Table 1 Candidate genes chosen for analysis of cell-type specific change of transcript accumulation under blue, red and far-red light in Volvox
From: Cell-type specific light-mediated transcript regulation in the multicellular alga Volvox carteri
Gene | Description/Function | Accession Number/Reference | Percentage of sequence identity to the homologous protein from the closely related alga Chlamydomonas | Accession number of used homolog for sequence comparison/Reference | Changes in transcript in response to light/References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LHCBM6 | Chloropyll a-b binding protein of LHCII type I/a major LHCII polypeptide present in the trimeric antenna complexes of PS II | XM_002959515/[21] | 93.3% identity in 253 aa overlap | EDP01611/[22] | |
LHL4 | Lhc-like protein Lhl4/distant relative of light-harvesting Chla/b protein | XP_002956040/[21] | 64.1% identity in 284 aa overlap | BAD67138/[24] | Blue, green and red light/[25] |
CHLD | Magnesium chelatase subunit D, chloroplast precursor/involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis | XP_002956151/[21] | 93.3% identity in 704 aa overlap | EDP07156/[22] | |
GSA | Glutamate-1-semialdehyde 2,1-aminomutase/key enzyme for chlorophyll synthesis | XP_002950034/[21] | 92.2% identity in 464 aa overlap | Q39566/[27] | |
POR | Protochlorophyllide reductase/involved in protochlorophyllide and chlorophyll biosynthesis | XP_002950278/[21] | 81.1% identity in 392 aa overlap | Q39617/[29] | Blue and red light/[10] |
ALAD | Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase/key enzyme required for early steps in chlorophyll biosynthesis | XP_002946379/[21] | 91% identity in 388 aa overlap | Q42682/[30] | |
OEE | Oxygen evolving enhancer protein 1/part of the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II | XP_002954867/[21] | 87% identity in 291 aa overlap | P12853/[31] | White light/[11] |
RB60 | Disulfide isomerase RB60/part of a complex that regulates the translation of the chloroplast-encoded psbA | EFJ41881/[21] | 71% identity in 532 aa overlap | AAC49896/[32] | White and red light/[33] |
RB38 | RNA-binding protein RB38/part of a complex that regulates the translation of the chloroplast-encoded psbA | XP_002953456/[21] | 53.4% identity in 371 aa overlap | AAM76787/[34] | White, blue and red/[33] |
PDS | Phytoene desaturase/key enzyme for carotenoids synthesis | XP_002948155/[21] | 85.3% identity in 572 aa overlap | EDP05305/[22] | |
PSY | Phytoene synthase/key enzyme involved in the first step of the carotenoids biosynthetic pathway | XP_002956783/[21] | 86.3% identity in 379 aa overlap | EDO97702/[22] | |
CDKB1 | Plant specific cyclin dependent kinase/involved in the regulation of the cell cycle | XP_002947156/[21] | 95.7% identity in 322 aa overlap | EDO97594/[22] | Blue and red light/[10] |
CRB1 | C1 subunit of the circadian RNA-binding protein CHLAMY1/associated with the circadian clock | XP_002957962/[21] | 57.9% identity in 482 aa overlap | EDP08399/[22] | Blue and red light/[10] |
CRB3 | C3 subunit of the circadian RNA-binding protein CHLAMY1/associated with the circadian clock | XP_002946862/[21] | 85.2% identity in 392 aa overlap | EDP06114/[22] | Blue and red light/[10] |
ACDA | Guanylyl and adenylate cyclase family member/cAMP or cGMP production | ABM47321/[37] | 63.6% identity in 154 aa overlap | XP_001702503/[22] | --------------- |
CA | Carbonic anhydrase/key enzyme involves in involved in carbon metabolism | XP_002951242/[21] | 50.8% identity in 374 aa overlap | BAA14232/[38] | |
GLN1 | Glutamine synthetase/key enzyme in nitrogen metabolism | XP_002956198/[21] | 92.1% identity in 382 aa overlap | U46207/[40] | |
FBP | Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase/key enzymes involved in gluconeogenesis and the Calvin cycle | XP_002948170 [21] | 88% identity in 415 aa overlap | XP_001690872/[22] | White light/[36] |
RPE | Ribulose phosphate-3-epimerase/key enzymes involved in the Calvin cycle | Photozyme ID: Vocar20000806m.g/[21] | 90.2% identity in 264 aa overlap | XP_001691071/[22] | White light/[36] |