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Endosymbiotic Evolution of Algae, Secondary Heterotrophy and Parasitism.
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- Evolution and phylogenetic distribution of endo-α-mannosidase.Glycobiology · 2023Article
- Structures of Get3d reveal a distinct architecture associated with the emergence of photosynthesis.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2023Article
- Organellar Evolution: A Path from Benefit to Dependence.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Evolutionary and Molecular Aspects of Plastid Endosymbioses.Biomolecules · 2021Article
- Life history, diversity, and distribution in parasitic flowering plants.Plant physiology · 2021Article
- Using Diatom and Apicomplexan Models to Study the Heme Pathway ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Nutrient-driven genome evolution revealed by comparative genomics of chrysomonad flagellates.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Editorial: Mixotrophic, Secondary Heterotrophic, and Parasitic Algae.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Lipid Droplets in Unicellular Photosynthetic Stramenopiles.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Review
- Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Chromerids.Biomolecules · 2020Article
- Mining Natural Product Biosynthesis in Eukaryotic Algae.Marine drugs · 2020Article
- Nucleotide Transport and Metabolism in Diatoms.Biomolecules · 2019Review
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Abstract
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process essential for life, serving as the ultimate source of chemical energy for phototrophic and heterotrophic life forms. Since the machinery of the photosynthetic electron transport chain is quite complex and is unlikely to have evolved multiple independent times, it is believed that this machinery has been transferred to diverse eukaryotic organisms by endosymbiotic events involving a eukaryotic host and a phototrophic endosymbiont. Thus, photoautotrophy, as a benefit, is transmitted through the evolution of plastids. However, many eukaryotes became secondarily heterotrophic, reverting to hetero-osmotrophy, phagotrophy, or parasitism. Here, I briefly review the constructive evolution of plastid endosymbioses and the consequential switch to reductive evolution involving losses of photosynthesis and plastids and the evolution of parasitism from a photosynthetic ancestor.
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