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Genome sequencing reveals metabolic and cellular interdependence in an amoeba-kinetoplastid symbiosis
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Tanifuji, G and Cenci, U and Moog, D and Dean, S and Nakayama, T and David, V and Fiala, I and Curtis, BA and Sibbald, SJ and Onodera, NT and Colp, M and Flegontov, P and Johnson-Mackinnon, J and McPhee, M and Inagaki, Y and Hashimoto, T and Kelly, S and Gull, K and Lukes, J and Archibald, JM, Genome sequencing reveals metabolic and cellular interdependence in an amoeba-kinetoplastid symbiosis, Scientific Reports, 7 Article 11688. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11866-x
Abstract
Endosymbiotic relationships between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells are common in nature. Endosymbioses between two eukaryotes are also known; cyanobacterium-derived plastids have spread horizontally when one eukaryote assimilated another. A unique instance of a non-photosynthetic, eukaryotic endosymbiont involves members of the genus Paramoeba, amoebozoans that infect marine animals such as farmed fish and sea urchins. Paramoeba species harbor endosymbionts belonging to the Kinetoplastea, a diverse group of flagellate protists including some that cause devastating diseases. To elucidate the nature of this eukaryote-eukaryote association, we sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of Paramoeba pemaquidensis and its endosymbiont Perkinsela sp. The endosymbiont nuclear genome is ~9.5 Mbp in size, the smallest of a kinetoplastid thus far discovered. Genomic analyses show that Perkinsela sp. has lost the ability to make a flagellum but retains hallmark features of kinetoplastid biology, including polycistronic transcription, trans-splicing, and a glycosome-like organelle. Mosaic biochemical pathways suggest extensive ‘cross-talk’ between the two organisms, and electron microscopy shows that the endosymbiont ingests amoeba cytoplasm, a novel form of endosymbiont-host communication. Our data reveal the cell biological and biochemical basis of the obligate relationship between Perkinsela sp. and its amoeba host, and provide a foundation for understanding pathogenicity determinants in economically important Paramoeba.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | genome sequencing, endosymbiotic relationships, Paramoeba |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Genetics |
| Research Field: | Genomics |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Johnson-Mackinnon, J (Ms Jessica Johnson-Mackinnon) |
| ID Code: | 121219 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 38 |
| Deposited By: | Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Deposited On: | 2017-09-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-02-05 |
| Downloads: | 155 View Download Statistics |
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