在蛋白质进化过程中,氨基酸的增加和损失是一个普遍的趋势
I King Jordan1, Fyodor A Kondrashov, Ivan A Adzhubei
1National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA.
Nature
|January 22, 2005
概括
蛋白质进化表明,在整个生命中,氨基酸的变化是一致的. 半氨酸,氨酸,氨酸,氨酸,氨酸和氨酸的频率正在增加,而氨酸,氨酸,谷氨酸和甘氨酸的频率正在下降.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 分子进化的分子进化.
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 蛋白质氨基酸的成分在不同物种之间有很大差异,并且随着时间的推移而演变.
- 生物体的基因组组成 (例如,高氨酸-氨酸或氨酸-氨酸含量) 影响其蛋白质中的氨基酸频率.
- 之前还没有发现持续的氨基酸频率变化的普遍模式.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同种类中正在进行的氨基酸替代的普遍趋势.
- 为了确定目前人类蛋白质中是否发生氨基酸频率变化.
- 为了将观察到的氨基酸频率趋势与氨基酸在遗传密码中的历史招募相关联.
主要方法:
- 来自15种不同类型 (细菌,古生物,真核生物) 的正体蛋白质的比较分析.
- 利用了植物遗传学方法来两极分化氨基酸替代,推断进化方向.
- 在人类基因组中分析了非同义的单核酸多态,以评估当前的氨基酸趋势.
主要成果:
- 在研究的15种种类中,在14种种类中观察到氨基酸积累和损失的一致模式.
- 半氨酸,氨酸,氨酸,氨酸和氨酸显示频率增加.
- 林,氨酸,谷氨酸和糖氨酸的频率一直在下降.
- 人类蛋白质的进化反映了这些广泛的趋势,同样的九种氨基酸显示增加或减少.
- 氨基酸频率的增加与遗传密码的晚期招募相关,而频率的下降与早期纳入相关.
结论:
- 氨基酸频率膨胀和收缩的普遍进化趋势正在所有生命领域进行中.
- 最初代表性不足的氨基酸的扩张始于34亿年前,直到今天还在继续.
- 观察到的模式提供了关于遗传密码和蛋白质进化的动态性质的见解.
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