplanets within their Habitable Zone. Methods: We studied the acclimation responses of the FaRLiP strain Results and discussion: PCC6803 did not show relevant differences in gene expression when comparing the responses to M-dwarf and solar-simulated lights, while far-red caused a variation in the transcriptional level of many genes. PCC6912 showed, on the contrary, different transcriptional responses to each light condition and activated the FaRLiP response under the M-dwarf simulated light. Surprisingly, the anoxic atmosphere did not impact the transcriptional profile of the 2 strains significantly. Results show that both cyanobacteria seem inherently prepared for anoxia and to harvest the photons emitted by a simulated M-dwarf star, whether they are only visible (PCC6803) or also far-red photons (PCC6912). They also show that visible photons in the simulated M-dwarf are sufficient to keep a similar metabolism with respect to solar-simulated light. Conclusion: Results prove the adaptability of the cyanobacterial metabolism and enhance the plausibility of finding oxygenic biospheres on exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars.

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anoxiacyanobacteriaFaRLiPlaboratory simulation experimentsM-dwarf spectrumRNA-Seqtranscriptomic analysis

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PMID38304456
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