Evolutionary Maintenance of thePTS2 Protein Import Pathway in the Stramenopile Alga Nannochloropsis

19. November 2020, von Pflanzenbiochemie und Infektionsbiologie

The stramenopile alga Nannochloropsis is a promising organism for biotechnological applications, such as the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and biodiesel. Although peroxisomes play major roles in fatty acid metabolism, experimental analyses of peroxisome biogenesis and metabolism in Nannochloropsis had not been reported. In our recent study we demonstrate for the first time that Nannochloropsis maintained the import pathway for PTS2 cargo proteins which is absent in other straminopiles such as diatoms.

Kechasov, D., de Grahl, I., Endries, P., Reumann, S. (2020) Evolutionary Maintenance of thePTS2 Protein Import Pathway in the Stramenopile Alga Nannochloropsis  Front. Cell Dev. Biol. (2020) doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.593922