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| Title |
Ribonucleotide reduction - horizontal transfer of a required function spans all three domains
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, December 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-383 |
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| Authors |
Daniel Lundin, Simonetta Gribaldo, Eduard Torrents, Britt-Marie Sjöberg, Anthony M Poole |
| Abstract |
Ribonucleotide reduction is the only de novo pathway for synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides, the building blocks of DNA. The reaction is catalysed by ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs), an ancient enzyme family comprised of three classes. Each class has distinct operational constraints, and are broadly distributed across organisms from all three domains, though few class I RNRs have been identified in archaeal genomes, and classes II and III likewise appear rare across eukaryotes. In this study, we examine whether this distribution is best explained by presence of all three classes in the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), or by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of RNR genes. We also examine to what extent environmental factors may have impacted the distribution of RNR classes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 20% |
| Researcher | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 36 | 39% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 22% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 November 2011.
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#3,414,665
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Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#920
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#19,494
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#12
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