… main function of secondary … evolution, but evidence is provided that the genes that encode
the biosynthesis of SM appear to have a much wider distribution than the actual secondary …

… of secondary metabolism can enhance fitness, but that many products of secondary metabolism
… It is proposed that secondary metabolism will have evolved such that traits that optimize …

… proteins from related primary and secondary metabolic pathways is sufficient to indicate a …
important factor in the evolution of secondary metabolism. Many secondary pathways may be …

… and gymnosperms functioning in primary metabolism are more closely … functions of
monoterpene, sesquiterpene, and diterpene synthases involved with secondary metabolism evolved …

… But different secondary metabolic pathways have originated from different ancestral
enzymes at radically different times in evolution. Secondary metabolites are most abundantly …

… An alternative possibility for the evolution of novel gene function in secondary metabolism
… single gene had evolved a novel function at the expense of its ancestral function, leading to …

… as false positives (N-acetyltransferases) and the remaining 1,924 (92.5%) were associated
with secondary metabolism. All of the C domains were linked to secondary metabolism. …

… metabolism and its associated metabolites are outlined. Current theories relating to the function
of secondary metabolism … best explain the origins of secondary metabolism is discussed. …

… Our results suggest a generalizable principle: that a strain can use its secondary metabolic
pathways to produce surfactants if it can meet its primary requirements of energy production, …

… During early times of plant evolution, the highly adaptive pool of secondary metabolism …
(primary) functions as phytohormones and signaling compounds within plant metabolism (Table …