Evolution: The great photosynthesis heist

Howe, Christopher J.; Nisbet, R. Ellen R.

Abstract

Many eukaryotes acquired chloroplasts by endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthetic bacteria or already-domesticated chloroplasts from other eukaryotes. However, the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum acquires the nucleus of a photosynthetic eukaryote, as well as its chloroplast, resulting in dramatic metabolic remodelling in the ciliate.

Citation

Howe, C. J., & Nisbet, R. E. R. (2023). Evolution: The great photosynthesis heist. Current Biology, 33(5), R185-R187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.030

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 18, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Mar 13, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-03
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 14, 2024
• Journal: Current Biology
• Print ISSN: 0960-9822
• Publisher: Cell Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 5
• Pages: R185-R187
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.030
• Keywords: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/18526390
• Publisher URL: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00064-7