Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Chromerids |
| Authors: |
Aleš Tomčala, Jan Michálek, Ivana Schneedorferová, Zoltán Füssy, Ansgar Gruber, Marie Vancová, Miroslav Oborník |
| Source: |
Biomolecules, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 1102 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Microbiology |
| Subject Terms: |
Chromera velia, Vitrella brassicaformis, fatty acids, de novo biosynthesis, evolution, elongation, Microbiology, QR1-502 |
| More Details: |
Fatty acids are essential components of biological membranes, important for the maintenance of cellular structures, especially in organisms with complex life cycles like protozoan parasites. Apicomplexans are obligate parasites responsible for various deadly diseases of humans and livestock. We analyzed the fatty acids produced by the closest phototrophic relatives of parasitic apicomplexans, the chromerids Chromera velia and Vitrella brassicaformis, and investigated the genes coding for enzymes involved in fatty acids biosynthesis in chromerids, in comparison to their parasitic relatives. Based on evidence from genomic and metabolomic data, we propose a model of fatty acid synthesis in chromerids: the plastid-localized FAS-II pathway is responsible for the de novo synthesis of fatty acids reaching the maximum length of 18 carbon units. Short saturated fatty acids (C14:0–C18:0) originate from the plastid are then elongated and desaturated in the cytosol and the endoplasmic reticulum. We identified giant FAS I-like multi-modular enzymes in both chromerids, which seem to be involved in polyketide synthesis and fatty acid elongation. This full-scale description of the biosynthesis of fatty acids and their derivatives provides important insights into the reductive evolutionary transition of a phototropic algal ancestor to obligate parasites. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2218-273X |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/8/1102; https://doaj.org/toc/2218-273X |
| DOI: |
10.3390/biom10081102 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/452d4489c99f4f318103cc850c7a87c3 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.452d4489c99f4f318103cc850c7a87c3 |
| Database: |
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