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Eukaryotic Cell, March 2006, p. 609-612, Vol. 5, No. 3
1535-9778/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.5.3.609-612.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Single, Ancient Origin of a Plastid Metabolite Translocator Family in Plantae from an Endomembrane-Derived Ancestor

Andreas P. M. Weber,1* Marc Linka,1 and Debashish Bhattacharya2*

Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312,1 Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-13242

Received 11 December 2005/ Accepted 15 December 2005

Phylogenetic analyses show the single origin of a plastid metabolite translocator family in the Plantae from a gene encoding an existing endomembrane-derived protein. Red algal secondary endosymbiosis has spread a translocator gene into the ancestor of the "chromalveolate" protists, where it has diversified into a novel clade of proteins.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Debashish Bhattacharya: Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, 446 Biology Building, Iowa City, IA 52242-1324. Phone: (319) 335-1977. Fax: (319) 335-1069. E-mail: debashi-bhattacharya{at}uiowa.edu. Mailing address for Andreas P. M. Weber: Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312. Phone: (517) 432-1436. Fax: (517) 432-5294. E-mail: aweber{at}msu.edu.

Eukaryotic Cell, March 2006, p. 609-612, Vol. 5, No. 3
1535-9778/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.5.3.609-612.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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