Phototropin connects blue light perception to starch metabolism in green algae
Yizhong Yuan, Anthony A. Iannetta, Minjae Kim, Patric W. Sadecki, Marius Arend, Angeliki Tsichla, M. Águila Ruiz‐Sola, Georgios Kepesidis, Denis Falconet, Emmanuel Thévenon, Marianne Tardif, Sabine Brugière, Yohann Couté, Jean-Philippe Kleman, Irina A. Sizova, , Dimitris Petroutsos
The paper identifies a blue light signaling pathway in green algae that inhibits starch accumulation via PMSK1 dephosphorylation and GAP1 repression.
Nature Communications · Mar 14, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology