Apoptotic Factors Are Evolutionarily Conserved Since Mitochondrial Domestication.
In: Genome Biology & Evolution, Jg. 15 (2023-10-01), Heft 10, S. 1-14
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The mechanisms initiating apoptotic programmed cell death in diverse eukaryotes are very similar. Basically, the mitochondrial permeability transition activates apoptotic proteases, DNases, and flavoproteins such as apoptosis-inducing factors (AIFs). According to the hypothesis of the endosymbiotic origin of apoptosis, these mechanisms evolved during mitochondrial domestication. Various phylogenetic analyses, including ours, have suggested that apoptotic factors were eubacterial protomitochondrial toxins used for killing protoeukaryotic hosts. Here, we tested whether the function of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptotic proteases (metacaspases Mca1 and Nma111), DNase Nuc1, and flavoprotein Ndi1 can be substituted with orthologs from remotely related eukaryotes such as plants, protists, and eubacteria. We found that orthologs of remotely related eukaryotic and even eubacterial proteins can initiate apoptosis in yeast when triggered by chemical stresses. This observation suggests that apoptotic mechanisms have been maintained since mitochondrial domestication, which occurred approximately 1,800 Mya. Additionally, it supports the hypothesis that some of these apoptotic factors could be modified eubacterial toxins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Apoptotic Factors Are Evolutionarily Conserved Since Mitochondrial Domestication.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kaushal, Vandana ; Klim, Joanna ; Skoneczna, Adrianna ; Kurlandzka, Anna ; Enkhbaatar, Tuguldur ; Kaczanowski, Szymon ; Zielenkiewicz, Urszula |
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Zeitschrift: | Genome Biology & Evolution, Jg. 15 (2023-10-01), Heft 10, S. 1-14 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1759-6653 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1093/gbe/evad154 |
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