| Project/Area Number |
15K18682
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Applied biochemistry
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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| Keywords | 植物生理学 / 植物分子生物学 / 脂質代謝 / 光合成 / 藻類育種 / タンパク質リン酸化 / 脂質 / デンプン / 栄養欠乏応答 / リン酸化プロテオーム / 藻類 / 藻類バイオテクノロジー / 炭素代謝 / 窒素代謝 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
When nutrient deprived, microalgae accumulate triacylglycerol (TAG) in lipid droplets. Dual-specificity kinase, TAG-accumulation-regulator-1 (TAR1) has been reported to regulate carbon metabolism in a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. TAR1 is required for acetate-dependent TAG accumulation and degradation of chlorophyll and photosynthesis-related proteins in photomixotrophic nitrogen (N)-deficient conditions. We report that the tar1-1 mutant maintained high levels of cell viability and lower generation of H2O2 compared with wild-type (WT) cells in photoautotrophic N-deficient conditions. Mating efficiency and mRNA abundance of key regulators in gametogenesis were lower in tar1-1 than those in WT. In addition, tar1-1 accumulated higher levels of TAG and starch per cell volumes compared with WT. We identified total 426 TAR1-dependent phosphoproteins by phosphoproteomic analysis. Several protein kinases and enzymes related to N assimilation and carbon metabolism were included.
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