Intermediary Metabolism in Protists: a Sequence-based View of Facultative Anaerobic Metabolism in Evolutionarily Diverse Eukaryotes

• Published in: Protist Vol. 161; no. 5; pp. 642 - 671
• Main Authors: Ginger, Michael L., Fritz-Laylin, Lillian K., Fulton, Chandler, Cande, W. Zacheus, Dawson, Scott C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Elsevier GmbH 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Acanthamoeba castellanii; amoebae; Amoebidium parasiticum; anaerobic metabolism; Anaerobiosis; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; ecology; Energy Metabolism; Eukaryota - classification; Eukaryota - metabolism; eukaryotic evolution; Evolution, Molecular; lateral gene transfer; mitochondria; Naegleria gruberi; Phylogeny; eukaryotic evolution; ecology; amoebae; anaerobic metabolism; mitochondria; lateral gene transfer

Protists account for the bulk of eukaryotic diversity. Through studies of gene and especially genome sequences the molecular basis for this diversity can be determined. Evident from genome sequencing are examples of versatile metabolism that go far beyond the canonical pathways described for eukaryo...