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A comprehensive dataset of 62 beta globin gene sequences from various vertebrates was compiled to test the molecular clock and to estimate dates of gene duplications. We found that evolution of the beta globin family of genes is not clock-like, a result that is at odds with the common use of this family as an example of a constant rate of evolution over time. Divergence dates were estimated either with or without assuming the molecular clock, and both analyses produced similar date estimates, which are also in general agreement with estimates reported previously. In addition we report date estimates for seven previously unexamined duplication events within the beta globin family. Despite multiple sources of rate variation, the average rate across the beta globin phylogeny yielded reasonable estimates of divergence dates in most cases. Exceptions were cases of gene conversion, where it appears to have led to underestimates of divergence dates. Our results suggest (i) the major duplications giving rise to the paralogous beta globin genes are associated with significant evolutionary rate variation among gene lineages; and (ii) genes arising from more recent gene duplications (e.g., tandem duplications within lineages) do not appear to differ greatly in rate. We believe this pattern reflects a complex interplay of evolutionary forces where natural selection for diversifying paralogous functions and lineage-specific effects contribute to rate variation on a long-term basis, while gene conversion tends to increase sequence similarity. Gene conversion effects appear to be stronger on recent gene duplicates, as their sequences are highly similar. Lastly, phylogenetic analyses do not support a previous report that avian globins are members of a relic lineage of omega globins. 相似文献
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Jay F. Storz Juan C. Opazo Federico G. Hoffmann 《Molecular phylogenetics and evolution》2013,66(2):469-478
The functional diversification of the vertebrate globin gene superfamily provides an especially vivid illustration of the role of gene duplication and whole-genome duplication in promoting evolutionary innovation. For example, key globin proteins that evolved specialized functions in various aspects of oxidative metabolism and oxygen signaling pathways (hemoglobin [Hb], myoglobin [Mb], and cytoglobin [Cygb]) trace their origins to two whole-genome duplication events in the stem lineage of vertebrates. The retention of the proto-Hb and Mb genes in the ancestor of jawed vertebrates permitted a physiological division of labor between the oxygen-carrier function of Hb and the oxygen-storage function of Mb. In the Hb gene lineage, a subsequent tandem gene duplication gave rise to the proto α- and β-globin genes, which permitted the formation of multimeric Hbs composed of unlike subunits (α2β2). The evolution of this heteromeric quaternary structure was central to the emergence of Hb as a specialized oxygen-transport protein because it provided a mechanism for cooperative oxygen-binding and allosteric regulatory control. Subsequent rounds of duplication and divergence have produced diverse repertoires of α- and β-like globin genes that are ontogenetically regulated such that functionally distinct Hb isoforms are expressed during different stages of prenatal development and postnatal life. In the ancestor of jawless fishes, the proto Mb and Hb genes appear to have been secondarily lost, and the Cygb homolog evolved a specialized respiratory function in blood-oxygen transport. Phylogenetic and comparative genomic analyses of the vertebrate globin gene superfamily have revealed numerous instances in which paralogous globins have convergently evolved similar expression patterns and/or similar functional specializations in different organismal lineages. 相似文献
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Fushitani K; Higashiyama K; Moriyama EN; Imai K; Hosokawa K 《Molecular biology and evolution》1996,13(7):1039-1043
To elucidate phylogenetic relationships among amniotes and the evolution of
alpha globins, hemoglobins were analyzed from the Komodo dragon (Komodo
monitor lizard) Varanus komodoensis, the world's largest extant lizard,
inhabiting Komodo Islands, Indonesia. Four unique globin chains (alpha A,
alpha D, beta B, and beta C) were isolated in an equal molar ratio by high
performance liquid chromatography from the hemolysate. The amino acid
sequences of two alpha chains were determined. The alpha D chain has a
glutamine at E7 as does an alpha chain of a snake, Liophis miliaris, but
the alpha A chain has a histidine at E7 like the majority of hemoglobins.
Phylogenetic analyses of 19 globins including two alpha chains of Komodo
dragon and ones from representative amniotes showed the following results:
(1) The a chains of squamates (snakes and lizards), which have a glutamine
at E7, are clustered with the embryonic alpha globin family, which
typically includes the alpha D chain from birds; (2) birds form a sister
group with other reptiles but not with mammals; (3) the genes for embryonic
and adult types of alpha globins were possibly produced by duplication of
the ancestral alpha gene before ancestral amniotes diverged, indicating
that each of the present amniotes might carry descendants of the two types
of alpha globin genes; (4) squamates first split off from the ancestor of
other reptiles and birds.
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Rabbit globin pseudogene psi beta 2 is a hybrid of delta- and beta-globin gene sequences 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The evolutionary history of the rabbit globin pseudogene psi beta 2 was
studied by completing its nucleotide sequence and aligning the sequence
with that of the rabbit adult globin gene beta 1 and the human minor adult
globin gene delta. The 5' flanking region and exon 1 of psi beta 2 were
most similar to rabbit beta 1, but the large intervening sequence and the
3' untranslated region were most similar to human delta. Intron 1 and exon
2 were equally similar to both delta and beta 1. This pattern indicates
that psi beta 2 was originally a delta-like gene that acquired the 5'
portion of gene beta 1 by intrachromosomal gene conversion. The presence of
a delta-globin gene sequence in both rabbits and humans shows that it is an
ancient gene, predating the mammalian radiation that occurred over 85 Myr
ago. Delta has shown a pronounced tendency to be altered in its 5' end
during the course of mammalian evolution. Quantitative divergence analysis
shows that the ancestor to rabbit psi beta 2 was active until 20-30 Myr
ago, during which time the lagomorph beta-globin gene family apparently
functioned without a pseudogene.
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Statistical analyses of DNA sequences of globin genes (beta A, beta C, and
gamma) from goat and sheep (including new sequence information for the
second intron of sheep beta A and gamma, kindly provided by A. Davis and A.
W. Nienhuis) indicate that the rates of nonsynonymous substitution in these
genes have been greatly accelerated following the gene duplication
separating gamma and the ancestor of beta A and beta C and the gene
duplication separating beta A and beta C. In both cases the acceleration
was apparently due to relaxation of purifying selection (functional
constraints) rather than advantageous mutations because acceleration
occurred only in less important parts of the beta globin chain. The rates
of nonsynonymous substitution in these genes are estimated to be about 2.3
x 10(-9) per site per year, which is three times higher than that for the
divergence between human beta and mouse beta major globin genes. Our
analyses further suggest that the rate of synonymous substitution in
functional genes and the rate of substitution in pseudogenes are
approximately equal and are between 2.8 x 10(-9) and 5.0 x 10(-9) and that
the rate of substitution in introns is about 3.0 x 10(-9). The divergence
time between beta A and beta C and that between gamma and the beta A-beta C
pair are about 12 and 30 million years, respectively. The proportion of
transition mutations is estimated to be 64%, two times higher than expected
under random mutation but considerably lower than the 96% estimated for
animal mitochondrial DNA.
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Bailly X Chabasse C Hourdez S Dewilde S Martial S Moens L Zal F 《The FEBS journal》2007,274(10):2641-2652
Globins are the most common type of oxygen-binding protein in annelids. In this paper, we show that circulating intracellular globin (Alvinella pompejana and Glycera dibranchiata), noncirculating intracellular globin (Arenicola marina myoglobin) and extracellular globin from various annelids share a similar gene structure, with two conserved introns at canonical positions B12.2 and G7.0. Despite sequence divergence between intracellular and extracellular globins, these data strongly suggest that these three globin types are derived from a common ancestral globin-like gene and evolved by duplication events leading to diversification of globin types and derived functions. A phylogenetic analysis shows a distinct evolutionary history of annelid extracellular hemoglobins with respect to intracellular annelid hemoglobins and mollusc and arthropod extracellular hemoglobins. In addition, dehaloperoxidase (DHP) from the annelid, Amphitrite ornata, surprisingly exhibits close phylogenetic relationships to some annelid intracellular globins. We have characterized the gene structure of A. ornata DHP to confirm assumptions about its homology with globins. It appears that it has the same intron position as in globin genes, suggesting a common ancestry with globins. In A. ornata, DHP may be a derived globin with an unusual enzymatic function. 相似文献
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Phylogenetic reconstructions provide a means of inferring the branching relationships among members of multigene families that have diversified via successive rounds of gene duplication and divergence. Such reconstructions can illuminate the pathways by which particular expression patterns and protein functions evolved. For example, phylogenetic analyses can reveal cases in which similar expression patterns or functional properties evolved independently in different lineages, either through convergence, parallelism, or evolutionary reversals. The purpose of this article is to provide a robust phylogenetic framework for interpreting experimental data and for generating hypotheses about the functional evolution of globin proteins in chordate animals. To do this, we present a consensus phylogeny of the chordate globin gene superfamily. We document the relative roles of gene duplication and whole-genome duplication in fueling the functional diversification of vertebrate globins, and we unravel patterns of shared ancestry among globin genes from representatives of the three chordate subphyla (Craniata, Urochordata, and Cephalochordata). Our results demonstrate the value of integrating phylogenetic analyses with genomic analyses of conserved synteny to infer the duplicative origins and evolutionary histories of globin genes. We also discuss a number of case studies that illustrate the importance of phylogenetic information when making inferences about the evolution of globin gene expression and protein function. Finally, we discuss why the globin gene superfamily presents special challenges for phylogenetic analysis, and we describe methodological approaches that can be used to meet those challenges. 相似文献
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Shishikura F Takeuchi HA Nagai T 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology》2005,142(3):258-268
Erythrocytes of the adult axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, have multiple hemoglobins. We separated and purified two kinds of hemoglobin, termed major hemoglobin (Hb M) and minor hemoglobin (Hb m), from a five-year-old male by hydrophobic interaction column chromatography on Alkyl Superose. The hemoglobins have two distinct alpha type globin polypeptides (alphaM and alpham) and a common beta globin polypeptide, all of which were purified in FPLC on a reversed-phase column after S-pyridylethylation. The complete amino acid sequences of the three globin chains were determined separately using nucleotide sequencing with the assistance of protein sequencing. The mature globin molecules were composed of 141 amino acid residues for alphaM globin, 143 for alpham globin and 146 for beta globin. Comparing primary structures of the five kinds of axolotl globins, including two previously established alpha type globins from the same species, with other known globins of amphibians and representatives of other vertebrates, we constructed phylogenetic trees for amphibian hemoglobins and tetrapod hemoglobins. The molecular trees indicated that alphaM, alpham, beta and the previously known alpha major globin were adult types of globins and the other known alpha globin was a larval type. The existence of two to four more globins in the axolotl erythrocyte is predicted. 相似文献
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Cantas Alev Kaori Shinmyozu Brendan A. S. McIntyre Guojun Sheng 《Development genes and evolution》2009,219(7):353-360
How alpha and beta globin genes are organized and expressed in amniotes is of interest to researchers in a wide variety of
fields. Data regarding this from avian species have been scarce. Using genomic and proteomic approaches, we present here our
analysis of alpha and beta globins of zebra finch, a passerine bird. We show that finch alpha globin gene cluster has three
genes (alphas 1–3), each orthologous to its chicken counterpart. Finch beta globin gene cluster has three genes (betas 1–3),
with an additional pseudogene at the 3′ end. Finch beta3 is orthologous to chicken betaA, but the orthology of beta1 and beta2
to chicken counterparts is less clear. All six finch globins are confirmed to encode functional proteins. Gene expression
in both globin gene clusters is regulated developmentally. Adult finch blood has a globin profile similar to that of adult
chicken, with high levels of beta3 and alpha3 and moderate levels of alpha2. Finch embryonic primitive blood exhibits a globin
profile very different from that of equivalent stage chick embryos, with all six globins expressed at high levels. Overall,
our data provide a valuable resource for future studies in avian globin gene evolution and globin switching during erythropoietic
development. 相似文献
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Globins in nonvertebrate species: dispersal by horizontal gene transfer and evolution of the structure-function relationships 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Moens L; Vanfleteren J; Van de Peer Y; Peeters K; Kapp O; Czeluzniak J; Goodman M; Blaxter M; Vinogradov S 《Molecular biology and evolution》1996,13(2):324-333
Using a new template based on an alignment of 145 nonvertebrate globins we
examined several recently determined sequences of putative globins and
globin-like hemeproteins. We propose that all globins have evolved from a
family of ancestral, approx. 17-kDa hemeproteins, which displayed the
globin fold and functioned as redox proteins. Once atmospheric O2 became
available the acquisition of oxygen-binding properties was initiated,
culminating in the various highly specialized functions known as present.
During this evolutionary process, we suggest that (1) high oxygen affinity
may have been acquired repeatedly and (2) the formation of chimeric
proteins containing both a globin and a flavin binding domain was an
additional and distinct evolutionary trend. Furthermore, globin-like
hemeproteins encompass hemeproteins produced through convergent evolution
from nonglobin ancestral proteins to carry out O2-binding functions as well
as hemeproteins whose sequences exhibit the loss of some or all of the
structural determinants of the globin fold. We also propose that there
occurred two cases of horizontal globin gene transfer, one from an ancestor
common to the ciliates Paramecium and Tetrahymena and the green alga
Chlamydomonas to a cyanobacterium ancestor and the other, from a eukaryote
ancestor of the yeasts Saccharomyces and Candida to a bacterial ancestor of
the proteobacterial genera Escherichia, Alcaligenes, and Vitreoscilla.
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Kim Schwarze Thorsten Burmester 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics》2013,1834(9):1801-1812
The (hemo-)globins are among the best-investigated proteins in biomedical sciences. These small heme-proteins play an important role in oxygen supply, but may also have other functions. In addition to well known hemoglobin and myoglobin, six other vertebrate globin types have been identified in recent years: neuroglobin, cytoglobin, globin E, globin X, globin Y, and androglobin. Analyses of the genome of the “living fossil” Latimeria chalumnae show that the coelacanth is the only known vertebrate that includes all eight globin types. Thus, Latimeria can also be considered as a “globin fossil”. Analyses of gene synteny and phylogenetic reconstructions allow us to trace the evolution and the functional changes of the vertebrate globin family. Neuroglobin and globin X diverged from the other globin types before the separation of Protostomia and Deuterostomia. The cytoglobins, which are unlikely to be involved in O2 supply, form the earliest globin branch within the jawed vertebrates (Gnathostomata), but do not group with the agnathan hemoglobins, as it has been proposed before. There is strong evidence from phylogenetic reconstructions and gene synteny that the eye-specific globin E and muscle-specific myoglobin constitute a common clade, suggesting a similar role in intracellular O2 supply. Latimeria possesses two α- and two β-hemoglobin chains, of which one α-chain emerged prior to the divergence of Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii, but has been retained only in the coelacanth. Notably, the embryonic hemoglobin α-chains of Gnathostomata derive from a common ancestor, while the embryonic β-chains – with the exception of a more complex pattern in the coelacanth and amphibians – display a clade-specific evolution. Globin Y is associated with the hemoglobin gene cluster, but its phylogenetic position is not resolved. Our data show an early divergence of distinct globin types in the vertebrate evolution before the emergence of tetrapods. The subsequent loss of globins in certain taxa may be associated with changes in the oxygen-dependent metabolism. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins. 相似文献
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Morris Goodman 《Journal of molecular evolution》1981,17(2):114-120
Kimura mistook ambiguous maximum parsimony codons for wrong codons. The maximum parsimony method performed well as judged by the two classes of serine codons (which can not be connected by silent mutations) on comparing the parsimony codons for serines in human, rabbit, and mouse hemoglobin chains to actual codons determined by nucleotide sequencing. In genealogical reconstructions involving 247 eucaryotic globins, the maximum parsimony distances separating the contemporary sequences show that Kimura's Poisson and Dayhoff's PAM estimates of rate of globin evolution miss most of the superimposed replacements and are therefore seriously in error. Nor is Kimura's constant rate assumption and his belief in a single origin of myoglobin supported. Lamprey myoglobin appears to be most like lamprey hemoglobin, while gnathostome myoglobin seems closest to gnathostome hemoglobin. It was found that the three types of gnathostome globins (Mb, Hb, Hb) evolved between the shark-boney vertebrate and bird-mammal ancestors at a much faster rate than from the latter ancestor to the present. The data indicate that rates were exceedingly fast during the origin of these globin chains because a high proportion of substitutions were adaptive. It was concluded that wherever strong stabilizing selection acts on a protein, somewhere in the past positive Darwinian selection must have spread the amino acid substitutions now being preserved. 相似文献
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S Dewilde M L Van Hauwaert K Peeters J Vanfleteren L Moens 《Molecular biology and evolution》1999,16(9):1208-1218
The high-molecular-weight extracellular hemoglobin of Daphnia pulex is composed of at least three different didomain globin chains. The primary structure of one of these chains was determined at the protein and cDNA levels. Each globin domain of the polypeptide chain displays the standard structural characteristics. The first domain is preceded by a 30-residue extension containing an 18-residue unprecedented threonine-rich segment and a 12-residue preA segment which is homologous to the preA segments of other nonvertebrate globin chains. Both domains are linked together by a preA' segment, which is homologous to other preA segments and lacks the threonine-rich segment. Dimerization of the globin chains by the formation of a disulphide bridge linking the unique cysteines near the amino-termini results in a covalent, vertebrate-like tetradomain structure. The flexible amino-terminal extension most likely facilitates dimerization. The gene coding for this globin chain is interrupted by six small introns. Each domain displays two intradomain introns at the conserved positions B12.2 and G7.0. A precoding intron occurs at position preA(-27.0) and a bridge intron at occurs preA'(-13.2). We propose a crossover event as the most likely mechanism for duplication. Arthropod globin trees reflect the added effects of gene diversification, gene duplication, and species evolution. The position of monodomain intracellular globins in the tree suggests that they resemble the ancestral globin more than the derived didomain extracellular globins do. 相似文献
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The nucleotide sequences of the cow epsilon 2 and epsilon 4 globin genes
were determined. The sequences were 95% identical. These genes arose via a
four-gene block duplication that also gave rise to the bovine fetal (gamma)
and adult (beta) genes. Their deduced amino acid sequences are unlike any
previously reported fetal or adult globins; rather, comparison to other
mammalian globin genes indicates that they are embryonic in nature. The
sequence data indicate that these two genes have converted each other
during evolution. Pairwise comparison to the corresponding goat genes shows
greater similarity between paralogues than between more directly related
orthologues. This is in direct contrast to the situation between the cow
and goat fetal and adult genes. These observations suggest that the
frequency of DNA conversion or the fixation of conversion events may vary
in different locations of the cow beta-globin cluster.
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Hoffmann FG Opazo JC Hoogewijs D Hankeln T Ebner B Vinogradov SN Bailly X Storz JF 《Molecular biology and evolution》2012,29(7):1735-1745
In the Metazoa, globin proteins display an underlying unity in tertiary structure that belies an extraordinary diversity in primary structures, biochemical properties, and physiological functions. Phylogenetic reconstructions can reveal which of these functions represent novel, lineage-specific innovations, and which represent ancestral functions that are shared with homologous globin proteins in other eukaryotes and even prokaryotes. To date, our understanding of globin diversity in deuterostomes has been hindered by a dearth of genomic sequence data from the Ambulacraria (echinoderms + hemichordates), the sister group of chordates, and the phylum Xenacoelomorpha, which includes xenoturbellids, acoelomorphs, and nemertodermatids. Here, we report the results of a phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the globin gene repertoire of deuterostomes. We first characterized the globin genes of the acorn worm, Saccoglossus kowalevskii, a representative of the phylum Hemichordata. We then integrated genomic sequence data from the acorn worm into a comprehensive analysis of conserved synteny and phylogenetic relationships among globin genes from representatives of the eight lineages that comprise the superphylum Deuterostomia. The primary aims were 1) to unravel the evolutionary history of the globin gene superfamily in deuterostomes and 2) to use the estimated phylogeny to gain insights into the functional evolution of deuterostome globins. Results of our analyses indicate that the deuterostome common ancestor possessed a repertoire of at least four distinct globin paralogs and that different subsets of these ancestral genes have been retained in each of the descendant organismal lineages. In each major deuterostome group, a different subset of ancestral precursor genes underwent lineage-specific expansions of functional diversity through repeated rounds of gene duplication and divergence. By integrating results of the phylogenetic analysis with available functional data, we discovered that circulating oxygen-transport hemoglobins evolved independently in several deuterostome lineages and that intracellular nerve globins evolved independently in chordates and acoelomorph worms. 相似文献
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Duplication of a four-gene set during the evolution of the goat beta-globin locus produced genes now expressed differentially in development 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
T M Townes S G Shapiro S M Wernke J B Lingrel 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1984,259(3):1896-1900
Genomic clones which link the goat preadult (beta C) and adult (beta A) beta-globin genes have been isolated. These overlapping clones contain a previously unidentified embryonic like globin gene (epsilon III) and establish the following linkage map of eight genes in the goat beta-globin locus: epsilon I-epsilon II-psi beta X-beta C-epsilon III-epsilon IV-psi beta Z-beta A. This linkage map and the nucleotide sequence of the eight genes document a relatively recent duplication of a four-gene set: epsilon-epsilon-psi beta-beta. This duplication produced two genes (beta C and beta A) which are now expressed differentially during development. An embryonic like globin gene located downstream from beta A has also been isolated. The embryonic nature of this gene as well as the adult beta-like sequence of the goat fetal globin gene (gamma) suggest that a duplication of the four-gene set also produced the globin gene now expressed during fetal development. 相似文献
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Human delta globin is expressed at approximately 1-2% of the level of human beta globin in erythroid cells despite the marked homology between these two globins. To determine the DNA sequences responsible for this effect, delta and beta globin genes and fusion products of these genes constructed in vitro were transfected and expressed in HeLa cells. The results indicate that when the small intervening sequence of the beta gene (beta IVS 1) is replaced by delta IVS 1, expression of the chimeric gene is the same as that of the normal beta globin gene. By contrast, when the large intervening sequence of the beta gene (beta IVS 2) is replaced by delta IVS 2, expression of the chimeric gene is markedly reduced. These results suggest that there are signals within IVS 2 of the delta and beta genes which affect their relative expression. 相似文献
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Neuroglobin and cytoglobin: genes, proteins and evolution 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Burmester T Haberkamp M Mitz S Roesner A Schmidt M Ebner B Gerlach F Fuchs C Hankeln T 《IUBMB life》2004,56(11-12):703-707
Hemoglobin and myoglobin are oxygen transport and storage proteins of most vertebrates. Neuroglobin (Ngb) and cytoglobin (Cygb)--two recent additions to the vertebrate globin superfamily--have still disputed functions. Combining the data from all available resources, we investigate the evolution of these novel globins. Both Ngb and Cygb show little sequence variation in vertebrate evolution, suggesting conserved structures and functions, and an important role in the animal's metabolism. Exon-intron patterns remained unchanged in Ngb and Cygb, with the exception of the addition of a 3' exon to Cygb early in mammalian evolution. In phylogenetic analyses, Ngb forms a common branch with globin X, another recently identified globin with undefined function in lower vertebrates, and with some invertebrate nerve globins. This shows an early divergence of this branch in animal evolution. Cygb is related to myoglobin, and associated with an eye-specific globin from birds. The pattern of globin evolution shows that proteins with clear respiratory roles evolved independently from intracellular globins with uncertain functions. This result suggests either multiple independent functional changes or a yet undefined respiratory role of tissue globins like Ngb and Cygb. 相似文献
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Evidence from nuclear sequences that invariable sites should be considered when sequence divergence is calculated 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
It has long been known, from the distribution of multiple amino acid
replacements, that not all amino acids of a sequence are replaceable. More
recently, the phenomenon was observed at the nucleotide level in
mitochondrial DNA even after allowing for different rates of transition and
transversion substitutions. We have extended the search to globin gene
sequences from various organisms, with the following results: (1) Nearly
every data set showed evidence of invariable nucleotide positions. (2) In
all data sets, substitution rates of transversions and transitions were
never in the ratio of 2/1, and rarely was the ratio even constant. (3) Only
rarely (e.g., the third codon position of beta hemoglobins) was it possible
to fit the data set solely by making allowance for the number of invariable
positions and for the relative rates of transversion and transition
substitutions. (4) For one data set (the second codon position of beta
hemoglobins) we were able to simulate the observed data by making the
allowance in (3) and having the set of covariotides (concomitantly variable
nucleotides) be small in number and be turned over in a stochastic manner
with a probability that was appreciable. (5) The fit in the latter case
suggests, if the assumptions are correct and at all common, that current
procedures for estimating the total number of nucleotide substitutions in
two genes since their divergence from their common ancestor could be low by
as much as an order of magnitude. (6) The fact that only a small fraction
of the nucleotide positions differ is no guarantee that one is not
seriously underestimating the total amount of divergence (substitutions).
(7) Most data sets are so heterogeneous in their number of transition and
transversion differences that none of the current models of nucleotide
substitution seem to fit them even after (a) segregation of coding from
noncoding sequences and (b) splitting of the codon into three subsets by
codon position. (8) These frequently occurring problems cannot be seen
unless several reasonably divergent orthologous genes are examined
together.
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