The [FeFe] hydrogenase of Nyctotherus ovalis has a chimeric origin

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Brigitte Boxma · Radboud University Nijmegen

Guénola Ricard · Radboud University Medical Center

Angela HAM van Hoek · TiFN

Edouard Severing · Radboud University Nijmegen

Seung-Yeo Moon-van der Staay · Radboud University Nijmegen

Georg WM van der Staay · Radboud University Nijmegen

Theo A. van Alen

Abstract

The hydrogenase and their associated modules have most likely been acquired by independent lateral gene transfer from different sources. This scenario for a concerted lateral gene transfer is in agreement with the evolution of the hydrogenosome from a genuine ciliate mitochondrion by evolutionary tinkering.

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Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Protist diversity and phylogeny

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Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 230-230

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-230

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The [FeFe] hydrogenase of Nyctotherus ovalis has a chimeric origin

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