Proteomic Responses of Dark-Adapted Euglena gracilis and Bleached Mutant Against Light Stimuli.

ABSTRACT: Euglena gracilis (E. gracilis) has secondary endosymbiotic chloroplasts derived from ancient green algae. Its chloroplasts are easily lost under numerous conditions to become permanently bleached mutants. Green cells adapted in the dark contain undeveloped proplastids and they will develop into mature chloroplasts after 3 days of light exposure. Thus, E. gracilis is an ideal model species for a chloroplast development study. Previous studies about chloroplast development in E. gracilis focused on morphology and physiology, whereas few studies have addressed the regulatory processes induced by light in the proteome. In this study, the whole-genome proteome of dark-adapted E. gracilis (WT) and permanently ofloxacin-bleached mutant (B2) was compared under the light

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8927018 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature