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Title: The phycocyanobilin chromophore of streptophyte algal phytochromes is synthesized by HY2

Journal Article · · New Phytologist
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14422 · OSTI ID:1401047
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  1. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California Davis CA 95616 USA
  2. Department of Biology Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
  3. CSIRO National Research Collections Australia Australian National Herbarium Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

Summary Land plant phytochromes perceive red and far‐red light to control growth and development, using the linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophore phytochromobilin (PΦB). Phytochromes from streptophyte algae, sister species to land plants, instead use phycocyanobilin ( PCB ). PCB and PΦB are synthesized by different ferredoxin‐dependent bilin reductases ( FDBR s): PΦB is synthesized by HY 2, whereas PCB is synthesized by PcyA. The pathway for PCB biosynthesis in streptophyte algae is unknown. We used phylogenetic analysis and heterologous reconstitution of bilin biosynthesis to investigate bilin biosynthesis in streptophyte algae. Phylogenetic results suggest that PcyA is present in chlorophytes and prasinophytes but absent in streptophytes. A system reconstituting bilin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli was modified to utilize HY 2 from the streptophyte alga Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kfla HY 2). The resulting bilin was incorporated into model cyanobacterial photoreceptors and into phytochrome from the early‐diverging streptophyte alga Mesostigma viride (Mvir PHY 1). All photoreceptors tested incorporate PCB rather than PΦB, indicating that Kfla HY 2 is sufficient for PCB synthesis without any other algal protein. Mvir PHY 1 exhibits a red–far‐red photocycle similar to those seen in other streptophyte algal phytochromes. These results demonstrate that streptophyte algae use HY 2 to synthesize PCB , consistent with the hypothesis that PΦB synthesis arose late in HY 2 evolution.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0002395; SC0002395
OSTI ID:
1401047
Journal Information:
New Phytologist, Journal Name: New Phytologist Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 214; ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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