Discovery of archaeal Fusexins homologous to eukaryotic HAP2/GCS1 gamete fusion proteins
D. Moi, S. Nishio, X. Li, C. Valansi, M. Langleib, N. G. Brukman, K. Flyak, C. Dessimoz, D. de Sanctis, K. Tunyasuvunakool, J. Jumper, M. Grana, H. Romero, P. S. Aguilar, L. Jovine, B. Podbilewicz
The paper identifies archaeal proteins homologous to eukaryotic gamete fusion proteins and shows they can mediate cell fusion.
bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology