Back to primary endosymbiosis: from plastids to artificial photosynthetic life-forms
Affiliation:
1. Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA;2. Unidad de Genómica Avanzada/LANGEBIO, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Irapuato, México;1. National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production Co-Sponsored by Province and Ministry (CIC-MCP), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China;1. Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422 Alnarp, Sweden;2. Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;3. Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;4. Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany;1. Centro de Investigación Biomédica (CENBIO), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito 170527, Ecuador;2. The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Australia;1. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium;2. Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium;3. Division of Bio-economics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;1. Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany;2. Houji Laboratory in Shanxi Province, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, 030801 Taigu, China;3. Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, China
Abstract:
Throughout evolution, only two known primary photosynthetic endosymbiosis occurred, which originated the Archaeplastida and the Paulinella spp. Fundamental questions regarding primary endosymbiosis remain unsolved, but may now be addressed with the recent development of chimeric photosynthetic life-form. Cournoyer et al. could establish artificial photosynthetic endosymbiosis between yeast and cyanobacteria.
