CC-1683 ac145 mt+

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Chlamydomonas Genetics Center, Duke University, 1983

Phenotype: requires acetate

The ac145 mutation was UV-induced in Levine’s laboratory, and was described as non-photosynthetic, deficient in “component X.”

This strain is from CC-864 nic13 x CC-571 ac145 (no longer in the collection), 1983, and has the wild type allele at the NIC13 locus.

The stock of this mutant (CC-571) obtained from Levine’s laboratory in 1978 by the Chlamydomonas Genetics Center showed a leaky acetate requirement but yielded clean isolates on crossing to wild type strains. The CC-1683 and CC-1684 derivatives were clearly acetate-requiring at the time they were created, but now are more difficult to score. Good isolates could probably be recovered again by crossing.

At one time AC145 was a key marker for linkage group X, but has become less important as molecular markers for this group have been characterized.


Levine RP, Volkmann D (1961) Mutants with impaired photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Biochem. Biophys Res Commun 6:264-269

Goodenough UW, Levine RP (1969) Chloroplast Ultrastructure in Mutant Strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardi Lacking Components of the Photosynthetic Apparatus. Plant Physiol 44:990-1000

Levine RP, Goodenough UW 1970) The genetics of photosynthesis and of the chloroplast in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Annu Rev Genet 4:397-408


  • Locus:
  • AC145
  • Chromosome:
  • 10

Levine RP, Volkmann D (1961) Mutants with impaired photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Biochem. Biophys Res Commun 6:264-269

Goodenough UW, Levine RP (1969) Chloroplast Ultrastructure in Mutant Strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardi Lacking Components of the Photosynthetic Apparatus. Plant Physiol 44:990-1000

Levine RP, Goodenough UW 1970) The genetics of photosynthesis and of the chloroplast in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Annu Rev Genet 4:397-408