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ArticleNature communications2024

A rapid aureochrome opto-switch enables diatom acclimation to dynamic light.

Huan Zhang, Xiaofeng Xiong, Kangning Guo, Mengyuan Zheng, Tianjun Cao, Yuqing Yang, Jiaojiao Song, Jie Cen, Jiahuan Zhang, Yanyou Jiang and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Huan ZhangResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0007-9215-0186
Xiaofeng XiongResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Kangning GuoResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8872-8308
Mengyuan ZhengKey Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3405-0511
Tianjun CaoResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Yuqing YangResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiaojiao SongResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Jie CenResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiahuan ZhangResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Yanyou JiangResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9202-7926
Shan FengMass Spectrometry & Metabolomics Core Facility, The Biomedical Research Core Facility, Center for Research Equipment and Facilities, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Lijin TianKey Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0495-1463
Xiaobo LiResearch Center for Industries of the Future, Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. lixiaobo@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3951-9646

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatoms often outnumber other eukaryotic algae in the oceans, especially in coastal environments characterized by frequent fluctuations in light intensity. The identities and operational mechanisms of regulatory factors governing diatom acclimation to high light stress remain largely elusive. Here, we identified the AUREO1c protein from the coastal diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a crucial regulator of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), a photoprotective mechanism that dissipates excess energy as heat. AUREO1c detects light stress using a light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domain and directly activates the expression of target genes, including LI818 genes that encode NPQ effector proteins, via its bZIP DNA-binding domain. In comparison to a kinase-mediated pathway reported in the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the AUREO1c pathway exhibits a faster response and enables accumulation of LI818 transcript and protein levels to comparable degrees between continuous high-light and fluctuating-light treatments. We propose that the AUREO1c-LI818 pathway contributes to the resilience of diatoms under dynamic light conditions.

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AcclimatizationDiatomsLightAlgal ProteinsChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGene Expression RegulationAlgal Proteins

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