Origin and Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation in Prokaryotes

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 39; no. 9
• Main Authors: Pi, Hong-Wei, Lin, Jinn-Jy, Chen, Chi-An, Wang, Po-Hsiang, Chiang, Yin-Ru, Huang, Chieh-Chen, Young, Chiu-Chung, Li, Wen-Hsiung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Analysis; Archaea; Bacteria; Developmental biology; Discoveries; Ecological niches; Evolution; Fixation; Genomes; Genomics; Hypotheses; Molybdenum; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenation; Phylogeny; Prokaryotes; Proteins; Taiwan; bacteria; nitrogen fixation; molybdenum transporter; nitrogenase; archaea

Abstract The origin of nitrogen fixation is an important issue in evolutionary biology. While nitrogen is required by all living organisms, only a small fraction of bacteria and archaea can fix nitrogen. The prevailing view is that nitrogen fixation first evolved in archaea and was later transferred...