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GLYCOLATE DEHYDROGENASE IN PRIMITIVE GREEN ALGAE
Author(s) -
Floyd Gary L.,
Salisbury Jeffrey L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1977.tb10823.x
Subject(s) - biology , green algae , algae , telophase , divergence (linguistics) , dehydrogenase , botany , evolutionary biology , enzyme , gene , genetics , biochemistry , metaphase , chromosome , linguistics , philosophy
Glycolate dehydrogenase occurs in nine species of the Prasinophyceae. The occurrence of glycolate dehydrogenase in these unicellular flagellated organisms does not correspond to the lines of evolution suggested for the green algae based on glycolate enzymology and the nature of the spindle at telophase of mitosis. It is proposed that the evolutionary divergence of the glycolate enzyme came after the evolutionary divergence of the spindle features in the green algae.