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Zhang W, Zhang Y, Shi X, Wang S, Bao Y. Hemoglobin wonders: a fascinating gas transporter dive into molluscs. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 58:132-157. [PMID: 38189101 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2023.2299381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Hemoglobin (Hb) has been identified in at least 14 molluscan taxa so far. Research spanning over 130 years on molluscan Hbs focuses on their genes, protein structures, functions, and evolution. Molluscan Hbs are categorized into single-, two-, and multiple-domain chains, including red blood cell, gill, and extracellular Hbs, based on the number of globin domains and their respective locations. These Hbs exhibit variation in assembly, ranging from monomeric and dimeric to higher-order multimeric forms. Typically, molluscan Hbs display moderately high oxygen affinity, weak cooperativity, and varying pH sensitivity. Hb's potential role in antimicrobial pathways could augment the immune defense of bivalves, which may be a complement to their lack of adaptive immunity. The role of Hb as a respiratory protein in bivalves likely originated from the substitution of hemocyanin. Molluscan Hbs demonstrate adaptive evolution in response to environmental changes via various strategies (e.g. increasing Hb types, multimerization, and amino acid residue substitutions at key sites), enhancing or altering functional properties for habitat adaptation. Concurrently, an increase in Hb assembly diversity, coupled with a downward trend in oxygen affinity, is observed during molluscan differentiation and evolution. Hb in Protobranchia, Heteroconchia, and Pteriomorphia bivalves originated from separate ancestors, with Protobranchia inheriting a relative ancient molluscan Hb gene. In bivalves, extracellular Hbs share a common origin, while gill Hbs likely emerged from convergent evolution. In summary, research on molluscan Hbs offers valuable insights into the origins, biological variations, and adaptive evolution of animal Hbs.
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- Weifeng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Sars-Fang Centre & MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China and National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (LMBB & LMFSFPP), Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Germplasm Resource of Zhejiang, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
- Ninghai Institute of Mariculture Breeding and Seed Industry, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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Williams GC, Koehn RK, Mitton JB. GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION WITHOUT ISOLATION IN THE AMERICAN EEL,
ANGUILLA ROSTRATA. Evolution 2017; 27:192-204. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1973.tb00665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/1972] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- George C. Williams
- Marine Sciences Research Center State University of New York Stony Brook New York 11790
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York Stony Brook New York 11790
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York Stony Brook New York 11790
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Johnson MS, Black R. PATTERN BENEATH THE CHAOS: THE EFFECT OF RECRUITMENT ON GENETIC PATCHINESS IN AN INTERTIDAL LIMPET. Evolution 2017; 38:1371-1383. [PMID: 28563786 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1984.tb05658.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/1983] [Accepted: 05/08/1984] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Michael S. Johnson
- Department of Zoology; University of Western Australia; Nedlands 6009 Western Australia
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- Department of Zoology; University of Western Australia; Nedlands 6009 Western Australia
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Koehn RK, Milkman R, Mitton JB. POPULATION GENETICS OF MARINE PELECYPODS. IV. SELECTION, MIGRATION AND GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN THE BLUE MUSSEL
MYTILUS EDULIS. Evolution 2017; 30:2-32. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1976.tb00878.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/1975] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bert TM, Harrison RG. HYBRIDIZATION IN WESTERN ATLANTIC STONE CRABS (GENUS
MENIPPE
): EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT INFLUENCE SPECIES INTERACTIONS. Evolution 2017; 42:528-544. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04158.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/1986] [Accepted: 10/19/1987] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Theresa M. Bert
- Department of Biology, Osborn Memorial Laboratory Yale University New Haven CT 06511
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- Department of Biology, Osborn Memorial Laboratory Yale University New Haven CT 06511
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Prentis PJ, Pavasovic A. The Anadara trapezia transcriptome: a resource for molluscan physiological genomics. Mar Genomics 2014; 18 Pt B:113-5. [PMID: 25151889 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this study we undertook deep sequencing of the blood cockle, Anadara trapezia, transcriptome to generate genomic resources for future functional genomics analyses. Over 27 million high quality paired end reads were assembled into 75024 contigs. Of these contigs, 29013 (38.7%) received significant BLASTx hits and gene ontology (GO) terms were assigned to 13718 of these sequences. This resource will facilitate physiological genomic studies to test the gene expression response of A. trapezia to various environmental stresses.
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- Peter J Prentis
- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia; Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.
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Hemoglobin (Hb) occurs in all the kingdoms of living organisms. Its distribution is episodic among the nonvertebrate groups in contrast to vertebrates. Nonvertebrate Hbs range from single-chain globins found in bacteria, algae, protozoa, and plants to large, multisubunit, multidomain Hbs found in nematodes, molluscs and crustaceans, and the giant annelid and vestimentiferan Hbs comprised of globin and nonglobin subunits. Chimeric hemoglobins have been found recently in bacteria and fungi. Hb occurs intracellularly in specific tissues and in circulating red blood cells (RBCs) and freely dissolved in various body fluids. In addition to transporting and storing O(2) and facilitating its diffusion, several novel Hb functions have emerged, including control of nitric oxide (NO) levels in microorganisms, use of NO to control the level of O(2) in nematodes, binding and transport of sulfide in endosymbiont-harboring species and protection against sulfide, scavenging of O(2 )in symbiotic leguminous plants, O(2 )sensing in bacteria and archaebacteria, and dehaloperoxidase activity useful in detoxification of chlorinated materials. This review focuses on the extensive variation in the functional properties of nonvertebrate Hbs, their O(2 )binding affinities, their homotropic interactions (cooperativity), and the sensitivities of these parameters to temperature and heterotropic effectors such as protons and cations. Whenever possible, it attempts to relate the ligand binding properties to the known molecular structures. The divergent and convergent evolutionary trends evident in the structures and functions of nonvertebrate Hbs appear to be adaptive in extending the inhabitable environment available to Hb-containing organisms.
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- R E Weber
- Danish Centre for Respiratory Adaptation, Department of Zoophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Vinogradov SN, Walz DA, Pohajdak B, Moens L, Kapp OH, Suzuki T, Trotman CN. Adventitious variability? The amino acid sequences of nonvertebrate globins. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 106:1-26. [PMID: 8403841 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90002-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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1. The more than 140 amino acid sequences of non-vertebrate hemoglobins (Hbs) and myoglobins (Mbs) that are known at present, can be divided into several distinct groups: (1) single-chain globins, containing one heme-binding domain; (2) truncated, single-chain, one-domain globins; (3) chimeric, one-domain globins; (4) chimeric, two-domain globins; and (5) chimeric multi-domain globins. 2. The crystal structures of eight nonvertebrate Hbs and Mbs are known, all of them monomeric, one-domain globin chains. Although these molecules represent plants, prokaryotes and several metazoan groups, and although the inter-subunit interactions in the dimeric and tetrameric molecules differ from the ones observed in vertebrate Hbs, the secondary structures of all seven one-domain globins retain the characteristic vertebrate "myoglobin fold". No crystal structures of globins representing the other four groups have been determined. 3. Furthermore, a number of the one-, two- and multi-domain globin chains participate in a broad variety of quaternary structures, ranging from homo- and heterodimers to highly complex, multisubunit aggregates with M(r) > 3000 kDa (S. N. Vinogradov, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 82B, 1-15, 1985). 4. (1) The single-chain, single-domain globins are comparable in size to the vertebrate globins and exhibit the widest distribution. (A) Intracellular Hbs include: (i) the monomeric and polymeric Hbs of the polychaete Glycera; (ii) the tetrameric Hb of the echiuran Urechis; (iii) the dimeric Hbs of echinoderms such as Paracaudina and Caudina; and (iv) the dimeric and tetrameric Hbs of molluscs, the bivalves Scapharca, Anadara, Barbatia and Calyptogena. (B) Extracellular Hbs include: (i) the multiple monomeric and dimeric Hbs of the larva of the insect Chironomus; (ii) the Hbs of nematodes such as Trichostrongylus and Caenorhabditis; (iii) the globin chains forming tetramers and dodecamers and comprising approximately 2/3 of the giant (approximately 3600 kDa), hexagonal bilayer (HBL) Hbs of annelids, e.g. the oligochaete Lumbricus and the polychaete Tylorrhynchus and of the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia; and (iv) the globin chains comprising the ca 400 kDa Hbs of Lamellibrachia and the pogonophoran Oligobrachia. (C) Cytoplasmic Hbs include: (i) the Mbs of molluscs, the gastropods Aplysia, Bursatella, Cerithedea, Nassa and Dolabella and the chiton Liolophura; (ii) the three Hb of the symbiont-harboring bivalve Lucina; (iii) the dimeric Hb of the bacterium Vitreoscilla; and (iv) plant Hbs, including the Hbs of symbiont-containing legumes (Lgbs), the Hbs of symbiont-containing non-leguminous plants and the Hbs in the roots of symbiont-free plants.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- S N Vinogradov
- Department of Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Mangum CP, Cockey EM. A structural and functional polymorphism in the hemoglobin O2 transport system of the blood clamNoetia ponderosa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402660412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Titchen DA, Glenn WK, Nassif N, Thompson AR, Thompson EO. A minor globin gene of the bivalve mollusc Anadara trapezia. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1089:61-7. [PMID: 2025649 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(91)90085-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A minor haemoglobin gene was isolated from an Anadara trapezia genomic library using a synthetic oligonucleotide probe based on the identical amino acid sequence of the F-helical region of all the major Anadara globins previously sequenced. The amino acid sequence inferred from the coding region of the gene indicated that it is different from that of the three major chains alpha, beta and gamma, but most like the beta-chain. This beta-variant sequence shows 100% homology in the conserved F-helix region. The minor gene was found to contain two long intervening sequences, 1214 bp and 1435 bp, longer than those present in the genes for vertebrate globins or leghaemoglobins but shorter than those in myoglobin genes.
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- D A Titchen
- School of Biochemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
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Djangham J, Gabbott P, Wood E. Physico-chemical characteristics and oxygen-binding properties of the multiple haemoglobins of the West African blood clam Anadara senilis (L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(78)90095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Six bivalve mollusk species were sampled for genetic variability at two enzyme synthesizing loci. The effective number of alleles and absolute number of alleles decreased with depth of burial within the sediment, intertidally, and with depth of water, subtidally. It is proposed that environmental variability regulates genetic variability at these two loci.
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Collett LC, O'Gower AK. Molluscan hemoglobins with unusual temperature-dependent characteristics. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1972; 41:843-50. [PMID: 4402089 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(72)90346-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Johnson MS. Aadaptive lactate dehydrogenase variation in the crested blenny, Anoplarchus. Heredity (Edinb) 1971. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1971.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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