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Sequences of putative fructose-1,6-bisphospate aldolases (FBA) in five amitochondriate unicellular eukaryotes, the diplomonads Giardia intestinalis (published earlier) and Spironucleus barkhanus, the pelobiont Mastigamoeba balamuthi,the entamoebid Entamoeba histolytica, and the parabasalid Trichomonas vaginalis all belong to Class II of FBAs and are highly similar to each other (>48% amino acid identity). The five protist sequences, however, do not form a monophyletic group. Diplomonad FBAs share a most recent common ancestor, while FBAs of the three other protist species are part of a lineage that also includes sequences from a few eubacteria (Clostridium difficile, Treponema pallidum, Chlorobium tepidum). Both clades are part of the Type B of Class II aldolases, a complex that contains at least three additional lineages (subgroups) of enzymes. Type B enzymes are distant from Type A Class II aldolases, which consists of a number of bacterial and fungal enzymes and also contains the cytosolic FBA of Euglena gracilis. Class II aldolases are not homologous to Class I enzymes, to which animal and plant enzymes belong. The results indicate that amitochondriate protists acquired their FBAs from separate and different sources, involving lateral gene transfer from eubacteria, than did all other eukaryotes studied so far and underscore the complex composition of the glycolytic machinery in unicellular eukaryotes.
Author(s): Embley T; Sanchez L; Horner D; Moore D; Henze K; Muller M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Gene
Year: 2002
Volume: 295
Issue: 1
Pages: 51-59
ISSN (print): 0378-1119
ISSN (electronic): 1879-0038
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00804-1
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00804-1
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