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Facchinelli, Fabio, Colleoni, Christophe, Ball, Steven G. and Weber, Andreas P. M. (2013). Chlamydia, cyanobiont, or host: who was on top in the menage a trois? Trends Plant Sci., 18 (12). S. 673 - 680. LONDON: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON. ISSN 1360-1385

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Abstract

The endosymbiont hypothesis proposes that photosynthate from the cyanobiont was exported to the cytosol of the eukaryote host and polymerized from ADP-glucose into glycogen. Chlamydia-like pathogens are the second major source of foreign genes in Archaeplastida, suggesting that these obligate intracellular pathogens had a significant role during the establishment of endosymbiosis, likely through facilitating the metabolic integration between the endosymbiont and the eukaryotic host. In this opinion article, we propose that a hexose phosphate transporter of chlamydial origin was the first transporter responsible for exporting photosynthate out of the cyanobiont. This connection pre-dates the recruitment of the host-derived carbon translocators on the plastid inner membranes of green and red algae, land plants, and photosynthetic organisms of higher order endosymbiotic origin.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Facchinelli, Fabio UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Colleoni, Christophe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ball, Steven G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weber, Andreas P. M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-471654
DOI:	10.1016/j.tplants.2013.09.006
Journal or Publication Title:	Trends Plant Sci.
Volume:	18
Number:	12
Page Range:	S. 673 - 680
Date:	2013
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1360-1385
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PLASTID ENDOSYMBIOSIS; CYANOPHORA-PARADOXA; GENE-TRANSFER; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES; STARCH METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS; PHOSPHATE-TRANSLOCATOR; GREEN PLANTS; RED ALGAE; EVOLUTION Multiple languages Plant Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47165