EBERHARD, S., Soňa VALUCHOVÁ, J. RAVAT, Jaroslav FULNEČEK, P. JOLIVET, S. BUJALDON, S.D. LEMAIRE, F.A. WOLLMAN, M.T. TEIXEIRA, Karel ŘÍHA and Z. XU. Molecular characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii telomeres and telomerase mutants. LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE. COLD SPRING HARBOR: LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE LLC, 2019, vol. 2, No 3, p. 1-15. ISSN 2575-1077. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201900315.
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Original name Molecular characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii telomeres and telomerase mutants
Authors EBERHARD, S., Soňa VALUCHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), J. RAVAT, Jaroslav FULNEČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), P. JOLIVET, S. BUJALDON, S.D. LEMAIRE, F.A. WOLLMAN, M.T. TEIXEIRA, Karel ŘÍHA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Z. XU.
Edition LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE, COLD SPRING HARBOR, LIFE SCIENCE ALLIANCE LLC, 2019, 2575-1077.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.622
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/19:00113265
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201900315
UT WoS 000473222200015
Keywords in English GENOME-WIDE SCREEN; LENGTH REGULATION; CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; ARABIDOPSIS; YEAST; SEQUENCE; ELONGATION; MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; REPEATS
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Abstract
Telomeres are repeated sequences found at the end of the linear chromosomes of most eukaryotes and are required for chromosome integrity. Expression of the reverse-transcriptase telomerase allows for extension of telomeric repeats to counteract natural telomere shortening. Although Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a photosynthetic unicellular green alga, is widely used as a model organism in photosynthesis and flagella research, and for biotechnological applications, the biology of its telomeres has not been investigated in depth. Here, we show that the C. reinhardtii (TTTTAGGG)(n) telomeric repeats are mostly nondegenerate and that the telomeres form a protective structure, with a subset ending with a 3' overhang and another subset presenting a blunt end. Although telomere size and length distributions are stable under various standard growth conditions, they vary substantially between 12 genetically close reference strains. Finally, we identify CrTERT, the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of telomerase and show that telomeres shorten progressively in mutants of this gene. Telomerase mutants eventually enter replicative senescence, demonstrating that telomerase is required for long-term maintenance of telomeres in C. reinhardtii.
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