Transcriptome analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of differences in growth between photoautotrophy and heterotrophy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can grow photoautotrophically utilizing light and CO₂, and heterotrophically utilizing acetate. The physiological and biochemical responses of autotrophy and heterotrophy are different in C. reinhardtii. However, there is no complete understanding of the molecular physiology between autotrophy and heterotrophy. Therefore, we performed biochemical, molecular and transcriptome analysis of C. reinhardtii between autotrophy and heterotrophy.

Results

The cell growth characterization demonstrated that heterotrophic cell had enhanced growth rates, and autotrophic cell accumulated more chlorophyll. The transcriptome data showed that a total of 2,970 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identifi

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11219824 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature