Evolution of the F0F1 ATP synthase complex in light of the patchy distribution of different bioenergetic pathways across prokaryotes.

Bacteria and archaea are characterized by an amazing metabolic diversity, which allows them to persist in diverse and often extreme habitats. Apart from oxygenic photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation, well-studied processes from chloroplasts and mitochondria of plants and animals, prokaryotes...

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Main Authors: Vassiliki Lila Koumandou, Sophia Kossida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154653?pdf=render