DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses
Epigenetics, referring to heritable gene regulatory information that is independent of changes in DNA sequences, is an important mechanism involved both in organism development and in the response to environmental events. About the epigenetic marks, DNA methylation is one of the most conserved mecha...
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| description | Epigenetics, referring to heritable gene regulatory information that is independent of changes in DNA sequences, is an important mechanism involved both in organism development and in the response to environmental events. About the epigenetic marks, DNA methylation is one of the most conserved mechanisms, playing a pivotal role in organism response to several biotic and abiotic stressors. Indeed, stress can induce changes in gene expression through hypo- or hyper-methylation of DNA at specific loci and/or in DNA methylation at the genome-wide level, which has an adaptive significance and can direct genome evolution. Exploring DNA methylation in responses to abiotic stress could have important implications for improving stress tolerance in algae. This article summarises the DNA methylation pattern in algae and its impact on abiotic stress, such as heavy metals, nutrients and temperature. Our discussion provides information for further research in algae for a better comprehension of the epigenetic response under abiotic stress, which could favour important implications to sustain algae growth under abiotic stress conditions, often related to high biosynthesis of interesting metabolites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a30a3166c0b944fdbc99ecfae6028efc2023-12-01T00:03:10ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-01-0112224110.3390/plants12020241DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress ResponsesMichele Ferrari0Antonella Muto1Leonardo Bruno2Radiana Cozza3Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, ItalyEpigenetics, referring to heritable gene regulatory information that is independent of changes in DNA sequences, is an important mechanism involved both in organism development and in the response to environmental events. About the epigenetic marks, DNA methylation is one of the most conserved mechanisms, playing a pivotal role in organism response to several biotic and abiotic stressors. Indeed, stress can induce changes in gene expression through hypo- or hyper-methylation of DNA at specific loci and/or in DNA methylation at the genome-wide level, which has an adaptive significance and can direct genome evolution. Exploring DNA methylation in responses to abiotic stress could have important implications for improving stress tolerance in algae. This article summarises the DNA methylation pattern in algae and its impact on abiotic stress, such as heavy metals, nutrients and temperature. Our discussion provides information for further research in algae for a better comprehension of the epigenetic response under abiotic stress, which could favour important implications to sustain algae growth under abiotic stress conditions, often related to high biosynthesis of interesting metabolites.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/2/241abiotic stress responsesalgaeDNA methylationheavy metallightnutrient |
| spellingShingle | Michele Ferrari Antonella Muto Leonardo Bruno Radiana Cozza DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses Plants abiotic stress responses algae DNA methylation heavy metal light nutrient |
| title | DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses |
| title_full | DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses |
| title_fullStr | DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses |
| title_short | DNA Methylation in Algae and Its Impact on Abiotic Stress Responses |
| title_sort | dna methylation in algae and its impact on abiotic stress responses |
| topic | abiotic stress responses algae DNA methylation heavy metal light nutrient |
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