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Phototropism in the Marine Red Macroalga Pyropia yezoensis

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Title: Phototropism in the Marine Red Macroalga Pyropia yezoensis
Authors: Takahashi, Megumu Browse this author
Mikami, Koji Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Keywords: Phototropism
Gametophyte
Sporophyte
Conchosporangia
Pyropia yezoensis
Issue Date: 8-Dec-2016
Journal Title: American Journal of Plant Sciences
Volume: 07
Issue: 17
Start Page: 2412
End Page: 2428
Publisher DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2016.717211
Abstract: Phototropism is a response to the direction of light that guides growth orientation and determines the shape of plants to optimize photosynthetic activity. The phototropic response is present not only in terrestrial plants but also in water-living algae. However, knowledge about phototropism in Bangiophycean seaweeds is limited. Here, we examined the phototropic response of the red alga Pyropia yezoensis to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of phototropism in Bangiophyceae. When leafy gametophytes and filamentous sporophytes of P. yezoensis were cultured under directional light, phototropism was observed in the gametophytes. Conchosporangia on the sporophytes also exhibited phototropism. Phototropism was positive in the majority of gametophytes and conchosporangia but in some cases was negative. In addition, a strong phototropic response occurred under white light, whereas blue and red light elicited minor and no responses, respectively. This observation is in contrast with the phototropic response in terrestrial plants and several algae, in which blue light is responsible for positive phototropism. Surprisingly, the genome of P. yezoensis has no homologues of the photoreceptors for blue and red light, revealing differences in the regulation of phototropism between terrestrial plants and P. yezoensis . Studies on the phototropism in P. yezoensis could shed light on the evolutional divergence of phototropic responses in plants.
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/63841
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