The evolution of Ca2+ signalling in photosynthetic eukaryotes |
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Authors: | Bothwell John H F Ng Carl K-Y |
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Institution: | Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK. jhbot@mba.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | It is likely that cytosolic Ca2+ elevations have played a part in eukaryotic signal transduction for about the last 2 Gyr, being mediated by a group of molecules which are collectively known as the Ca2+]cyt signalling toolkit. Different eukaryotes often display strikingly similar Ca2+]cyt signalling elevations, which may reflect conservation of toolkit components (homology) or similar constraints acting on different toolkits (homoplasy). Certain toolkit components, which are presumably ancestral, are shared by plants and animals, but some components are unique to photosynthetic organisms. We propose that the structure of modern plant Ca2+]cyt signalling toolkits may be explained by their modular adaptation from earlier pathways. |
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Keywords: | [Ca2+]cyt signalling toolkit calcium (Ca) evolution photosynthetic eukaryotes plants signalling |
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