The Cryptic Plastid of Euglena longa Defines a New Type of Nonphotosynthetic Plastid Organelle

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F20%3AA21027BK" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/20:A21027BK - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60077344:_____/20:00537372 RIV/60076658:12310/20:43901716 RIV/00216208:11310/20:10421425

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://msphere.asm.org/content/msph/5/5/e00675-20.full.pdf" target="_blank" >https://msphere.asm.org/content/msph/5/5/e00675-20.full.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/765255" target="_blank" >10.1101/765255</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Cryptic Plastid of Euglena longa Defines a New Type of Nonphotosynthetic Plastid Organelle

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Most secondary nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes have retained residual plastids whose physiological role is often still unknown. One such example is Euglena longa, a close nonphotosynthetic relative of Euglena gracilis harboring a plastid organelle of enigmatic function. By mining transcriptome data from E. longa, we finally provide an overview of metabolic processes localized to its elusive plastid. The organelle plays no role in the biosynthesis of isoprenoid precursors and fatty acids and has a very limited repertoire of pathways concerning nitrogen-containing metabolites. In contrast, the synthesis of phospholipids and glycolipids has been preserved, curiously with the last step of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol synthesis being catalyzed by the SqdX form of an enzyme so far known only from bacteria. Notably, we show that the E. longa plastid synthesizes tocopherols and a phylloquinone derivative, the first such report for nonphotosynthetic plastids studied so far. The most striking attribute of the organelle could be the presence of a linearized Calvin-Benson (CB) pathway, including RuBisCO yet lacking the gluconeo-genetic part of the standard cycle, together with ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase (FNR) and the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system. We hypothesize that the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system activates the linear CB pathway in response to the redox status of the E. longa cell and speculate on the role of the pathway in keeping the redox balance of the cell. Altogether, the E. longa plastid defines a new class of relic plastids that is drastically different from the best-studied organelle of this category, the apicoplast.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Cryptic Plastid of Euglena longa Defines a New Type of Nonphotosynthetic Plastid Organelle

Popis výsledku anglicky

Most secondary nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes have retained residual plastids whose physiological role is often still unknown. One such example is Euglena longa, a close nonphotosynthetic relative of Euglena gracilis harboring a plastid organelle of enigmatic function. By mining transcriptome data from E. longa, we finally provide an overview of metabolic processes localized to its elusive plastid. The organelle plays no role in the biosynthesis of isoprenoid precursors and fatty acids and has a very limited repertoire of pathways concerning nitrogen-containing metabolites. In contrast, the synthesis of phospholipids and glycolipids has been preserved, curiously with the last step of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol synthesis being catalyzed by the SqdX form of an enzyme so far known only from bacteria. Notably, we show that the E. longa plastid synthesizes tocopherols and a phylloquinone derivative, the first such report for nonphotosynthetic plastids studied so far. The most striking attribute of the organelle could be the presence of a linearized Calvin-Benson (CB) pathway, including RuBisCO yet lacking the gluconeo-genetic part of the standard cycle, together with ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase (FNR) and the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system. We hypothesize that the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system activates the linear CB pathway in response to the redox status of the E. longa cell and speculate on the role of the pathway in keeping the redox balance of the cell. Altogether, the E. longa plastid defines a new class of relic plastids that is drastically different from the best-studied organelle of this category, the apicoplast.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

mSphere

ISSN

2379-5042

e-ISSN

2379-5042

Svazek periodika

5

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

e00675-20

Kód UT WoS článku

000606508300005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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