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Table 2 Transcriptional changes on the cellular hallmarks of N starvation

From: Transcriptional program for nitrogen starvation-induced lipid accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Trend

Pathway

Representative examples

Timestamp

Up

Pentose phosphate pathway

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

18 min

Purine catabolism

Xanthine dehydrogenase

Adenosine deaminase

18–30 min

Urea metabolism

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase

Ornithine transcarbamylase

Agmatine deiminase

Allophanate hydrolase

Urea carboxylase

24–30 min

Glutamine metabolism

Glutamine synthetase

30 min

Polyamines oxidation

Copper amine oxidase

18 min–2 h

TAG biosynthesis

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase

24–45 min

Down

FA β-oxidation

Acyl-CoA oxidases

2,4 dienoyl-CoA reductase

24 min

Purine and pyrimidine biosynthesis

Adenylosuccinate synthase

Uridine 5′-monophosphate synthase

24 min

FA biosynthesis

3-ketoacyl-CoA-synthase

Biotin synthase

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase,

3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase

24–45 min

Translation

Translation initiation factors

Translation elongation factors

Release factors

24 min–4 h

Amino acid biosynthesis

Threonine deaminase

Shikimate dehydrogenase

Dihydrodipicolinate synthase

3-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase

24–30 min

Protein folding

Chaperonins

45 min

Calvin cycle

Triose phosphate isomerase

Transketolase

Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase

45 min

Carbon concentrating mechanism

Malate dehydrogenase

45 min

Polyamines biosynthesis

Ornithine decarboxylase

Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

Spermidine synthase

45 min–4 h

Glycerolipid metabolism

Phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

45 min–4 h

Chlorophyll biosynthesis

Chlorophyll synthase

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase

Geranylgeranyl reductase

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

60 min–4 h

Two-component peroxide-detoxifying system

NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase

2-Cys peroxiredoxin

Peroxidase

2 h

Photosynthesis

Ferredoxin

Photosystem I and II proteins

ATP synthase

Cytochrome b6f complex subunits

PsbP

2–8 h

Glutathione-ascorbate cycle

Ascorbate peroxidase

Prohibitin, thioredoxin

4 h

Glycolysis

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase

4 h

  1. Summary of key cellular pathways differentially regulated with representative transcript examples. Timestamp and direction of regulation (trend) are indicated