Oxygen Production and Aerobic Metabolism Evolution

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Accidental discovery may hint at answer to a chicken-or-egg question on evolution

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Methyl-plastoquinone, a variation on a molecule type called a quinone, may be a missing link between photosynthesis and aerobic metabolism.

The research sheds light on what is called the Great Oxidation Event , when cyanobacteria began generating significant quantities of oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.

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