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One of the most abundant classes of biological pigments is the tetrapyrroles, which are prized targets due their photodynamic properties; porphyrins are the best known examples of this group. Many animal porphyrinoids and other tetrapyrroles are produced through heme metabolic pathways, the best known of which are the bile pigments biliverdin and bilirubin. Eulalia is a marine Polychaeta characterized by its bright green coloration resulting from a remarkably wide range of greenish and yellowish tetrapyrroles, some of which have promising photodynamic properties. The present study combined metabolomics based on HPLC-DAD with RNA-seq transcriptomics to investigate the molecular pathways of porphyrinoid metabolism by comparing the worm\u2019s proboscis and epidermis, which display distinct pigmentation patterns. The results showed that pigments are endogenous and seemingly heme-derived. The worm possesses homologs in both organs for genes encoding enzymes involved in heme metabolism such as ALAD, FECH, UROS, and PPOX. However, the findings also indicate that variants of the canonical enzymes of the heme biosynthesis pathway can be species- and organ-specific. These differences between molecular networks contribute to explain not only the differential pigmentation patterns between organs, but also the worm\u2019s variety of novel endogenous tetrapyrrolic compounds.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26133924","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,27]],"date-time":"2021-06-27T23:57:22Z","timestamp":1624838242000},"page":"3924","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A Transcriptomic Approach to the Metabolism of Tetrapyrrolic Photosensitizers in a Marine Annelid"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Maria Leonor","family":"Santos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"UCIBIO\u2013Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT-NOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8802-0943","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mariaelena","family":"D\u2019Ambrosio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UCIBIO\u2013Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT-NOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9310-4447","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana P.","family":"Rodrigo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UCIBIO\u2013Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT-NOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1333-9076","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A. 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