Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Functional and evolutionary integration of a fungal gene with a bacterial operon
Liang Sun, Kyle T David, John F Wolters…·Chris Todd Hittinger
The paper shows that the fungal gene ENB1, acquired from a bacterial operon, enables iron uptake in W/S clade yeasts and evolved through horizontal transfer and gene loss.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msae045