A Biochemical Phylogeny of the Protists
A Biochemical Phylogeny of the Protists covers a wide variety of biochemical characters and their usefulness in phylogenetics. This book is composed of 13 chapters that describe the methods of deducing phylogenies of protists from biochemical data. Protists are morphologically simple forms of life, including bacteria, fungi, many algae, protozoa, and sponges. The first chapters deal with the biochemistry, evolution, and phylogenetics of the protists. The subsequent chapters explore the DNA and RNA structure and the protein and enzyme content of some protists. Considerable chapters descr
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Front Cover; A Biochemical Phylogeny of The Protists; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 What Are the Protists?; 1.2 Why Are the Protists Interesting?; 1.3 Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny; 1.4 Why a Biochemical Phylogeny?; Chapter 2. Biochemistry and Evolution; 2.1 The Nature of Biochemical Data and the Central Dogma; 2.2 Data Weighting and the Central Dogma; 2.3 Prebiotic Processes and Biochemical Predestination
2.4 Darwinian and Non-Darwinian Evolution; 2.5 Biochemistry and Morphology; 2.6 Ontogeny and Phylogeny; 2.7 A Note on the Biochemical Method. Chapter 3. Phylogenetics3.1 Phylogenetic Trees; 3.2 Choice of Experimental Organisms; 3.3 The Endosymbiotic Theory of Organelle Evolution; Chapter 4. Nucleic Acids; 4.1 Evolution of the Genetic Code; 4.2 DNA: Structure and Composition; 4.3 RNA: Structures and Composition; 4.4 Ribosomes; Chapter 5. Proteins; Part I: General Considerations; 5.1 Polypeptides, Proteins, and Enzymes; 5.2 Phylogeny and the Structure of Enzymes: General and Theoretical Considerations; 5.3 Enzyme Aggregates; 5.4 Evolution of Biosynthetic Pathways; 5.5 Evolution of Metabolic Energy Production. 5.6 Biochemical Methods in the Phylogenetic Study of ProteinsPart II : Heme Proteins, Metalloproteins, and Histones; 5.7 Cytochromes; 5.8 Heme Proteins Other than Cytochromes; 5.9 Phycobiliproteins; 5.10 Ferredoxins; 5.11 Metalloproteins Other than Ferredoxins; 5.12 Histones; Chapter 6. Proteins: Enzymes; 6.1 Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Glycolysis; 6.2 Pentose Phosphate Pathway; 6.3 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle; 6.4 Hatch-Slack Pathway; 6.5 Glycolate Oxidation; 6.6 Calvin Cycle; 6.7 Polysaccharide Biosynthetic Enzymes; 6.8 Fatty Acid Synthases; 6.9 Lysine Biosynthetic Pathways. 6.10 Ornithine Biosynthesis and the Ornithine-Citrulline Cycle6.11 Isoleucine Biosynthesis Pathways; 6.12 Tryptophan Biosynthesis and the Polyaromatie Biosynthetic Pathway; 6.13 Glutamate Dehydrogenases; 6.14 Lactate and Malate Dehydrogenases; 6.15 Nitrate Reductases; Chapter 7. Metabolites: I; 7.1 Monosaccharides and Oligosaccharides; 7.2 Polysaccharides; 7.3 Amino Acid Distribution; Chapter 8. Metabolites: II; 8.1 Acetate-Derived Biosynthetic Pathways; 8.2 Fatty Acids; 8.3 Lipids; 8.4 Acetylenic Compounds; 8.5 Compounds Derived from Shikimic Acid; 8.6 Other Routes to Aromatic Compounds. Chapter 9. Metabolites: III9.1 The Mevalonic Acid Pathway: Isoprenoids; 9.2 Phytol, Geranylgeraniol, and Farnesol; 9.3 Quinones; 9.4 Carotenoids; 9.5 Sterols; Chapter 10. Metabolites: IV; 10.1 The e-Aminolevulinic Acid Pathway; 10.2 Chlorophylls; 10.3 Photosynthesis; Chapter 11. Miscellaneous Simple Molecules; 11.1 Sulfate Reduction; 11.2 Nitrogen Utilization; 11.3 Carbon Monoxide Production; 11.4 Mineral Nutrition and Vitamin Requirements; Chapter 12. A Biochemical Phylogeny; 12.1 Other Phylogenies in the Literature; 12.2 A Biochemical Phylogeny; 12.3 Comparison of These Phylogenies
Chapter 13. Conclusions and Speculations