Sentences with phrase «archaeal membrane»
Insights into substrate specificity of geranylgeranyl reductases revealed by the structure of digeranylgeranylglycerophospholipid reductase, an essential enzyme in the biosynthesis of archaeal membrane lipids.
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Excitingly, these proteins are functionally enriched for membrane bending, vesicular biogenesis, and trafficking activities, suggesting that eukaryotes evolved from an archaeal host that contained some key components that governed the emergence of eukaryotic cellular complexity after endosymbiosis.
This finding is consistent with the recent discovery with several «eukaryotic» signature genes in these archaeal lineages, including genes encoding proteins such as actin, tubulin, and several proteins involved in transcription and membrane deformation.
Recently, this very lab described the Asgard Archaea, an archaeal phylum with clear signs of cellular complexity, such as the presence of eukaryotic membrane trafficking components.