Biased Usages of Arginines and Lysines in Proteins Are Correlated with Local-Scale Fluctuations of the G + C Content of DNA Sequences |
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Authors: | Manami Nishizawa Kazuhisa Nishizawa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Second Internal Medicine, Teikyo University, Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173, Japan, JP;(2) Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Amino acid residues arginine (R) and lysine (K) have similar physicochemical characteristics and are often mutually substituted during evolution without affecting protein function. Statistical examinations on human proteins show that more R than K residues are used in the proximity of R residues, whereas more K than R are used near K residues. This biased use occurs on both a global and a local scale (shorter than ∼100 residues). Even within a given exon, G + C-rich and A + T-rich short DNA segments preferentially encode R and K, respectively. The biased use of R and K on a local scale is also seen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabdidtis elegans, which lack global-scale mosaic structures with varying GC%, or isochores. Besides R and K, several amino acids are also used with a positive or negative correlation with the local GC% of third codon bases. The local-, or ``within-gene'-, scale heterogeneity of the DNA sequence may influence the sequence of the encoded protein segment. Received: 2 March 1998 / Accepted: 23 April 1998 |
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Keywords: | : Codon usage — Eukaryotes — Prokaryotes — Amino acids — Nonuniformity |
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