Asgard archaea shed light on the evolutionary origins of the eukaryotic ubiquitin-ESCRT machinery

Autor: Tomoyuki Hatano, Saravanan Palani, Dimitra Papatziamou, Ralf Salzer, Diorge P. Souza, Daniel Tamarit, Mehul Makwana, Antonia Potter, Alexandra Haig, Wenjue Xu, David Townsend, David Rochester, Dom Bellini, Hamdi M. A. Hussain, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Jan Löwe, Buzz Baum, Nicholas P. Robinson, Mohan Balasubramanian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30656-2
Popis: The ESCRT pathway is crucial for membrane remodelling in eukaryotes. Here, Hatano et al. explore the phylogeny, structure, and biochemistry of homologues of the ESCRT machinery and the associated ubiquitylation system in Asgard archaea, the closest living relatives of eukaryotes.
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