Euka
ryotes possess an elabo
rate
rong class="boldFont">endomembrane systemrong> with endoplasmic
reticulum, nucleus, Golgi,
rong class="boldFont">lysosomesrong>,
rong class="boldFont">peroxisomesrong>,
rong class="boldFont">autophagosomesrong>, and dynamic vesicle t
raffic. Theo
ries add
ressing the evolutiona
ry o
rigin of euka
ryotic endomemb
ranes have ove
rlooked the oute
r memb
rane vesicles (OMVs) that bacte
ria, a
rchaea, and mitochond
ria sec
rete into thei
r su
rroundings. We p
ropose that the euka
ryotic endomemb
rane system o
riginated f
rom bacte
rial OMVs
released by the mitochond
rial ancesto
r within the cytosol of its a
rchaeal host at euka
ryote o
rigin. Confined within the host's cytosol, OMVs accumulated natu
rally, fusing eithe
r with each othe
r o
r with the host's plasma memb
rane. This matched the host's a
rchaeal sec
reto
ry pathway fo
r cot
ranslational p
rotein inse
rtion with outwa
rd bound mitochond
rial-de
rived vesicles consisting of
rong class="boldFont">bacterial lipidsrong>, fo
rging a p
rimo
rdial, sec
reto
ry endoplasmic
reticulum as the co
rne
rstone of the euka
ryotic endomemb
rane system.
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