Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features.
- Type de publi. : Article dans une revue
- Date de publi. : 01/08/2006
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Auteurs :
Evelyne DerelleConchita FerrazStephane RombautsPierre RouzéAlexandra Z WordenSteven RobbensFrédéric PartenskySven DegroeveSophie EcheyniéRichard CookeYvan SaeysJan WuytsKamel JabbariChris BowlerOlivier PanaudBenoît PiéguSteven G BallJean-Philippe RalFrancois-Yves BougetG. PiganeauBernard de BaetsAndré PicardMichel DelsenyJacques DemailleYves van de PeerHervé Moreau
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Organismes :
Modèles en biologie cellulaire et évolutive
Institut de génétique humaine
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Institut de génétique humaine
Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes
Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes
Modèles en biologie cellulaire et évolutive
Modèles en biologie cellulaire et évolutive
Modèles en biologie cellulaire et évolutive
Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes
Institut de génétique humaine
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Modèles en biologie cellulaire et évolutive
- Publié dans Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America le 31/10/2020
Résumé : The green lineage is reportedly 1,500 million years old, evolving shortly after the endosymbiosis event that gave rise to early photosynthetic eukaryotes. In this study, we unveil the complete genome sequence of an ancient member of this lineage, the unicellular green alga Ostreococcus tauri (Prasinophyceae). This cosmopolitan marine primary producer is the world's smallest free-living eukaryote known to date. Features likely reflecting optimization of environmentally relevant pathways, including resource acquisition, unusual photosynthesis apparatus, and genes potentially involved in C(4) photosynthesis, were observed, as was downsizing of many gene families. Overall, the 12.56-Mb nuclear genome has an extremely high gene density, in part because of extensive reduction of intergenic regions and other forms of compaction such as gene fusion. However, the genome is structurally complex. It exhibits previously unobserved levels of heterogeneity for a eukaryote. Two chromosomes differ structurally from the other eighteen. Both have a significantly biased G+C content, and, remarkably, they contain the majority of transposable elements. Many chromosome 2 genes also have unique codon usage and splicing, but phylogenetic analysis and composition do not support alien gene origin. In contrast, most chromosome 19 genes show no similarity to green lineage genes and a large number of them are specialized in cell surface processes. Taken together, the complete genome sequence, unusual features, and downsized gene families, make O. tauri an ideal model system for research on eukaryotic genome evolution, including chromosome specialization and green lineage ancestry.
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