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Otsuka J. A theoretical approach to the large-scale evolution of multicellularity and cell differentiation. J Theor Biol 2008; 255:129-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Thümmler F, Algarra P, Fobo GM. Sequence similarities of phytochrome to protein kinases: implication for the structure, function and evolution of the phytochrome gene family. FEBS Lett 1995; 357:149-55. [PMID: 7805882 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)01327-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phytochrome, the best characterised plant photoreceptor, is encoded by a small multigene family within the plant kingdom. The different phytochrome types are composed of a conserved light-sensing chromophore domain of about 80 kDa and a less-conserved C-terminal domain of about 50 kDa. The C-terminus of phytochrome of the moss Ceratodon purpureus is homologous to the catalytic domain of eukaryotic serine/threonine or tyrosine protein kinases; in contrast, for all other phytochromes (conventional phytochromes) sequence similarities within the C-terminal domain to the catalytic domain of bacterial histidine kinases have been reported. We performed careful sequence comparisons of the putative catalytic domains of phytochrome with each other, with authentic serine/threonine, tyrosine and with histidine kinases. We report that conventional phytochromes exhibit structural elements of the catalytic domains of both histidine and, to a lesser extent, of serine/threonine and tyrosine kinases. The significance of these observations is discussed in the framework of the structure, function and evolution of phytochrome.
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- F Thümmler
- Botanisches Institut, Universität München, Germany
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Kostrzewa M, Zetsche K. Organization of plastid-encoded ATPase genes and flanking regions including homologues of infB and tsf in the thermophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 23:67-76. [PMID: 8219057 DOI: 10.1007/bf00021420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have cloned and sequenced the plastid ATPase operons (atp1 and atp2) and flanking regions from the unicellular red alga Galdieria sulphuraria (Cyanidium caldarium). Six genes (5 atpI, H, G, F, D and A 3) are linked in atp1 encoding ATPase subunits a, c, b, b, delta and alpha, respectively. The atpF gene does not contain an intron and overlaps atpD by 1 bp. As in the genome of chloroplasts from land plants, the cluster is located downstream of rps2, but between this gene and atp1 we found the gene for the prokaryotic translation elongation factor TS. Downstream of atpA, we detected two open reading frames, one encoding a putative transport protein. The genes atpB and atpE, encoding ATPase subunits beta and epsilon, respectively, are linked in atp2, separated by a 2 bp spacer. Upstream of atpB, an uninterrupted orf167 was detected which is homologous to an intron-containing open reading frame in land plant chloroplasts. This orf167 is preceded on the opposite DNA strand by a homologue to initiation factor 2 in prokaryotes. The arrangement of atp1 and atp2 is the same as observed in the multicellular red alga Antithamnion sp., indicating a conserved genome arrangement in the red algal plastid genome. Differences compared to green chloroplast genomes suggest a large phylogenetic distance between red algae and green plants, while similarities in arrangement and sequence to chromophytic ATPase operons support a red algal origin of chlorophyll a/c-containing plastids or alternatively point to a common prokaryotic endosymbiont.
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- M Kostrzewa
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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Kostrzewa M, Zetsche K. Large ATP synthase operon of the red alga Antithamnion sp. resembles the corresponding operon in cyanobacteria. J Mol Biol 1992; 227:961-70. [PMID: 1404401 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(92)90238-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The large plastid ATP synthase operon of the multicellular red alga Antithamnion sp. was cloned and the sequence of six ATPase genes determined. The operon resembles more the one from cyanobacteria than the ATP synthase operon of the chloroplast genome. The gene order is atpI, H, G, F, D and A, coding for the ATPase subunits a, c, b', b, delta and alpha, respectively. In green plants, the genes atpG and atpD are located in the nucleus. Unlike the situation in three published cyanobacterial ATP synthase operons, atpC, coding for the gamma subunit, is not a part of the rhodoplast operon. A single 4.5 kb transcript was detected with atpG, F, D and A gene probes that could span the whole operon, but no transcript could be detected with atpI and atpH probes. The end of an open reading frame preceding the atp genes shows remarkable homology to elongation factor TS from Escherichia coli. Behind the ATPase cluster, two open reading frames were detected that are not homologous to any known chloroplast gene. One of them may code for a transport protein of unknown specificity. Gene arrangement and sequence comparisons support the hypothesis of a polyphyletic origin of rhodoplasts and chloroplasts.
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- M Kostrzewa
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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Lockhart PJ, Beanland TJ, Howe CJ, Larkum AW. Sequence of Prochloron didemni atpBE and the inference of chloroplast origins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:2742-6. [PMID: 1532658 PMCID: PMC48738 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.7.2742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The prochlorophytes, oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes containing chlorophylls a and b, have been put forward as descended from the organisms that gave rise to chloroplasts of green plants and algae by endosymbiosis, although this has always been controversial. To assess the phylogenetic position of the prochlorophyte Prochloron didemni, we have cloned and sequenced its atpBE genes. Phylogenetic inference under a range of models gives moderate to strong support for a cyanobacterial grouping rather than a chloroplast one. Possible systematic errors in this and previous analyses of prochlorophyte sequences are discussed.
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- P J Lockhart
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Somerville CC, Jouannic S, Loiseaux-de Goër S. Sequence, proposed secondary structure, and phylogenetic analysis of the chloroplast 5S rRNA gene of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm. J Mol Evol 1992; 34:246-53. [PMID: 1588597 DOI: 10.1007/bf00162973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The chloroplast 5S rRNA gene of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm has been cloned and sequenced. The gene is located 23 bp downstream from the 3' end of the 23S rRNA gene. The sequence of the gene is as follows: GGTCTTG GTGTTTAAAGGATAGTGGAACCACATTGAT CCATATCGAACTCAATGGTGAAACATTATT ACAGTAACAATACTTAAGGAGGAGTCCTTTGGGAAGATAGCTTATGCCTAAGAC. A secondary structure model is proposed, and compared to those for the chloroplast 5S rRNAs of spinach and the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis. Cladograms based on chloroplast and bacterial 5S rRNA and rRNA gene sequences were constructed using the MacClade program with a user-defined character transformation in which transitions and transversions were assigned unequal step values. The topology of the resulting cladogram indicates a polyphyletic origin for photosynthetic organelles.
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- C C Somerville
- Centre d'Etudes Oceanologiques et de Biologie Marine, CNRS-UPR4601, Roscoff, France
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Douglas SE, Turner S. Molecular evidence for the origin of plastids from a cyanobacterium-like ancestor. J Mol Evol 1991; 33:267-73. [PMID: 1757997 DOI: 10.1007/bf02100678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The origin of plastids by either a single or multiple endosymbiotic event(s) and the nature of the progenitor(s) of plastids have been the subjects of much controversy. The sequence of the small subunit rRNA (Ssu rRNA) from the plastid of the chlorophyll c-containing alga Cryptomonas phi is presented, allowing for the first time a comparison of this molecule from all of the major land plant and algal lineages. Using a distance matrix method, the phylogenetic relationships among representatives of these lineages have been inferred and the results indicate a common origin of plastids from a cyanobacterium-like ancestor. Within the plastid line of descent, there is a deep dichotomy between the chlorophyte/land plant lineage and the rhodophyte/chromophyte lineage, with the cyanelle of Cyanophora paradoxa forming the deepest branch in the latter group. Interestingly, Euglena gracilis and its colorless relative Astasia longa are more related to the chromophytes than to the chlorophytes, raising once again the question of the origin of the euglenoid plastids.
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- S E Douglas
- Institute of Marine Biosciences, National Research Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Winhauer T, Jäger S, Valentin K, Zetsche K. Structural similarities between psbA genes from red and brown algae. Curr Genet 1991; 20:177-80. [PMID: 1934114 DOI: 10.1007/bf00312783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The single copy psbA genes from the multicellular red alga Antithamnion spec. and the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus have been cloned and sequenced and monocistronic transcripts have been detected. Both genes contain an insertion of 21 bp at the 3' end which was also found in cyanobacteria and which is absent in chloroplasts and the chlorophyll b-containing prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix hollandica. These findings are in agreement with the hypothesis of a polyphyletic origin of plastids. Plastids of red and brown algae appear to be closely related.
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- T Winhauer
- Justus Liebig Universität, Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Kostrzewa M, Valentin K, Maid U, Radetzky R, Zetsche K. Structure of the rubisco operon from the multicellular red alga Antithamnion spec. Curr Genet 1990; 18:465-9. [PMID: 2078870 DOI: 10.1007/bf00309918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In the multicellular red alga Antithamnion spec. both rubisco genes (rbcL and rbcS) are encoded on the plastid DNA (ptDNA). Both genes are separated by a short A/T-rich spacer of 100 bp and are cotranscribed into an mRNA of approximately 2.7 kb. These findings are in extensive agreement with those obtained from two unicellular red algae (Porphyridium aerugineum and Cyanidium caldarium). The large subunit (LSU) of rubisco shows an amino acid homology of 82-87% with the LSUs from the two unicellular red algae and only about 55% to LSUs from green algae, higher plants and two cyanobacteria. The small subunit (SSU) of rubisco is more similar to those from the unicellular red algae and two algae which are members of the Chromophyta (about 60% homology) than to cyanobacterial and higher plant proteins (27-36% homology). These data indicate that rhodoplasts originated independently from the chloroplast line. The plastids of chromophytes and rhodophytes appear to be closely related.
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- M Kostrzewa
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Van de Peer Y, Neefs JM, De Wachter R. Small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences, evolutionary relationships among different life forms, and mitochondrial origins. J Mol Evol 1990; 30:463-76. [PMID: 2111858 DOI: 10.1007/bf02101118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A tree was constructed from a structurally conserved area in an alignment of 83 small ribosomal subunit sequences of eukaryotic, archaebacterial, eubacterial, plastidial, and mitochondrial origin. The algorithm involved computation and optimization of a dissimilarity matrix. According to the tree, only plant mitochondria belong to the eubacterial primary kingdom, whereas animal, fungal, algal, and ciliate mitochondria branch off from an internal node situated between the tree primary kingdoms. This result is at variance with a parsimony tree of similar size published by Cedergren et al. (J Mol Evol 28:98-112, 1988), which postulates the mitochondria to be monophyletic and to belong to the eubacterial primary kingdom. The discrepancy does not follow from the use of conflicting sequence alignments, hence it must be due to the use of different treeing algorithms. We tested our algorithm on a set of sequences resulting from a simulated evolution and found it capable of faithfully reconstructing a branching topology that involved very unequal evolutionary rates. The use of more limited or more extended areas of the complete sequence alignment, comprising only very conserved or also more variable portions of the small ribosomal subunit structure, does have some influence on the tree topology. In all cases, however, the nonplant mitochondria seem to branch off before the emergence of eubacteria, and the differences are limited to the branching pattern among different types of mitochondria.
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- Y Van de Peer
- Departement Biochemie, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
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Evrard JL, Kuntz M, Weil JH. The nucleotide sequence of five ribosomal protein genes from the cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa: implications concerning the phylogenetic relationship between cyanelles and chloroplasts. J Mol Evol 1990; 30:16-25. [PMID: 2107321 DOI: 10.1007/bf02102449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The nucleotide sequences of the ribosomal protein genes rps18, rps19, rpl2, rpl33, and partial sequence of rpl22 from cyanelles, the photosynthetic organelles of the protist Cyanophora paradoxa, have been determined. These genes form two clusters oriented in opposite and divergent directions. One cluster contains the rpl33 and rps18 genes; the other contains the rpl2, rps19, and rpl22 genes, in that order. Phylogenetic trees were constructed from both the DNA sequences and the deduced protein sequences of cyanelles, Euglena gracilis and land plant chloroplasts, and Escherichia coli, using parsimony or maximum likelihood methods. In addition, a phylogenetic tree was built from a distance matrix comparing the number of nucleotide substitutions per site. The phylogeny inferred from all these methods suggests that cyanelles fall within the chloroplast line of evolution and that the evolutionary distances between cyanelles and land plant chloroplasts are shorter than between E. gracilis chloroplasts and land plant chloroplasts.
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- J L Evrard
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du C.N.R.S., Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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