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Molecular evolutionary analysis based on the amino acid sequence of catalase

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Heme-containing catalase sequences from 20 different organisms representing prokaryotes, fungi, animals, and plants have been compiled for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenies based on distance and parsimony analysis show that fungal and animal catalases can be derived from one ancestor, whereas bacterial catalases fail to form a monophyletic group. Plant catalases appear to form a second class of catalases that arose independently from a possible prokaryotic ancestor.

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    Ingemar von Ossowski & Peter C. Loewen

  2. Department of Botany, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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von Ossowski, I., Hausner, G. & Loewen, P.C. Molecular evolutionary analysis based on the amino acid sequence of catalase. J Mol Evol 37, 71–76 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00170464

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