Prototypic SNARE proteins are encoded in the genomes of Heimdallarchaeota, potentially bridging the gap between the prokaryotes and eukaryotes
E. Neveu, D. Khalifeh, N. Salamin, D. Fasshauer
The paper identifies SNARE-like proteins in Heimdallarchaeota, suggesting they may be ancestral to eukaryotic SNAREs, and finds evidence of lateral gene transfer in some bacteria.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2019Evolutionary Biology