Data from: The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

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dc.contributor.affiliationClark University-Hibbett, David S.
dc.contributor.authorHibbett, David S.
dc.coverage.spatialworld wide
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T14:07:19Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-29
dc.date.issued2012-06-29
dc.descriptionWood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot fungi in the Agaricomycetes, which also contains non–lignin-degrading brown rot and ectomycorrhizal species. Comparative analyses of 31 fungal genomes (12 generated for this study) suggest that lignin-degrading peroxidases expanded in the lineage leading to the ancestor of the Agaricomycetes, which is reconstructed as a white rot species, and then contracted in parallel lineages leading to brown rot and mycorrhizal species. Molecular clock analyses suggest that the origin of lignin degradation might have coincided with the sharp decrease in the rate of organic carbon burial around the end of the Carboniferous period.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5k3t47p0
dc.identifier.urihttps://datakatalogi.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/6657
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectAscomycota
dc.subjectAuriculariales
dc.subjectHymenochaetales
dc.subjectwhite rot
dc.subjectcarbon cycle
dc.subjectGloeophyllales
dc.subjectBasidiomycota
dc.subjectclass II peroxidases
dc.subjectTree Reconciliation
dc.subjectCorticiales
dc.subjectmolecular clocks
dc.subjectCryogenian to present
dc.subjectPolyporales
dc.subjectRussulales
dc.subjectBoletales
dc.subjectDikarya
dc.subjectAgaricomycotina
dc.subjectAgaricomycetes
dc.subjectwood decay enzymes
dc.subjectligninolytic enzymes
dc.subjectAgaricales
dc.titleData from: The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes
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