Genomics and transcriptomics reveal β-carotene synthesis mechanism in Dunaliella salina

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Title: Genomics and transcriptomics reveal β-carotene synthesis mechanism in Dunaliella salina
Authors: Duo Chen, Zhenhui Li, Jiaxian Shi, Huamiao Suen, Xuehai Zheng, Cifeng Zhang, Youqiang Chen, Ting Xue
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 15 (2024)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Microbiology
Subject Terms: Dunaliella salina, genome, transcriptome, β-carotene, synthesis mechanism, Microbiology, QR1-502
More Details: Dunaliella salina is by far the most salt-tolerant organism and contains many active substances, including β-carotene, glycerol, proteins, and vitamins, using in the production of dried biomass or cell extracts for the biofuels, pharmaceutical formulations, food additives, and fine chemicals, especially β-carotene. We report a high-quality genome sequence of D. Salina FACHB435, which has a 472 Mb genome size, with a contig N50 of 458 Kb. A total of 30,752 protein-coding genes were predicted. The annotation results evaluated by BUSCO was shown that completeness was 91.0% and replication was 53.1%. The fragments were 6.3% and the deletions were 2.6%. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses revealed that A. thaliana diverged from Volvocales about 448 million years ago, then Volvocales C. eustigma, D. salina, and other species diverged about 250 million years ago. High light could promote the accumulation of β-carotene in D. salina at a 13 d stage of culture. The enrichment of DEGs in KEGG, it notes that the predicted up-regulated genes of carotenoid metabolic pathway include DsCrtB, DsPDS, DsZ-ISO, DsZDS, DsCRTISO, DsLUT5, DsCrtL-B, and DsCCD8, while the predicted down-regulated genes include DsCrtF, and DsLUT1. The four genes that were both up-regulated and down-regulated were DsZEP, DsCrtR-b, DsCruA/P and DsCrtZ 4. The research results can provide scientific basis for the industrialization practice of D. salina.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-302X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1389224/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1389224
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3eded0def96549deaaa614c60f315961
Accession Number: edsdoj.3eded0def96549deaaa614c60f315961
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:1664302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1389224
Published in:Frontiers in Microbiology
Language:English