A hydrogenosome with a genome

Anna Akhmanova, Frank Voncken, Theo van Alen, Angela van Hoek, Brigitte Boxma, Godfried Vogels, Marten Veenhuis and Johannes H.P. Hackstein ()
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Anna Akhmanova: University of Nijmegen
Frank Voncken: University of Nijmegen
Theo van Alen: University of Nijmegen
Angela van Hoek: University of Nijmegen
Brigitte Boxma: University of Nijmegen
Godfried Vogels: University of Nijmegen
Marten Veenhuis: University of Groningen
Johannes H.P. Hackstein: University of Nijmegen

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6711, 527-528

Abstract: Abstract Some anaerobic protozoa and chytridiomycete fungi possess membrane-bound organelles known as hydrogenosomes. Hydrogenosomes are about 1 micrometre in diameter and are so called because they produce molecular hydrogen1. It has been postulated that hydrogenosomes evolved from mitochondria by the concomitant loss of their respiration and organellar genomes1,4, and so far no hydrogenosome has been found that has a genome1,2. Here we provide evidence for the existence of a hydrogenosomal genome of mitochondrial descent, and show that the anaerobic heterotrichous ciliate Nyctotherus ovalis possesses a new type of nuclear-encoded ‘iron-only’ hydrogenase enzyme.

Date: 1998
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