一种前素Prochlorothrix hollandica与绿色叶绿体的关系
S Turner1, T Burger-Wiersma, S J Giovannoni
1Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
Nature
|January 26, 1989
概括
叶绿体很可能起源于蓝藻细菌. 虽然Prochlorothrix hollandica与绿色质体共享色素,但遗传学分析表明它不是直接的祖先,这表明类似的色素并不总是意味着密切的进化联系.
科学领域:
- * 进化的生物学
- * 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
- * 光合作用原核生物.
背景情况:
- * 质细胞在真核生物中被认为起源于与菌的内共生事件.
- * rhodophyte 叶绿体含有叶绿素a 和 phycobilins,类似于蓝藻细菌.
- *绿色叶绿体 (植物,藻类) 含有甲a和b,缺少 phycobilins,这表明有不同的起源.
研究的目的:
- * 为了研究Prochlorothrix hollandica与绿色叶绿体的进化关系.
- * 确定Prochlorothrix hollandica是否代表了一种绿色叶绿体的祖先形式.
主要方法:
- * 用16S核糖体RNA (rRNA) 基因测序进行的家族遗传学分析.
- * 颜料成分的比较 (叶绿素a和b,植物素).
主要成果:
- * Prochlorothrix hollandica属于蓝藻细菌血统中的一种.
- * 绿色质体也属于蓝藻细菌的血统.
- * Prochlorothrix hollandica不是绿色质体的一个特定的亲属.
结论:
- *类似的色素组成 (甲和乙,缺乏植物素) 不一定表明了密切的进化关系.
- *绿色质体的起源可能比与Prochlorothrix类生物直接联系更复杂.
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