Evolutionary dynamics of light-independent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase genes in the secondary plastids of cryptophyte algae.

Authors :: Fong A
Archibald JM
Source :: Eukaryotic cell [Eukaryot Cell] 2008 Mar; Vol. 7 (3), pp. 550-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jan 04.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Plastid genes encoding light-independent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LIPOR) subunits were isolated from cryptophyte algae, the first example of such genes in plastids of secondary endosymbiotic origin. The presence of functional and nonfunctional copies of LIPOR genes in cryptophytes suggests that light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis is a nonessential pathway in these organisms.

Subjects :: Cryptophyta cytology
Cryptophyta enzymology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Cryptophyta genetics
Oxidoreductases genetics
Plastids genetics
Protochlorophyllide metabolism

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