Evolution of a biological thermocouple by adaptation of cytochrome c oxidase in asubterrestrial metazoan
M. N. Guerin, T. S. Ellis, M. J. Ware, A. Manning, A. Coley, A. Amini, G. Chung, K. C. Gunsalus, J. R. Bracht
This study identifies a temperature-sensing adaptation in the cytochrome c oxidase of the Devil Worm, Halicephalobus mephisto, showing how evolutionary changes in mitochondrial function enable temperature-dependent metabolic regulation.
bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology