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The origin of light harvesting function in the photosynthetic antenna complex

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K18562
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Maruyama Shinichiro  東北大学, 生命科学研究科, 助教 (50712296)

Research Collaborator MINAGAWA Jun  
MIYAGISHIMA Shin-ya  
FUJIWARA Takayuki  
KAWATA Masakado  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords葉緑体 / 植物 / 進化 / 光合成 / 集光アンテナ / LHC / 紅藻 / 遺伝子重複 / 集光アンテナ装置
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms have evolved light harvesting complex (LHC) as a device of efficient light capture for photosynthesis. Since the studies on LHC has been focused on the ones in green plants, function of LHC in ancestral chloroplasts has been elusive.
In this study, we attempted to generate LHC mutants of a red alga, which still possesses ancestral characters of plants, and successfully obtained mutant lines lacking all the functional LHC genes in the genomes. In addition, we found that mutants showed significantly lower growth rates compared to wild type under a certain growth condition. These results indicate that eukaryotic photosynthetic antenna have evolved as a trait dispensable but conditionally advantageous for growth.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A blue light photoreceptor mediates the feedback regulation of photosynthesis.2016

    • Author(s)
      Petroutsos D, Tokutsu R, Maruyama S, Flori S, Greiner A, Magneschi L, Cusant L, Kottke T, Mittag M, Hegemann P, Finazzi G and Minagawa J.
    • Journal Title

      Nature

      Volume: 537 Issue: 7621 Pages: 563-566

    • DOI

      10.1038/nature19358

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Gene loss and error-prone RNA editing in the mitochondrion of Perkinsela, an endosymbiotic kinetoplastid2015

    • Author(s)
      David V, Flegontov P, Gerasimov E, Tanifuji G, Hashimi H, Logacheva M, Maruyama S, Onodera NT, Gray MW, Archibald JM, Lukes J
    • Journal Title

      MBio

      Volume: 6 Issue: 6

    • DOI

      10.1128/mbio.01498-15

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] サンゴ共生藻における集光アンテナ複合体2015

    • Author(s)
      丸山真一朗
    • Journal Title

      光合成研究

      Volume: 25 Pages: 100-105

    • NAID

      40020570707

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] The scope of the principle of parsimony in inferring the origins of evolutionary characters2016

    • Author(s)
      Shinichiro Maruyama, Yukari Suzuki-Ohno, Masakado Kawata
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis ‘ICES 2016 Kyoto’
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto Prefectural University. Kyoto, Japan.
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 共生オルガネラの単一起源説における最節約原理の役割2015

    • Author(s)
      丸山真一朗
    • Organizer
      第9回生物学基礎論研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京農業大学オホーツクキャンパス(北海道網走市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 【研究成果】青色光受容体が光合成にブレーキをかけることを発見  青い光が光合成装置を守る

    • URL

      http://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/research_ja/45268/

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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