Adaptation to life on land at 21% O2 via transition from ferredoxin- to NADH-dependent redox balance
S. B. Gould, S. G. Garg, M. Handrich, S. Nelson-Sathi, N. Gruenheit, A. G. Tielens, W. F. Martin
The paper shows algae maintain anaerobic metabolism enzymes at 21% O2, while land plants and animals shifted to NADH-based redox balance during terrestrialization.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2019Evolutionary Biology