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TI Bicarbonate transporters in corals point towards a key step in the evolution of cnidarian calcification
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AF ZOCCOLA, Didier
   GANOT, Philippe
   BERTUCCI, Anthony
   CAMINITI-SEGONDS, Natacha
   TECHER, Nathalie
   VOOLSTRA, Christian R.
   ARANDA, Manuel
   TAMBUTTE, Eric
   ALLEMAND, Denis
   CASEY, Joseph R.
   TAMBUTTE, Sylvie
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C1 Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 quai Antoine Ier, Monaco, 98000, Monaco
   ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia Anthony Bertucci
   Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
   Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
C2 CTR SCI MONACO, MONACO
   UNIV JAMES COOK, AUSTRALIA
   KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA
   UNIV ALBERTA, CANADA
IN DOAJ
IF 5.228
TC 122
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00792/90400/95908.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00792/90400/95909.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB The bicarbonate ion (HCO3-) is involved in two major physiological processes in corals, biomineralization and photosynthesis, yet no molecular data on bicarbonate transporters are available. Here, we characterized plasma membrane-type HCO3- transporters in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata. Eight solute carrier (SLC) genes were found in the genome: five homologs of mammalian-type SLC4 family members, and three of mammalian-type SLC26 family members. Using relative expression analysis and immunostaining, we analyzed the cellular distribution of these transporters and conducted phylogenetic analyses to determine the extent of conservation among cnidarian model organisms. Our data suggest that the SLC4 gamma isoform is specific to scleractinian corals and responsible for supplying HCO3- to the site of calcification. Taken together, SLC4 gamma appears to be one of the key genes for skeleton building in corals, which bears profound implications for our understanding of coral biomineralization and the evolution of scleractinian corals within cnidarians. 
PY 2015
PD JUL
SO Scientific Reports
SN 2045-2322
PU Nature Publishing Group
VL 5
UT 000355702200001
DI 10.1038/srep09983
ID 90400
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