关于"Ser-Thr激酶中的异质激活的古代起源"的评论
Yeonwoo Park1, Jaeda E J Patton1, Georg K A Hochberg2
1Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
概括
光激酶通过历史序列替代进化了光调节. 然而,这项研究揭示了之前的发现是基于有缺陷的进化树和有限的数据,这表明在某些真菌中失去了异质性,而不是获得了.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学
- 生物化学
- 基因组学
背景情况:
- 极光激酶是细胞分裂的关键调节剂.
- 之前的研究表明,在早期的真核生物进化过程中,光激酶进化了性调节.
- 祖先序列重建是一种推断祖先蛋白序列的方法.
研究的目的:
- 重新评估光激酶中的异质调节的进化史.
- 识别以前的祖先序列重建方法中的潜在不准确性.
- 要确定在进化过程中是否获得或失去全性调节.
主要方法:
- 使用更新的进化树进行了家族遗传分析.
- 具有扩展序列采样的比较基因组学.
- 进行祖先序列重建.
主要成果:
- 哈迪帕西克等人使用的族系学. 这种说法被认为是不可信的.
- 稀少的序列采样导致了不准确的祖先重建.
- 重新分析表明,在真菌亚群中,全调节可能会丧失,而不是在真核生物中获得.
结论:
- 在Aurora激酶中的全调节的演变需要重新评估.
- 不准确的遗传学和采样方法可能导致错误的进化推断.
- 在 Aurora 基因酶中的全调节可能代表某些真菌系的损失,而不是早期真核生物的收益.
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