Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Evolution of a biological thermocouple by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in asubterrestrial metazoan
M. N. Guerin, T. S. Ellis, M. J. Ware…·J. R. Bracht
This study identifies a temperature-sensing adaptation in the cytochrome c oxidase of the Devil Worm, Halicephalobus mephisto, showing how evolutionary changes in mitochondrial function enable temperature-dependent metabolic regulation.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.05.570156