Project description:In this study, we explored the metabolic processes of P. marinus under lipid deprived conditions to elucidate the interchanging flux of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Though P. marinus can synthesize their own lipids from available nutrients, they display a slower growth in media not supplemented with lipids as opposed to media with lipids. Under these conditions, using transcriptomics, we surprisingly observed evidence of stimulated lipid degradation through increased transcription of two core β-oxidation pathway enzymes.
Project description:DNA was isolated from tissues (blood, sperm, or liver). DNA from different tissues from the same organism were labeled with alternate fluorophores (Cy3 or Cy5) and hybridized to a custom array that was designed from lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genomic sequence.
