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Cyanobacterial lactate oxidases serve as essential partners in N2 fixation and evolved into photorespiratory glycolate oxidases in plants.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2011
Hackenberg Claudia, Kern Ramona, Hüge Jan, Stal Lucas J, Tsuji Yoshinori, Kopka Joachim, Shiraiwa Yoshihiro, Bauwe Hermann, Hagemann Martin
Abstract excerpt
Glycolate oxidase (GOX) is an essential enzyme involved in photorespiratory metabolism in plants. In cyanobacteria and green algae, the corresponding reaction is catalyzed by glycolate dehydrogenases (GlcD). The genomes of N(2)-fixing cyanobacteria, such as Nostoc PCC 7120 and green algae, appear to harbor genes for both GlcD and GOX proteins. The GOX-like proteins from Nostoc (No-LOX) and from Chlamydomonas...
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