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The bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans has long been discussed in context of the evolutionary origin of mitochondria (1) based on a number of features suggesting its ancestral role in organelle formation. Recent studies indeed show surprising homology in molecular terms of respiratory chain components, notably its cytochrome oxidase and bc 1complex, with the challenging fact that their subunit structure is much simpler than that of the corresponding mitochondrial complexes.
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Ludwig, B., Kurowski, B., Panskus, G., Steinrücke, P. (1987). Genes and Sequences for Subunits of Respiratory Complexes in Paracoccus denitrificans . In: Papa, S., Chance, B., Ernster, L. (eds) Cytochrome Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1941-2_5
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