A metabolic, phylogenomic and environmental atlas of diatom plastid transporters from the model species Phaeodactylum.

ABSTRACT: Diatoms are an important group of algae, contributing nearly 40% of total marine photosynthetic activity. However, the specific molecular agents and transporters underpinning the metabolic efficiency of the diatom plastid remain to be revealed. We performed in silico analyses of 70 predicted plastid transporters identified by genome-wide searches of Phaeodactylum tricornutum. We considered similarity with Arabidopsis thaliana plastid transporters, transcriptional co-regulation with genes encoding core plastid metabolic pathways and with genes encoded in the mitochondrial genomes, inferred evolutionary histories using single-gene phylogeny, and environmental expression trends using Tara Oceans meta-transcriptomics and meta-genomes data. Our data reveal diatoms co

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546453 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature