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Marine Algae and Land Plants Share Conserved Phytochrome Signaling Systems Marine algae and land plants share conserved phytochrome signaling systems Deqiang Duanmua,1, Charles Bachyb,1, Sebastian Sudekb, Chee-Hong Wongc, Valeria Jiménezb, Nathan C. Rockwella, Shelley S. Martina, Chew Yee Nganc, Emily N. Reistetterb, Marijke J. van Barenb, Dana C. Priced, Chia-Lin Weic, Adrian Reyes-Prietoe,f, J. Clark Lagariasa,2, and Alexandra Z. Wordenb,f,2 aDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; bMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039; cSequencing Technology Group, Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Walnut Creek, CA 94598; dDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903; eBiology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B5A3; and fIntegrated Microbial Biodiversity Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1Z8 Contributed by J. Clark Lagarias, September 3, 2014 (sent for review June 18, 2014) Phytochrome photosensors control a vast gene network in duce light signals into biochemical outputs that shape overall streptophyte plants, acting as master regulators of diverse growth organismal responses (1, 13). and developmental processes throughout the life cycle. In contrast Although plant phytochromes control vast, complicated gene with their absence in known chlorophyte algal genomes and most networks, their origin, evolution, and ancestral signaling mech- sequenced prasinophyte algal genomes, a phytochrome is found anisms remain uncertain (14–17). Similarities between strepto- in Micromonas pusilla, a widely distributed marine picoprasino- phyte (land plants and charophyte algae) and cyanobacterial phyte (<2 μm cell diameter). Together with phytochromes iden- phytochromes, such as shared red/far-red photocycles, shared tified from other prasinophyte lineages, we establish that bilin chromophores, and identical protein–chromophore linkages prasinophyte and streptophyte phytochromes share core light- (10), have been considered indicative of cyanobacterial origins via input and signaling-output domain architectures except for the loss endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) (14, 16, 18). In this scenario, of C-terminal response regulator receiver domains in the strepto- EGT of cyanobacterial phytochromesoccurredduringorafterthe phyte phytochrome lineage. Phylogenetic reconstructions robustly primary endosymbiosis event that gave rise to the Archaeplastida PLANT BIOLOGY support the presence of phytochrome in the common progenitor approximately 1 billion years ago, whereby an engulfed cyanobac- of green algae and land plants. These analyses reveal a monophy- terium became the plastid (8, 9). The Archaeplastida ancestor then letic clade containing streptophyte, prasinophyte, cryptophyte, diverged to form three major extant photosynthetic groups: and glaucophyte phytochromes implying an origin in the eukary- Viridiplantae (streptophyte, prasinophyte, and chlorophyte algae, otic ancestor of the Archaeplastida. Transcriptomic measurements as well as land plants), Rhodophyta (red algae), and Glaucophyta. reveal diurnal regulation of phytochrome and bilin chromophore Micromonas biosynthetic genes in . Expression of these genes pre- Significance SCIENCES cedes both light-mediated phytochrome redistribution from the ENVIRONMENTAL cytoplasm to the nucleus and increased expression of photo- Phytochromes are photosensory signaling proteins widely synthesis-associated genes. Prasinophyte phytochromes perceive distributed in unicellular organisms and multicellular land wavelengths of light transmitted farther through seawater than plants. Best known for their global regulatory roles in photo- the red/far-red light sensed by land plant phytochromes. Prasi- morphogenesis, plant phytochromes are often assumed to nophyte phytochromes also retain light-regulated histidine have arisen via gene transfer from the cyanobacterial endo- kinase activity lost in the streptophyte phytochrome lineage. symbiont that gave rise to photosynthetic chloroplast organ- Our studies demonstrate that light-mediated nuclear translo- elles. Our analyses support the scenario that phytochromes cation of phytochrome predates the emergence of land plants were acquired prior to diversification of the Archaeplastida, and likely represents a widespread signaling mechanism in possibly before the endosymbiosis event. We show that plant unicellular algae. phytochromes are structurally and functionally related to those discovered in prasinophytes, an ecologically important group phytoplankton | light harvesting | transcriptomics | marine ecology | of marine green algae. Based on our studies, we propose that light signaling evolution these phytochromes share light-mediated signaling mecha- nisms with those of plants. Phytochromes presumably perform hytochromes perform critical regulatory roles in land plants, critical acclimative roles for unicellular marine algae living in – Pfungi, and bacteria (1 4). Expansion of the phytochrome fluctuating light environments. gene family has occurred during evolution of plants, in which phytochromes optimize photosynthesis and regulate develop- Author contributions: D.D., C.B., S.S., N.C.R., A.R.-P., J.C.L., and A.Z.W. designed research; D.D., mental progression, e.g., seed germination, leaf and stem ex- C.B., S.S., C.-H.W., V.J., N.C.R., S.S.M., C.Y.N., E.N.R., M.J.v.B., D.C.P., A.R.-P., and A.Z.W. per- formed research; C.-L.W. and A.Z.W. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; D.D., C.B., S.S., pansion, reproduction, and seed dispersal (1, 5). Consisting of C.-H.W., V.J., N.C.R., C.Y.N., M.J.v.B., D.C.P., C.-L.W., A.R.-P., J.C.L., and A.Z.W. analyzed data; and multiple domains, including a conserved photosensory core input D.D., C.B., J.C.L., and A.Z.W. wrote the paper. module (PCM) (Fig. 1) and a histidine kinase-related output The authors declare no conflict of interest. module (HKM), plant phytochromes share similarities with two- Freely available online through the PNAS open access option. component signaling (TCS) systems widespread in bacteria (6). Data deposition: The sequences reported in this paper have been deposited in the Gen- In plants, light sensing by phytochromes relies on a covalently Bank database (accession nos. KF615764–KF615772, KF754357, and KF876180–KF876183). bound linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophore that is synthesized The transcriptomes have been deposited in the CAMERA database (http://camera.calit2. net/mmetsp/list.php) and the Short Read Archive (BioProject PRJNA231566). within plastids (7), the organelle for eukaryotic photosynthesis 1D.D. and C.B. contributed equally to this work. (see, e.g., refs. 8, 9). Bilin photoisomerization triggers reversible 2To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected] or interconversion between red and far-red absorbing states (10) [email protected]. initiating downstream signaling events associated with trans- This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10. location into the nucleus (11, 12). Phytochromes thereby trans- 1073/pnas.1416751111/-/DCSupplemental. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1416751111 PNAS Early Edition | 1of6 Downloaded by guest on September 29, 2021 photosensory core insights into the origins of Archaeplastida phytochromes. Using module (PCM) sequence confirmation methods, RNA-seq and immunochemical Streptophyte PAS GAF PHY PAS PAS H KD analyses, we document the expression of phytochrome and pho- C tosynthesis-related genes across a diurnal light–dark cycle for the MpPHY PAS GAF PHY PASPAS H KD REC prasinophyte Micromonas, a marine algal genus found from C tropical to Arctic ecosystems (21). Together with biochemical and DtPHY PAS GAF PHY PASPAS H KD RECRECRECCHD localization analyses, these studies reshape our understanding of plant phytochrome evolution and reveal light-mediated phyto- Prasinophyte C chrome signaling mechanisms in unicellular algae. GwPHY PAS GAF PHY PAS H KD REC C C? Archaeplastida Results GAF PAS KD CpPHY PAS PHY H REC Phytochrome Domain Structure and Evolutionary Relationships. We C C Glaucophyte sequenced transcriptomes from algae with informative evolu- GtPHY PAS GAF PHY PAS PAS H KD REC tionary positions relative to plant ancestry. These include rep- C resentatives from six of the seven prasinophyte classes and GtPEK PAS GAF PHY PAS PKC RINGREC several other Archaeplastida algae (SI Appendix,TableS1). Phy- C tochromes were not found in the two Chlamydomonas species Cryptophyte examined, Chlamydomonas chlamydogama and Chlamydomonas Heterokont* PAS GAF PHY H KD REC leiostraca, as is the case for published chlorophyte genomes. Full- C length phytochrome transcripts were present in five prasinophyte Fungal (Fph) PAS GAF PHY H KD REC lineages, specifically classes I, II (Dolichomastix tenuilepis and C Micromonas pusilla), III, IV, and VI (SI Appendix, Fig. S1), Cyanobacteria (Cph1) PAS GAF PHY H KD REC as well as in the glaucophyte Gloeochaete wittrockiana. Phyto- C chrome RNA-seq transcript assemblies were affirmed using SI Appendix GAF RACE and PCR for multiple taxa ( , Tables S2 and Bacteria (BphP) PAS PHY H KD REC S3). Additionally, using immunoblot analysis and mass spectra, C the M. pusilla phytochrome gene (MpPHY) was shown to encode Fig. 1. Domain structures of phytochrome proteins. The N-terminal pho- a 1,850-amino-acid polypeptide (MpPHY) (SI Appendix, Fig. tosensory core module (PCM) of phytochromes
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