The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization

T. Nishiyama; H. Sakayama; J. de Vries; H. Buschmann; D. Saint-Marcoux; K.K. Ullrich; F.B. Haas; L. Vanderstraeten; D. Becker; D. Lang; S. Vosolsobě; S. Rombauts; P.K.I. Wilhelmsson; P. Janitza; R. Kern; A. Heyl; F. Rümpler; L.I.A.C. Villalobos; J.M. Clay; R. Skokan; A. Toyoda; Y. Suzuki; H. Kagoshima; E. Schijlen; N. Tajeshwar; B. Catarino; A.J. Hetherington; A. Saltykova; C. Bonnot; H. Breuninger; A. Symeonidi; G.V. Radhakrishnan; F. Van Nieuwerburgh; D. Deforce; C. Chang; K.G. Karol; R. Hedrich; P. Ulvskov; G. Glöckner; C.F. Delwiche; J. Petrášek; Y. Van de Peer; J. Friml; M. Beilby; L. Dolan; Y. Kohara; S. Sugano; A. Fujiyama; P.-M. Delaux; M. Quint; G. Theißen; M. Hagemann; J. Harholt; C. Dunand; S. Zachgo; J. Langdale; F. Maumus; D. Van Der Straeten; S.B. Gould; S.A. Rensing

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The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization

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The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization

T. Nishiyama, H. Sakayama, J. de Vries, H. Buschmann, D. Saint-Marcoux, K.K. Ullrich, F.B. Haas, L. Vanderstraeten, D. Becker, D. Lang, …

Cell, Vol.174(2), pp.448-464

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.033

Abstract

Plant hormones

Charophyta

Genes

Land plants evolved from charophytic algae, among which Charophyceae possess the most complex body plans. We present the genome of Chara braunii; comparison of the genome to those of land plants identified evolutionary novelties for plant terrestrialization and land plant heritage genes. C. braunii employs unique xylan synthases for cell wall biosynthesis, a phragmoplast (cell separation) mechanism similar to that of land plants, and many phytohormones. C. braunii plastids are controlled via land-plant-like retrograde signaling, and transcriptional regulation is more elaborate than in other algae. The morphological complexity of this organism may result from expanded gene families, with three cases of particular note: genes effecting tolerance to reactive oxygen species (ROS), LysM receptor-like kinases, and transcription factors (TFs). Transcriptomic analysis of sexual reproductive structures reveals intricate control by TFs, activity of the ROS gene network, and the ancestral use of plant-like storage and stress protection proteins in the zygote.

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Title: The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization
Creators: T. Nishiyama - Kanazawa University
H. Sakayama - Kobe University
J. de Vries - Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
H. Buschmann - Osnabrück University
D. Saint-Marcoux - University of Oxford
K.K. Ullrich - Philipps University of Marburg
F.B. Haas - Philipps University of Marburg
L. Vanderstraeten - Ghent University
D. Becker - University of Würzburg
D. Lang - Helmholtz Zentrum München
S. Vosolsobě - Charles University
S. Rombauts - VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
P.K.I. Wilhelmsson - Philipps University of Marburg
P. Janitza - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
R. Kern - University of Rostock
A. Heyl - Adelphi University
F. Rümpler - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
L.I.A.C. Villalobos
J.M. Clay
R. Skokan - Charles University
A. Toyoda - National Institute of Genetics
Y. Suzuki - The University of Tokyo
H. Kagoshima - National Institute of Genetics
E. Schijlen - Wageningen University & Research
N. Tajeshwar - Adelphi University
B. Catarino - University of Oxford
A.J. Hetherington - University of Oxford
A. Saltykova - VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
C. Bonnot - University of Oxford
H. Breuninger - University of Oxford
A. Symeonidi - Philipps University of Marburg
G.V. Radhakrishnan
F. Van Nieuwerburgh - Ghent University
D. Deforce - Ghent University
C. Chang - University of Maryland, College Park
K.G. Karol - New York Botanical Garden
R. Hedrich - University of Würzburg
P. Ulvskov - University of Copenhagen
G. Glöckner - University of Cologne
C.F. Delwiche - University of Maryland, College Park
J. Petrášek - Charles University
Y. Van de Peer - VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
J. Friml - Institute of Science and Technology Austria
M. Beilby - UNSW Sydney
L. Dolan - University of Oxford
Y. Kohara - National Institute of Genetics
S. Sugano - The University of Tokyo
A. Fujiyama - National Institute of Genetics
P.-M. Delaux - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales
M. Quint - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
G. Theißen - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
M. Hagemann - University of Rostock
J. Harholt - Carlsberg Laboratory
C. Dunand - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales
S. Zachgo - Osnabrück University
J. Langdale - University of Oxford
F. Maumus - Université Paris-Saclay
D. Van Der Straeten - Ghent University
S.B. Gould - Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
S.A. Rensing - Philipps University of Marburg
Publication Details: Cell, Vol.174(2), pp.448-464
Academic Unit: Adelphi University; Biology; College of Arts and Sciences
Resource Type: Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.033
Record Identifier: 991004357396106266