2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of structure and function of the novel bZIP-LOV proteindiscovered in stramenopile algae
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17084001
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Biological Sciences
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATAOKA Hironao Tohoku University, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 准教授 (30108568)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMMEN Teruo 兵庫県立大学, 大学院・生命理学研究科, 教授 (80114510)
KIKUYAMA Munehiro 新潟大学, 大学院・自然科学研究科, 教授 (90131010)
TAKAHASHI Fumio 東北大学, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 研究支援者 (60332318)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
ISHIKAWA Mie 東北大学, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 大学院生,日本学術振興会特別研究員
KIKUYAMA Munehiro 新潟大学, 大学院・自然科学研究科, 教授 (90131010)
MOTOMURA Taizo 北海道大学, 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター, 教授 (30183974)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2009
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| Keywords | オーレオクロム / 青色光受容体 / 黄色植物 / bZIP-LOV / LOV蛋白 / フシナシミドロ / 転写因子 / 遺伝子発現 |
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| Research Abstract |
Brown algae, diatoms and xanthophyceae are main constituents of stramenopile algae. Stramenopile algae are the main primary producers in ocean. From a stramenopile alga, Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae), we discovered the novel blue light receptor aureochrome. Aureochrome was found to be a new type of bZIP-LOV protein, and was found to be a blue light-activated transcription factor. It probably mediates the blue-light-induced branching and regulates the sexual development in Vaucheria. Aureochromes are common and specific to stramenopile algae, but not existed in green plants. Function of aureochromes in other stramenopile algae is not known to date.
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