Heme A-containing oxidases evolved in the ancestors of iron oxidizing bacteria
M. Degli Esposti, V. Garcia-Meza, A. Ceniceros Gomez, A. Moya-Beltran, R. Quatrini, L. Hederstedt
This study identifies the evolutionary origin of heme A-containing cytochrome c oxidase in iron-oxidizing bacteria, linking it to early aerobic respiration on Earth.
bioRxiv · Mar 1, 2020Evolutionary Biology