Analysis of the Sam50 translocase of excavate organisms supports evolution of divergent organelles from a common endosymbiotic event

As free-living organisms the ancestors of mitochondria and plastids encoded complete genomes, proteomes and metabolomes. As these symbionts became organelles all these aspects were reduced – genomes have degenerated with the host nucleus now encoding the most of the remaining endosymbiont proteome,...

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Main Authors: Kay, Christopher J., Lawler, Karen, Kerr, Ian D.
Format: Article
Published: Portland Press: 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2686/