Comparative Analysis of Three Trypanosomatid Catalases of Different Origin

• Main Authors: Ľubomíra Chmelová (Author), Claretta Bianchi (Author), Amanda T. S. Albanaz (Author), Jana Režnarová (Author), Richard Wheeler (Author), Alexei Yu. Kostygov (Author), Natalya Kraeva (Author), Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most trypanosomatid flagellates do not have catalase. In the evolution of this group, the gene encoding catalase has been independently acquired at least three times from three different bacterial groups. Here, we demonstrate that the catalase of <i>Vickermania</i> was obtained by horizo...