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Plastidic Δ6 Fatty-Acid Desaturases with Distinctive Substrate Specificity Regulate the Pool of C18-PUFAs in the Ancestral Picoalga Ostreococcus tauri

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Eukaryotic Δ6-desaturases are microsomal enzymes that balance the synthesis of ω-3 and ω-6 C18-polyunsaturated fatty acids (C18-PUFAs) according to their specificity. In several microalgae, including Ostreococcus tauri, plastidic C18-PUFAs are strictly regulated by environmental cues suggesting an autonomous control of Δ6-desaturation of plastidic PUFAs. Here, we identified two putative front-end Δ6/Δ8-desaturases from Otauri that, together with putative homologs, cluster apart from other characterized Δ6-desaturases. Both were plastid-located and unambiguously displayed a Δ6-desaturation activity when overexpressed in the heterologous hosts Nicotiana benthamiana and Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, as in the native host. Detailed lipid analyses of overexpressing lines unveiled distinctive ω-class specificities, and most interestingly pointed to the importance of the lipid head-group and the nonsubstrate acyl-chain for the desaturase efficiency. One desaturase displayed a broad specificity for plastidic lipids and a preference for ω-3 substrates, while the other was more selective for ω-6 substrates and for lipid classes including phosphatidylglycerol as well as the peculiar 16:4-galactolipid species occurring in the native host. Overexpression of both Δ6-desaturases in Otauri prevented the regulation of C18-PUFA under phosphate deprivation and triggered glycerolipid fatty-acid remodeling, without causing any obvious alteration in growth or photosynthesis. Tracking fatty-acid modifications in eukaryotic hosts further suggested the export of plastidic lipids to extraplastidic compartments.
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hal-02973890 , version 1 (21-10-2020)

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Charlotte Degraeve-Guilbault, Rodrigo Enrique Gomez, Cécile Lemoigne, Nattiwong Pankansem, Soizic Morin, et al.. Plastidic Δ6 Fatty-Acid Desaturases with Distinctive Substrate Specificity Regulate the Pool of C18-PUFAs in the Ancestral Picoalga Ostreococcus tauri. Plant Physiology, 2020, 184 (1), pp.82-96. ⟨10.1104/pp.20.00281⟩. ⟨hal-02973890⟩
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