Evolution: The great photosynthesis heist

Christopher J Howe; R Ellen R Nisbet

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.030

Evolution: The great photosynthesis heist

Curr Biol. 2023 Mar 13;33(5):R185-R187. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.030.

Authors

Christopher J Howe¹, R Ellen R Nisbet²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: ch26@cam.ac.uk.
² School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: Ellen.Nisbet@nottingham.ac.uk.

PMID: 36917940
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.030

Abstract

Many eukaryotes acquired chloroplasts by endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthetic bacteria or already-domesticated chloroplasts from other eukaryotes. However, the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum acquires the nucleus of a photosynthetic eukaryote, as well as its chloroplast, resulting in dramatic metabolic remodelling in the ciliate.

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MeSH terms

Cell Nucleus / metabolism
Chloroplasts / metabolism
Ciliophora*
Eukaryotic Cells
Photosynthesis*