[Hormonal signal system of the lower eukaryotes]

The literary and the authors' own data on the structural and functional organization of hormonal signaling systems in the lower eukaryotes (yeasts, trypanosomes, ciliates, slide mold Dictyostelium discoideum) have been summarized and analysed. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the primary structures of signal proteins in the lower and higher eukaryotes (G-protein alpha-subunits, enzymes-cyclases-adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases) some possible pathways of the evolution of proteins are suggested. At the level of unicellular organisms, the main blocks of hormone-sensitive signaling systems of the higher eukaryotes were created. Moreover, signaling systems of the lower eukaryotes ar more invariant than these of the higher eukaryotes. It may be associated with the fact that of functional blocks, typical for signaling systems of multicellular animals, fungi and plants, were selected from the numerous variants of signaling system blocks of unicellular organisms.