A novel quinone biosynthetic pathway illuminates the evolution of aerobic metabolism
Felix J. Elling, Fabien Pierrel, Sophie-Carole Chobert, Sophie S. Abby, Thomas W. Evans, Arthur Reveillard, Ludovic Pélosi, Juliette Schnoebelen, Jordon D. Hemingway, Ahcène Boumendjel, Kevin W. Becker, Pieter Blom, Julia Cordes, Vinitra Nathan, Frauke Baymann, , Ann Pearson
The paper identifies a novel ancestral high redox potential quinone, methyl-plastoquinone, and shows its evolutionary origin predates the Great Oxygenation Event.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 20, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology