Photosynthetic Paulinella: Recapitulation of Primary Plastid Establishment
The origin of photosynthesis in eukaryotes stems from a single primary endosymbiosis between a heterotrophic protist cell and a cyanobacterium that occurred more than 1.5 billion years ago. This proto-algal population gave rise to three lineages of the Pl
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Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiosis
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Wolfgang Lo¨ffelhardt Editor
Endosymbiosis
Editor Wolfgang Lo¨ffelhardt Department of Biochemistry University of Vienna Vienna Austria
ISBN 978-3-7091-1302-8 ISBN 978-3-7091-1303-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1303-5 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013953936 © Springer-Verlag Wien 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Endosymbiosis is a key process in the evolution of the eukaryotic cells and thus a central theme in biology. The approach chosen in this book puts emphasis and focus on the plant kingdom. The driving force for plastid endosymbiosis was the gain of autotrophy with photosynthesis as the base for higher forms of life on our planet. A eukaryotic host cell engulfed a cyanobacterium or a eukaryotic alga resulting after long-lasting and highly complex adaptations in phototrophic organisms harboring primary, secondary, or tertiary plastids, respectively. In the case of mitochondria, no candidate for an anaerobic eukaryotic host cell that would engulf an α-proteobacterium has yet been found and hypotheses involving merging of two prokaryotes, an archaebacterium and an α-proteobacterium, received attention in the past y
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