Arginine deiminase pathway enzymes: evolutionary history in metamonads and other eukaryotes

0507528 - ÚMG 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Novák, L. - Zubáčová, Z. - Karnkowska, A. - Kolisko, M. - Hroudová, Miluše - Stairs, C.W. - Simpson, A. G. B. - Keeling, P. J. - Roger, A. J. - Čepička, I. - Hampl, V.
Arginine deiminase pathway enzymes: evolutionary history in metamonads and other eukaryotes.
BMC Evolutionary Biology. Roč. 16, October (2016), č. článku 197. ISSN 1471-2148. E-ISSN 1471-2148
Institutional support: RVO:68378050
Keywords : Arginine deiminase * Ornithine transcarbamylase * Carbamate kinase * Phylogeny * Metamonada * Preaxostyla * Protists
OECD category: Biochemistry and molecular biology
Impact factor: 3.221, year: 2016
Method of publishing: Open access
https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-016-0771-4

Background: Multiple prokaryotic lineages use the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway for anaerobic energy production by arginine degradation. The distribution of this pathway among eukaryotes has been thought to be very limited, with only two specialized groups living in low oxygen environments (Parabasalia and Diplomonadida) known to possess the complete set of all three enzymes. We have performed an extensive survey of available sequence data in order to map the distribution of these enzymes among eukaryotes and to reconstruct their phylogenies.
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