Timing the Evolutionary Advent of Cyanobacteria and the Later Great Oxidation Event Using Gene Phylogenies of a Sunscreen

ABSTRACT The biosynthesis of the unique cyanobacterial (oxyphotobacterial) indole-phenolic UVA sunscreen, scytonemin, is coded for in a conserved operon that contains both core metabolic genes and accessory, aromatic amino acid biosynthesis genes dedicated to supplying scytonemin’s precursors. Compa...

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Main Authors: Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Jonathan Lombard, Tanya Soule, Sean Dunaj, Steven H. Wu, Martin F. Wojciechowski
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/dc1a5ac515754f9c8a664e400ff4ecad
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