Photosynthetic characteristics of a multicellular green alga Volvox carteri in response to external CO2 levels possibly regulated by CCM1/CIA5 ortholog.
When CO(2) supply is limited, aquatic photosynthetic organisms induce a CO(2)-concentrating mechanism (CCM) and acclimate to the CO(2)-limiting environment. Although the CCM is well studied in unicellular green algae such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, physiological aspects of the CCM and its associated genes in multicellular algae are poorly understood. In this study, by measuring photosynthetic affinity for CO(2), we present physiological data in support of a CCM in a multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri. The low-CO(2)-grown Volvox cells showed much higher affinity for inorganic carbon compared with high-CO(2)-grown cells. Addition of ethoxyzolamide, a membrane-permeable carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, to the culture remarkably reduced the photosynthetic affinity of low-CO(2) grown Volvox cells, indicating that an intracellular carbonic anhydrase contributed to the Volvox CCM. We also isolated a gene encoding a protein orthologous to CCM1/CIA5, a master regulator of the CCM in Chlamydomonas, from Volvox carteri. Volvox CCM1 encoded a protein with 701 amino acid residues showing 51.1% sequence identity with Chlamydomonas CCM1. Comparison of Volvox and Chlamydomonas CCM1 revealed a highly conserved N-terminal region containing zinc-binding amino acid residues, putative nuclear localization and export signals, and a C-terminal region containing a putative LXXLL protein-protein interaction motif. Based on these results, we discuss the physiological and genetic aspects of the CCM in Chlamydomonas and Volvox.
Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takashi
T
Yamano
Akimitsu
A
Fujita
Hideya
H
Fukuzawa
D000064:Acclimatization / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D005016:Ethoxzolamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019913:Nuclear Localization Signals; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D044446:Volvox / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D019913:Nuclear Localization Signals; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases; D005016:Ethoxzolamide
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