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1.
In this paper we analyzed 49 lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) sequences, mostly from vertebrates. The amino acid sequence differences
were found to be larger for a human–killifish pair than a human–lamprey pair. This indicates that some protein sequence convergence
may occur and reduce the sequence differences in distantly related species. We also examined transitions and transversions
separately for several species pairs and found that the transitions tend to be saturated in the distantly related species
pair, while transversions are increasing. We conclude that transversions maintain a conservative rate through the evolutionary
time. Kimura's two-parameter model for multiple-hit correction on transversions only was used to derive a distance measure
and then construct a neighbor-joining (NJ) tree. Three findings were revealed from the NJ tree: (i) the branching order of
the tree is consistent with the common branch pattern of major vertebrates; (ii) Ldh-A and Ldh-B genes were duplicated near the origin of vertebrates; and (iii) Ldh-C and Ldh-A in mammals were produced by an independent gene duplication in early mammalian history. Furthermore, a relative rate test
showed that mammalian Ldh-C evolved more rapidly than mammalian Ldh-A. Under a two-rate model, this duplication event was calibrated to be approximately 247 million years ago (mya), dating back
to the Triassic period. Other gene duplication events were also discovered in Xenopus, the first duplication occurring approximately 60–70 mya in both Ldh-A and Ldh-B, followed by another recent gene duplication event, approximately 20 mya, in Ldh-B.
Received: 5 October 2001 / Accepted: 24 October 2001 相似文献
2.
In this paper we have analyzed 49 vertebrate gene families that were generated in the early stage of vertebrates and/or shortly
before the origin of vertebrates, each of which consists of three or four member genes. We have dated the first (T1) and second (T2) gene duplications of 26 gene families with 3 member genes. The means of T1 (594 mya) and T2 (488 mya) are largely consistent to a well-cited version of two-round (2R) genome duplication theory. Moreover, in most cases,
the time interval between two successive gene duplications is large enough that the fate of duplicate genes generated by the
first gene duplication was likely to be determined before the second one took place. However, the phylogenetic pattern of
23 gene families with 4 members is complicated; only 5 of them are predicted by 2R model, but 11 families require an additional
gene (or genome) duplication. For the rest (7 families), at least one gene duplication event had occurred before the divergence
between vertebrate and Drosophila, indicating a possible misleading of the 4:1 rule (member gene ratio between vertebrates and invertebrates). Our results show
that Ohno's 2R conjecture is valid as a working hypothesis for providing a most parsimonious explanation. Although for some
gene families, additional gene duplication is needed, the credibility of the third genome duplication (3R) remains to be investigated.
Received: 13 December 1999 / Accepted: 7 April 2000 相似文献
3.
Michael D. Purugganan 《Journal of molecular evolution》1997,45(4):392-396
Flower development in angiosperms is controlled in part by floral homeotic genes, many of which are members of the plant
MADS-box regulatory gene family. The evolutionary history of these developmental genes was reconstructed using 74 loci from
15 dicot, three monocot, and one conifer species. Molecular clock estimates suggest that the different floral homeotic gene
lineages began to diverge from one another about 450–500 mya, around the time of the origin of land plants themselves.
Received: 31 January 1997 / Accepted: 9 April 1997 相似文献
4.
Jerzy K. Kulski Silvana Gaudieri Matthew Bellgard Lois Balmer Keith Giles Hidetoshi Inoko Roger L. Dawkins 《Journal of molecular evolution》1997,45(6):599-609
Sequence analysis of a 237 kb genomic fragment from the central region of the MHC has revealed that the HLA-B and HLA-C genes
are contained within duplicated segments peri-B (53 kb) and peri-C (48 kb), respectively, and separated by an intervening
sequence (IF) of 30 kb. The peri-B and peri-C segments share at least 90% sequence homology except when interrupted by insertions/deletions
including Alu, L1, an endogenous retrovirus, and pseudogenes. The sequences of peri-B, IF, and peri-C were searched for the
presence of Alu elements to use as markers of evolution, chromosomal rearrangements, and polymorphism. Of 29 Alu elements,
14 were identified in peri-B, 11 in peri-C, and 4 in IF. The Alu elements in peri-B and peri-C clustered phylogenetically
into two clades which were classified as ``preduplication' and ``postduplication' clades. Four Alu J elements that are shared
by peri-B and peri-C and are flanked by homologous sequences in their paralogous locations, respectively, clustered into a
``preduplication' clade. By contrast, the majority of Alu elements, which are unique to either peri-B or peri-C, clustered
into a postduplication clade together with the Alu consensus subfamily members ranging from platyrrhine-specific (Spqxcg)
to catarrhine-specific Alu sequences (Y). The insertion of platyrrhine-specific Alu elements in postduplication locations
of peri-B and peri-C implies that these two segments are the products of a duplication which occurred in primates prior to
the divergence of the New World primate from the human lineage (35–44 mya). Examination of the paralogous Alu integration
sites revealed that 9 of 14 postduplication Alu sequences have produced microsatellites of different length and sequence within
the Alu 3′-poly A tail. The present analysis supports the hypothesis that HLA-B and HLA-C genes are products of an extended
segmental duplication between 44 and 81 million years ago (mya), and that subsequent diversification of both genomic segments
occurred because of the mobility and mutation of retroelements such as Alu repeats.
Received: 21 May 1997 / Accepted: 9 July 1997 相似文献
5.
Freitas EM Gaudieri S Zhang WJ Kulski JK van Bockxmeer FM Christiansen FT Dawkins RL 《Journal of molecular evolution》2000,50(4):391-396
We have previously shown that several multicopy gene families within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) arose from
a process of segmental duplication. It has also been observed that retroelements play a role in generating diversity within
these duplicated segments. The objective of this study was to compare the genomic organization of a gene duplication within
another multicopy gene family outside the MHC. Using new continuous genomic sequence encompassing the APOE-CII gene cluster,
we show that APOCI and its pseudogene, APOCI′, are contained within large duplicated segments which include sequences from
the hepatic control region (HCR). Flanking Alu sequences are observed at both ends of the duplicated unit, suggesting a possible
role in the integration of these segments. As observed previously within the MHC, the major differences between the segments
are the insertion of sequences (approximately 200–1000 bp in length), consisting predominantly of Alu sequences. Ancestral
retroelements also contribute to the generation of sequence diversity between the segments, especially within the 3′ poly(A)
tract of Alu sequences. The exonic and regulatory sequences of the APOCI and HCR loci show limited sequence diversity, with
exon 3 being an exception. Finally, the typing of pre- and postduplication Alus from both segments indicates an estimated
time of duplication of approximately 37 million years ago (mya), some time prior to the separation of Old and New World monkeys.
Received: 17 July 1999 / Accepted: 6 November 1999 相似文献
6.
Varela MF Wilson TH Rodon-Rivera V Shepherd S Dehne TA Rector AC 《The Journal of membrane biology》2000,174(3):199-205
Lactose and melibiose are actively accumulated by the wild-type Escherichia coli lactose carrier, which is an integral membrane protein energized by the proton motive force. Mutants of the E. coli lactose carrier were isolated by their ability to grow on minimal plates with succinate plus IPTG in the presence of the
toxic lactose analog β-thio-o-nitrophenylgalactoside (TONPG). TONPG-resistant mutants were streaked on melibiose MacConkey indicator plates, and red clones
were picked. These melibiose positive mutants were then streaked on lactose MacConkey plates, and white clones were picked.
Transport assays indicated that the mutants had altered sugar recognition and a defect in sugar accumulation. The mutants
had a poor apparent K
m
for both lactose and melibiose in transport. One mutant had almost no ability to take up lactose, but melibiose downhill
transport was 58% (V
max
) of normal. All of the mutants accumulated methyl-α-d-galactopyranoside (TMG) to only 8% or less of normal, and two failed to accumulate. Immunoblot analysis of the mutant lactose
carrier proteins indicated that loss of sugar transport activity was not due to loss of expression in the membrane. Nucleotide
sequencing of the lacY gene from the mutants revealed changes in the following amino acids of the lactose carrier: M23I, W151L, G257D, A295D and
G377V. Two of the mutants (G257D and G377V) are novel in that they represent the first amino acids in periplasmic loops to
be implicated with changes in sugar recognition. We conclude that the amino acids M23, W151, G257, A295 and G377 of the E. coli lactose carrier play either a direct or an indirect role in sugar recognition and accumulation.
Received: 12 October 1999/Revised: 21 December 1999 相似文献
7.
Carolyn J. Lawrence Russell L. Malmberg Michael G. Muszynski R. Kelly Dawe 《Journal of molecular evolution》2002,54(1):42-53
We have reconstructed the evolution of the anciently derived kinesin superfamily using various alignment and tree-building
methods. In addition to classifying previously described kinesins from protists, fungi, and animals, we analyzed a variety
of kinesin sequences from the plant kingdom including 12 from Zea mays and 29 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Also included in our data set were four sequences from the anciently diverged amitochondriate protist Giardia lamblia. The overall topology of the best tree we found is more likely than previously reported topologies and allows us to make the
following new observations: (1) kinesins involved in chromosome movement including MCAK, chromokinesin, and CENP-E may be
descended from a single ancestor; (2) kinesins that form complex oligomers are limited to a monophyletic group of families;
(3) kinesins that crosslink antiparallel microtubules at the spindle midzone including BIMC, MKLP, and CENP-E are closely
related; (4) Drosophila NOD and human KID group with other characterized chromokinesins; and (5) Saccharomyces SMY1 groups with kinesin-I sequences, forming a family of kinesins capable of class V myosin interactions. In addition, we
found that one monophyletic clade composed exclusively of sequences with a C-terminal motor domain contains all known minus
end-directed kinesins.
Received: 20 February 2001 / Accepted: 5 June 2001 相似文献
8.
Aphids belonging to the three genera Tuberaphis, Glyphinaphis, and Cerataphis contain extracellular fungal symbionts that resemble endocellular yeast-like symbionts of planthoppers. Whereas the symbiont
of planthoppers has a uricase (urate oxidase; EC 1.7.3.3) and recycles uric acid that the host stores, no uric acid was found
in Tuberaphis styraci, and its fungal symbiont did not exhibit the uricase activity. However, the fungal symbionts of these aphids, including that
of T. styraci, were shown to have putative uricase genes, or pseudogenes, for the uricase. Sequence analysis of these genes revealed that
deleterious mutations occurred independently on each lineage of Glyphinaphis and Tuberaphis, while no such mutation was found in the lineage of Cerataphis. These genes were almost identical to those cloned from the symbionts of planthoppers, though the host aphids and planthoppers
are phylogenetically distant. To estimate the phylogenetic relationship in detail between the fungal symbionts of aphids and
those of planthoppers, a gene tree was constructed based on the sequences of the uricase genes including their flanking regions.
As a result, the symbionts of planthoppers and Tuberaphis aphids formed a sister group against those of Glyphinaphis and Cerataphis aphids with high bootstrap confidence levels, which strongly suggests that symbionts have been horizontally transferred from
the aphids' lineage to the planthoppers'.
Received: 29 March 2000 / Accepted: 31 May 2000 相似文献
9.
Complete chloroplast 23S rRNA and psbA genes from five peridinin-containing dinoflagellates (Heterocapsa pygmaea, Heterocapsa niei, Heterocapsa rotun-data, Amphidinium carterae, and Protoceratium reticulatum) were amplified by PCR and sequenced; partial sequences were obtained from Thoracosphaera heimii and Scrippsiella trochoidea. Comparison with chloroplast 23S rRNA and psbA genes of other organisms shows that dinoflagellate chloroplast genes are the most divergent and rapidly evolving of all.
Quartet puzzling, maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony, neighbor joining, and LogDet trees were constructed. Intersite rate
variation and invariant sites were allowed for with quartet puzzling and neighbor joining. All psbA and 23S rRNA trees showed peridinin-containing dinoflagellate chloroplasts as monophyletic. In psbA trees they are related to those of chromists and red algae. In 23S rRNA trees, dinoflagellates are always the sisters of
Sporozoa (apicomplexans); maximum likelihood analysis of Heterocapsa triquetra 16S rRNA also groups the dinoflagellate and sporozoan sequences, but the other methods were inconsistent. Thus, dinoflagellate
chloroplasts may actually be related to sporozoan plastids, but the possibility of reproducible long-branch artifacts cannot
be strongly ruled out. The results for all three genes fit the idea that dinoflagellate chloroplasts originated from red algae
by a secondary endosymbiosis, possibly the same one as for chromists and Sporozoa. The marked disagreement between 16S rRNA
trees using different phylogenetic algorithms indicates that this is a rather poor molecule for elucidating overall chloroplast
phylogeny. We discuss possible reasons why both plastid and mitochondrial genomes of alveolates (Dinozoa, Sporozoa and Ciliophora)
have ultra-rapid substitution rates and a proneness to unique genomic rearrangements.
Received: 27 December 1999 / Accepted: 24 March 2000 相似文献
10.
Langenkämper G Fung RW Newcomb RD Atkinson RG Gardner RC MacRae EA 《Journal of molecular evolution》2002,54(3):322-332
We present phylogenetic analyses to demonstrate that there are three families of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) genes present
in higher plants. Two data sets were examined, one consisting of full-length proteins and a second larger set that covered
a highly conserved region including the 14-3-3 binding region and the UDPGlu active site. Analysis of both datasets showed
a well supported separation of known genes into three families, designated A, B, and C. The genomic sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana include a member in each family: two genes on chromosome 5 belong to Family A, one gene on chromosome 1 to Family B, and
one gene on chromosome 4 to Family C. Each of three Citrus genes belong to one of the three families. Intron/exon organization of the four Arabidopsis genes differed according to phylogenetic analysis, with members of the same family from different species having similar
genomic organization of their SPS genes. The two Family A genes on Arabidopsis chromosome 5 appear to be due to a recent duplication. Analysis of published literature and ESTs indicated that functional
differentiation of the families was not obvious, although B family members appear not to be expressed in roots. B family genes
were cloned from two Actinidia species and southern analysis indicated the presence of a single gene family, which contrasts to the multiple members of
Family A in Actinidia. Only two family C genes have been reported to date.
Received: 17 April 2001 / Accepted: 27 August 2001 相似文献
11.
The Nonrandom Location of Synonymous Codons Suggests That Reading Frame-Independent Forces Have Patterned Codon Preferences 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Biased codon usage is common in eukaryotic and prokaryotic genes. Evidence from Escherichia, Saccharomyces, and Drosophila indicates that it favors translational efficiency and accuracy. However, to date no functional advantages have been identified
in the codon–anticodon interactions involving the most frequently used (preferred) codons. Here we present evidence that forces
not related to the individual codon–anticodon interaction may be involved in determining which synonymous codons are preferred
or avoided. We show that the ``off-frame' trinucleotide motif preferences inferrable from Drosophila coding regions are often in the same direction as Drosophila's ``in-frame' codon preferences, i.e., its codon usage. The off-frame preferences were inferred from the nonrandomness of
the location of confamilial synonymous codons along coding regions—a pattern often described as a context dependence of nucleotide
choice at synonymous positions or as codon-pair bias. We relied on randomizations of the location of confamilial codons that
do not alter, and cannot be influenced by, the encoded amino acid sequences, codon usage, or base composition of the genes
examined. The statistically significant congruency of in-frame and off-frame trinucleotide preferences suggests that the same
kind of reading-frame-independent force(s) may also influence synonymous codon choice. These forces may have produced biases
in codon usage that then led to the evolution of the translational advantages of these motifs as preferred codons. Under this
scenario, tRNA pool size differences between preferred and nonpreferred codons initially were evolved to track the default
overrepresentation of codons with preferred motifs. The motif preference hypothesis can explain the structuring of codon preferences
and the similarities in the codon usages of distantly related organisms.
Received: 10 November 1998 / Accepted: 23 February 1999 相似文献
12.
Nigericin is an ionophore commonly used at the end of experiments to calibrate intracellularly trapped pH-sensitive dyes.
In the present study, we explore the possibility that residual nigericin from dye calibration in one experiment might interfere
with intracellular pH (pH
i
) changes in the next. Using the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye 2′,7′-bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), we measured
pH
i
in cultured rat renal mesangial cells. Nigericin contamination caused: (i) an increase in acid loading during the pH
i
decrease elicited by removing extracellular Na+, (ii) an increase in acid extrusion during the pH
i
increase caused by elevating extracellular [K+], and (iii) an acid shift in the pH
i
dependence of the background intracellular acid loading unmasked by inhibiting Na-H exchange with ethylisopropylamiloride
(EIPA). However, contamination had no effect on the pH
i
dependence of Na-H exchange, computed by adding the pH
i
dependencies of total acid extrusion and background acid loading. Nigericin contamination can be conveniently minimized by
using a separate line to deliver nigericin to the cells, and by briefly washing the tubing with ethanol and water after each
experiment.
Received: 14 October 1998/Revised: 2 March 1999 相似文献
13.
Steinhauser S Beckert S Capesius I Malek O Knoop V 《Journal of molecular evolution》1999,48(3):303-312
RNA editing affects messenger RNAs and transfer RNAs in plant mitochondria by site-specific exchange of cytidine and uridine
bases in both seed and nonseed plants. Distribution of the phenomenon among bryophytes has been unclear since RNA editing
has been detected in some but not all liverworts and mosses. A more detailed understanding of RNA editing in plants required
extended data sets for taxa and sequences investigated. Toward this aim an internal region of the mitochondrial nad5 gene
(1104 nt) was analyzed in a large collection of bryophytes and green algae (Charales). The genomic nad5 sequences predict
editing in 30 mosses, 2 hornworts, and 7 simple thalloid and leafy liverworts (Jungermanniidae). No editing is, however, required
in seven species of the complex thalloid liverworts (Marchantiidae) and the algae. RNA editing among the Jungermanniidae,
on the other hand, reaches frequencies of up to 6% of codons being modified. Predictability of RNA editing from the genomic
sequences was confirmed by cDNA analysis in the mosses Schistostega pennata and Rhodobryum roseum, the hornworts Anthoceros husnotii and A. punctatus, and the liverworts Metzgeria conjugata and Moerckia flotoviana. All C-to-U nucleotide exchanges predicted to reestablish conserved codons were confirmed. Editing in the hornworts includes
the removal of genomic stop codons by frequent reverse U-to-C edits. Expectedly, no RNA editing events were identified by
cDNA analysis in the marchantiid liverworts Ricciocarpos natans, Corsinia coriandra, and Lunularia cruciata. The findings are discussed in relation to models on the phylogeny of land plants.
Received: 2 April 1998 / Accepted: 4 August 1998 相似文献
14.
Aurora M. Nedelcu 《Journal of molecular evolution》2001,53(6):670-679
This study provides a phylogenetic/comparative approach to deciphering the processes underlying the evolution of plastid
rRNA genes in genomes under relaxed functional constraints. Nonphotosynthetic green algal taxa that belong to two distinct
classes, Chlorophyceae (Polytoma) and Trebouxiophyceae (Prototheca), were investigated. Similar to the situation described previously for plastid 16S rRNA genes in nonphotosynthetic land plants,
nucleotide substitution levels, extent of structural variations, and percentage AT values are increased in nonphotosynthetic
green algae compared to their closest photosynthetic relatives. However, the mutational processes appear to be different in
many respects. First, with the increase in AT content, more transversions are noted in Polytoma and holoparasite angiosperms, while more transitions characterize the evolution of the 16S rDNA sequences in Prototheca. Second, although structural variations do accumulate in both Polytoma and Prototheca (as well as holoparasitic plastid 16S rRNAs), insertions as large as 1.6 kb characterize the plastid 16S rRNA genes in the
former, whereas significantly smaller indels (not exceeding 24 bp) seem to be more prevalent in the latter group. The differences
in evolutionary rates and patterns within and between lineages might be due to mutations in replication/repair-related genes;
slipped-strand mispairing is likely the mechanism responsible for the expansion of insertions in Polytoma plastid 16S rRNA genes.
Received: 29 December 2000 / Accepted: 18 May 2001 相似文献
15.
Evolution of MADS-box gene induction by FLO/LFY genes 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Himi S Sano R Nishiyama T Tanahashi T Kato M Ueda K Hasebe M 《Journal of molecular evolution》2001,53(4-5):387-393
Some MADS-box genes function as floral homeotic genes. The Arabidopsis LFY gene is a positive regulator of floral homeotic genes, and homologs of the FLO/LFY gene family in other angiosperms and gymnosperms are likely to have a similar function. To investigate the origin of the
floral homeotic gene regulatory cascade involving the FLO/LFY gene, FLO/LFY homologs were cloned from a leptosporangiate fern (Ceratopteris richardii), two eusporangiate ferns (Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Botrychium multifidum var. robustum), three fern allies (Psilotum nudum, Equisetum arvense, and Isoetes asiatica), and a moss (Physcomitrella patens). The FLO/LFY gene phylogenetic tree indicates that both duplication and loss of FLO/LFY homologs occurred during the course of vascular plant evolution. The expression patterns of the Ceratopteris LFY genes (CrLFY1 and 2) were assessed. CrLFY1 expression was prominent in tissues including shoot tips and circinate reproductive leaves, but very weak in other tissues
examined. Expression of CrLFY2 was also prominent in tissues, including shoot tips and circinate reproductive leaves. These patterns of expression are dissimilar
to that of any Ceratopteris MADS-box gene previously reported, suggesting that the induction of MADS-box genes by FLO/LFY is not established at the stage of ferns.
Received: 4 January 2001 / Accepted: 28 February 2001 相似文献
16.
We have sequenced the cytochrome b gene of Horsfield's tarsier, Tarsius bancanus, to complete a data set of sequences for this gene from representatives of each primate infraorder. These primate cytochrome
b sequences were combined with those from representatives of three other mammalian orders (cat, whale, and rat) in an analysis
of relative evolutionary rates. The nonsynonymous nucleotide substitution rate of the cytochrome b gene has increased approximately twofold along lineages leading to simian primates compared to that of the tarsier and other
primate and nonprimate mammalian species. However, the rate of transversional substitutions at fourfold degenerate sites has
remained uniform among all lineages. This increase in the evolutionary rate of cytochrome b is similar in character and magnitude to that described previously for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II gene. We propose that the evolutionary rate increase observed for cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase subunit II may underlie an episode of coadaptive evolution of these two proteins in the mitochondria of simian primates.
Received: 15 December 1997 / Accepted: 24 February 1998 相似文献
17.
HTLV-I causes T-cell leukemia and tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in a minority of infected people, whereas the majority
remain healthy. The virus differs little in sequence between isolates but has been shown to have a quasispecies structure.
Using the Nei and Gojobori algorithm, we have shown that the proportion of nonsynonymous to synonymous changes in HTLV-I proviral
tax gene sequences from healthy seropositive subjects (Dn/Ds= 0.9 to 1.3) is significantly higher than those from TSP patients (Dn/Ds= 0.3 to 0.6). Here we show that the distinction between healthy seropositives and TSP patients can only be seen with proviral
tax sequences, but not with cDNA, the amino-terminal or carboxy-terminal half of tax, or the rex gene. The Dn/Ds ratio of proviral tax sequences was used to analyze two TSP patients with atypical features and to investigate the influence
of cytotoxic T cells (CTL) on the viral quasispecies.
Received: 18 January 1995 / Accepted: 7 November 1995 相似文献
18.
Vegetative cells of the filamentous ascomycete Neurospora tetrasperma are typically heterokaryotic, possessing haploid nuclei of both A and a mating types. As a consequence, N. tetrasperma is self-fertile. This life cycle, referred to as pseudohomothallism, clearly derives from true heterothallism of the type
exhibited by related species such as N. crassa. Occasional homokaryotic, single-mating-type (heterothallic) isolates occur; in the laboratory, such strains can be outcrossed.
The potential for outcrossing in N. tetrasperma raises the question of how this organism avoids heterokaryon incompatibility. Heterokaryon incompatability in vegetatively
growing fungi is controlled by multiple loci. Two strains must be identical at each het locus (11 in N. crassa) to form a stable heterokaryon. Prior to the present survey, it seemed plausible that N. tetrasperma avoids heterokaryon incompatibility by maintaining compatible allele combinations through continual selfing. A survey of
het-c variation among wild-type isolates in this study demonstrated that N. tetrasperma outcrosses in nature and that such matings can result in incompatible combinations of het-c alleles. Whereas individual wild-type isolates are invariably homoallelic for het-c, closely related strains may possess functionally different het-c alleles, which predate the origin of N. tetrasperma. Therefore, pseudohomothallic ascomycetes such as N. tetrasperma face an apparent evolutionary dilemma: the benefits of outcrossing must be balanced against the fact that matings can produce
unstable heterokaryons and disrupt the pseudohomothallic life cycle.
Received: 22 October 1999 / Accepted: 7 September 2000 相似文献
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20.
Bouzat JL McNeil LK Robertson HM Solter LF Nixon JE Beever JE Gaskins HR Olsen G Subramaniam S Sogin ML Lewin HA 《Journal of molecular evolution》2000,51(6):532-543
We employed a phylogenomic approach to study the evolution of α subunits of the proteasome gene family from early diverging
eukaryotes. BLAST similarity searches of the Giardia lamblia genome identified all seven α proteasome genes characteristic of eukaryotes from the crown group. In addition, a PCR strategy
for the amplification of multiple α subunit sequences generated single α proteasome products for representatives of the Kinetoplastida
(Leishmania major), the Parabasalia (Trichomonas vaginalis), and the Microsporidia (Vairimorpha sp., Nosema sp., Endoreticulata sp., and Spraguea lophii). The kinetoplastid Trypanosoma cruzi and the eukaryote crown group Acanthamoeba castellanii yielded two distinct α proteasome genes each. The presence of seven distinct α proteasome genes in G. lamblia, one of the earliest-diverging eukaryotes, indicates that the α proteasome gene family evolved rapidly from a minimum of one
gene in Archaea to seven or more in Eukarya. Results from the phylogenomic analysis are consistent with the idea that the
Diplomonida (as represented by G. lamblia), the Kinetoplastida, the Parabasalia, and the Microsporidia diverged after the duplication events that originated the α
proteasome gene family. A model for the early origin and evolution of the proteasome gene family is presented.
Received: 14 February 2000 / Accepted: 14 August 2000 相似文献