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Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features
Derelle, E.; Ferraz, C.; Rombauts, S.; Rouzé, P.; Worden, A.Z.; Robbens, S.; Partensky, F.; Degroeve, S.; Echeynié, S.; Cooke, R.; Saeys, Y.; Wuyts, J.; Jabbari, K.; Bowler, C.; Panaud, O.; Piégu, B.; Ball, S.G.; Ral, J.-P.; Bouget, F.-Y.; Piganeau, G.; De Baets, B.; Picard, A.; Delseny, M.; Demaille, J.; Van de Peer, Y.; Moreau, H. (2006). Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103(31): 11647-11652. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0604795103
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The Academy: Washington, D.C.. ISSN 0027-8424; e-ISSN 1091-6490, meer
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Trefwoorden
    Chlorophyta [WoRMS]; Prasinophyceae [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    genome heterogeneity; genome sequence; green alga; Prasinophyceae; geneprediction
Auteurs  Top 
  • Derelle, E.
  • Ferraz, C.
  • Rombauts, S., meer
  • Rouzé, P., meer
  • Worden, A.Z.
  • Robbens, S., meer
  • Partensky, F.
  • Degroeve, S.
  • Echeynié, S.
  • Cooke, R.
  • Saeys, Y., meer
  • Wuyts, J.
  • Jabbari, K.
  • Bowler, C.
  • Panaud, O.
  • Piégu, B.
  • Ball, S.G.
  • Ral, J.-P.
  • Bouget, F.-Y.
  • Piganeau, G.
  • De Baets, B., meer
  • Picard, A., meer
  • Delseny, M.
  • Demaille, J.
  • Van de Peer, Y., meer
  • Moreau, H.
Abstract
    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 C4 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 . 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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