ArticleNature ecology & evolution2021
The evolution of oxygen-utilizing enzymes suggests early biosphere oxygenation.
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Abstract
Production of molecular oxygen was a turning point in the Earth's history. The geological record indicates the Great Oxidation Event, which marked a permanent transition to an oxidizing atmosphere around 2.4 Ga. However, the degree to which oxygen was available to life before oxygenation of the atmosphere remains unknown. Here, phylogenetic analysis of all known oxygen-utilizing and -producing enzymes (O
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