Journal article
Iron-dependent hydrogenases of Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia: activity of the recombinant entamoebic enzyme and evidence for lateral gene transfer.
Abstract
Entamoeba histolytica and Spironucleus barkhanus have genes that encode short iron-dependent hydrogenases (Fe-hydrogenases), even though these protists lack hydrogenosomes. To understand better the biochemistry of the protist Fe-hydrogenases, we prepared a recombinant E. histolytica short Fe-hydrogenase and measured its activity in vitro. A Giardia lamblia gene encoding a short Fe-hydrogenase was identified from shotgun genomic sequences, and …
Authors
Nixon JEJ; Field J; McArthur AG; Sogin ML; Yarlett N; Loftus BJ; Samuelson J
Journal
Biological Bulletin, Vol. 204, No. 1, pp. 1–9
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication Date
February 2003
DOI
10.2307/1543490
ISSN
0006-3185