Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Identification of a dual orange/far-red and blue light photoreceptor from an oceanic green picoplankton
- Yuko Makita,
- Shigekatsu Suzuki,
- Keiji Fushimi,
- Setsuko Shimada,
- Aya Suehisa,
- Manami Hirata,
- Tomoko Kuriyama,
- Yukio Kurihara,
- Hidefumi Hamasaki,
- Emiko Okubo-Kurihara,
- Kazutoshi Yoshitake,
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe,
- Masaaki Sakuta,
- Takashi Gojobori,
- Tomoko Sakami,
- Rei Narikawa,
- Haruyo Yamaguchi,
- Masanobu Kawachi,
- Minami Matsui
Affiliations
- Yuko Makita
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Shigekatsu Suzuki
- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Keiji Fushimi
- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
- Setsuko Shimada
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Aya Suehisa
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Manami Hirata
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Tomoko Kuriyama
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Yukio Kurihara
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Hidefumi Hamasaki
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Emiko Okubo-Kurihara
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Kazutoshi Yoshitake
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
- Masaaki Sakuta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ochanomizu University
- Takashi Gojobori
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Tomoko Sakami
- Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
- Rei Narikawa
- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
- Haruyo Yamaguchi
- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Masanobu Kawachi
- Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Minami Matsui
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23741-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Blue light penetrates deeper than red light in ocean, thus blue light sensing is critical for adaptation to marine environments. Here, the authors report the genome of Pyconococcus provasolii and identify a chimeric dual orange/far-red and blue light receptor composed of a phytochrome and a cryptochrome by analyzing the marine metagenomes.