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G Kuan1, M H Saier

  • 1Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116.

Research in Microbiology
|May 1, 1994
PubMed
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Archaea

Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • Retinal-containing proteins in archaea form a single homologous family.
  • This family is functionally divided into proton-transporting bacteriorhodopsins, chloride-transporting halorhodopsins, and sensory rhodopsins.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the evolutionary relationships and sequence conservation within the archaeal retinal-containing protein family.
  • To investigate the proposed origin of these proteins via tandem intragenic duplication.

Main Methods:

  • Statistical and phylogenetic analyses of protein sequences.
  • Multiple sequence alignment.
  • Average hydropathy and similarity plots.

Main Results:

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  • Sequence conservation generally correlates with functional significance.
  • Little evidence supports the hypothesis of tandem intragenic duplication.
  • The bacterial rhodopsin family likely evolved from a common ancestor without intragenic rearrangements.

Conclusions:

  • Archaea's retinal-containing proteins share a common evolutionary path.
  • Sequence analysis supports functional correlations and refutes duplication origin theories.