CC-2682 FN68

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Original isolate from Kenneth Foster and Juree Saranak, Syracuse University, 11/91; lost to contamination, replaced by David Zacks 1994 from a culture we had sent him previously.

Phenotype: carotenoid deficient, requires acetate

This carotenoid-deficient mutant is pale green or nearly white in color. It is very sensitive to light, and must be grown in the dark. It is an allele at the LTS1 locus (please see CC-4109 for additional information).


Foster KW, Saranak J, Patel N, Zarilli G, Okabe M, Kline T, Nakanishi K (1984) A rhodopsin is the functional photoreceptor for phototaxis in the unicellular eukaryote Chlamydomonas. Nature 311:756-759


  • Locus:
  • FN68 [PSY1]
  • Chromosome:
  • 11