CC-5803 cia6

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From Jim Moroney, Louisiana State University, January 2022

Cia6 is an insertional mutant that grows well on high CO2 but poorly under low CO2. The Ble-R insert is in a gene that aligns with methyltransferases. The pyrenoid is also defective in this strain. 


Ma Y, Pollock SV, Xiao Y, Cunnusamy K, Moroney JV. Identification of a novel gene, CIA6, required for normal pyrenoid formation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. 2011 Jun;156(2):884-96. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.173922. Epub 2011 Apr 28. PMID: 21527423; PMCID: PMC3177283.


  • Locus:
  • CIA6
  • Chromosome:
  • 10
  • Mutation Information:
  • Predicted Mutation Effect: