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细胞CD-NTase,STING和viperin蛋白质通过域混合,水平转移和远古遗传从原核生物进化
Edward M Culbertson1, Tera C Levin1
1University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
PLoS biology
|December 8, 2023
概括
细胞天生的免疫力是通过古老的蛋白质和细菌的水平基因转移进化而来的. 这一动态过程涉及重复使用蛋白质域和获得细菌抗病毒基因,塑造各种免疫系统.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 动物利用天生的免疫蛋白来对抗病毒感染.
- 哺乳动物的抗病毒蛋白与细菌抗菌蛋白具有同质性,这表明整个生命都保持了免疫力.
- 动物和细菌免疫蛋白之间的进化联系往往被进化距离所掩盖.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究三种先天免疫蛋白家族 (CD-NTases,STINGs,viperins) 在真核生物中的进化关系.
- 澄清这些免疫蛋白的起源和进化轨迹,包括水平基因转移 (HGT) 的实例.
主要方法:
- 在真核生物中对蛋白质多样性的深度采样.
- 遗传学分析,以追踪CD-NTases,STINGs和viperins的进化历史.
- 蛋白质域结构和进化模式的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 维培林和OAS家族CD-NTases是古老的,存在于早期的真核生物中.
- 至少有四个独立的细菌水平基因转移事件将免疫蛋白引入了真核生物.
- 两个HGT事件将细菌毒蛇引入藻类;另外两个事件形成了独特的真核CD-NTase超级家族 (含cGAS的cGLR和eSMODS).
- cGAS和STING蛋白质表现出不同的进化历史,其中STING域显示了细菌和真核生物的融合进化.
结论:
- 细胞天生的免疫是高度动态的,建立在古老的剧目上,并通过HGT.通过细菌基因增强.
- 蛋白质域的重用和细菌抗菌基因的获取是塑造真核生物抗病毒防御的关键机制.
- 这项研究揭示了真核生物和细菌免疫系统之间的复杂进化相互作用.
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