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From: Potassium channel KCN11 is required for maintaining cellular osmolarity during nitrogen starvation to control proper cell physiology and TAG accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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KCN11 is required for CV pulsation during N starvation. a The level of KCN11 is elevated upon N starvation. Cells expressing KCN11-HA were transferred from N-replete (time 0) to N-depleted medium followed by immunoblotting. CrCDPK3 was used as a loading control. b Faster CV pulsation occurs in N-depleted medium. Wild-type cells grown in N-replete (+N) medium or starved for nitrogen (−N) for 24 h were measured for the CV periods. Data shown are mean ± sem (n = 30 cells). ***P < 0.0001 (t test). In the following experiments, cells were starved for nitrogen. c Diagram showing the CV cycles of the wild-type cells, kcn11 and rescued cells after N starvation for 24 h. Each line represents the CV cycle from individual CV. d Cell viability grown in N-starved medium. Cells were stained by FDA. At least 300 cells were scored from each time point. Data shown are mean ± sem from three independent experiments

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