Comprehensive study of the unique photosynthetic system driven by far-red light

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26440141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Tsuchiya Tohru 京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 准教授 (20362569)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: シアノバクテリア / クロロフィルd / 光合成 / 遠赤色光 / トランスポゾンタギング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Acaryochloris marina can utilize far-red light for photosynthesis, whereas most other oxygenic photosynthetic organisms cannot use the light. In this project, we aimed to develop the molecular genetic techniques for A. marina in order to elucidate the molecular mechanism of its unique photosynthetic system driven by far-red light. In the result of this study, we succeeded in producing transposon-tagged mutants of A. marina by transposon tagging. In addition, we also succeeded in developing vectors for CRISPR interference, new technique for the repression of gene expression.

Free Research Field

生物学