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Cloning, expression, and characterization of carbonic anhydrase genes from Pyropia haitanensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)

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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) play important roles in the utilization of inorganic carbon and have been studied in many higher plants and algae. Herein, based on unigene sequences from Pyropia haitanensis, six full-length CA of P. haitanensis (PhCA) genes were obtained by rapid amplification of complementary DNA (cDNA) ends, or by direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and named PhαCA1, PhαCA2, PhβCA1, PhβCA2, PhβCA3, and PhγCA1. The full-length cDNAs of the six PhCA genes comprised 1156, 1151, 1146, 847, 1124, and 1013 nucleotides, respectively. The encoded proteins were 275, 287, 206, 245, 307, and 290 amino acids, with isoelectric points of 10.26, 5.40, 6.03, 6.42, 7.66, and 4.75, respectively. On the basis of conserved motifs and phylogenetic tree analysis, the PhCAs were divided into three CA classes: PhαCA1 and PhαCA2 are α-CAs; PhβCA1, PhβCA2, and PhβCA3 are β-CAs; and PhγCA1 is a γ-CA. In different CO2 concentrations, the expression levels of PhβCA2, PhβCA3, and PhγCA1 showed no significant changes; however, the expression levels of PhαCA1, PhαCA2, and PhβCA1 decreased significantly under high CO2. The expression level of each PhβCA gene was significantly higher in the sporophytes than in the gametophytes; however, the expression levels of PhαCA and PhγCA in the sporophytes were significantly lower than those in the gametophytes. The expression level of each PhCA under desiccation and high-temperature stress had a different pattern. These results suggested that PhCAs play important roles in the utilization of inorganic carbon of P. haitanensis. Additionally, the expressions of PhCAs were significantly affected by environmental stresses.

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This research was supported in part by the 863 Project of China (Grant No: 2012AA10A411), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.: 41176151 and 41276177), and the National Marine Public Welfare Research Project (Grant Nos.: 201105008 and 201105023).

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    Changsheng Chen, Zhenzhen Dai, Yan Xu, Dehua Ji & Chaotian Xie

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Chen, C., Dai, Z., Xu, Y. et al. Cloning, expression, and characterization of carbonic anhydrase genes from Pyropia haitanensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). J Appl Phycol 28, 1403–1417 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-015-0646-x

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