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Horizontal Transfer of Archaeal Genes into the Deinococcaceae: Detection by Molecular and Computer-Based Approaches (2000)

Olendzenski, Lorraine ; Liurid="*", Lei ; Zhaxybayeva, Olga ; [et al.]

Springer

Journal of molecular evolution 51 (2000), S. 587-599

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ISSN: 1432-1432

Keywords: Key words: Horizontal gene transfer — BLAST comparison — Genomes —Deinococcus—Thermus—Meiothermus— A/V-ATPase — Prolyl-tRNA synthetase — Biotin carboxylase — Enolase — Bioinformatics

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Biology

Notes: Abstract. Members of the Deinococcaceae (e.g., Thermus, Meiothermus, Deinococcus) contain A/V-ATPases typically found in Archaea or Eukaryotes which were probably acquired by horizontal gene transfer. Two methods were used to quantify the extent to which archaeal or eukaryotic genes have been acquired by this lineage. Screening of a Meiothermus ruber library with probes made against Thermoplasma acidophilum DNA yielded a number of clones which hybridized more strongly than background. One of these contained the prolyl tRNA synthetase (RS) gene. Phylogenetic analysis shows the M. ruber and D. radiodurans prolyl RS to be more closely related to archaeal and eukaryal forms of this gene than to the typical bacterial type. Using a bioinformatics approach, putative open reading frames (ORFs) from the prerelease version of the D. radiodurans genome were screened for genes more closely related to archaeal or eukaryotic genes. Putative ORFs were searched against representative genomes from each of the three domains using automated BLAST. ORFs showing the highest matches against archaeal and eukaryotic genes were collected and ranked. Among the top-ranked hits were the A/V-ATPase catalytic and noncatalytic subunits and the prolyl RS genes. Using phylogenetic methods, ORFs were analyzed and trees assessed for evidence of horizontal gene transfer. Of the 45 genes examined, 20 showed topologies in which D. radiodurans homologues clearly group with eukaryotic or archaeal homologues, and 17 additional trees were found to show probable evidence of horizontal gene transfer. Compared to the total number of ORFs in the genome, those that can be identified as having been acquired from Archaea or Eukaryotes are relatively few (approximately 1%), suggesting that interdomain transfer is rare.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002390010122

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MAPKK-independent activation of p38alpha mediated by TAB1-dependent autophosphorylation of p38alpha (2002)

B. Ge ; H. Gram ; F. Di Padova ; [et al.]

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

In: Science. 295(5558): 1291-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1067289.

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Publication Date: 2002-02-16

Description: Phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) on specific tyrosine and threonine sites by MAP kinase kinases (MAPKKs) is thought to be the sole activation mechanism. Here, we report an unexpected activation mechanism for p38alpha MAPK that does not involve the prototypic kinase cascade. Rather it depends on interaction of p38alpha with TAB1 [transforming growth factor-beta-activated protein kinase 1 (TAK1)-binding protein 1] leading to autophosphorylation and activation of p38alpha. We detected formation of a TRAF6-TAB1-p38alpha complex and showed stimulus-specific TAB1-dependent and TAB1-independent p38alpha activation. These findings suggest that alternative activation pathways contribute to the biological responses of p38alpha to various stimuli.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ge, Baoxue -- Gram, Hermann -- Di Padova, Franco -- Huang, Betty -- New, Liguo -- Ulevitch, Richard J -- Luo, Ying -- Han, Jiahuai -- AI41637/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- HL07195/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Feb 15;295(5558):1291-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11847341" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉

Keywords: *Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Binding Sites ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Cell Line ; *Drosophila Proteins ; Enzyme Activation ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Humans ; Imidazoles/pharmacology ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; MAP Kinase Kinase 6 ; *MAP Kinase Signaling System ; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14 ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & ; inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Mutation ; Peptide Mapping ; Peroxynitrous Acid/pharmacology ; Phosphorylation ; Proteins/metabolism ; Pyridines/pharmacology ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 ; Toll-Like Receptors ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology ; Two-Hybrid System Techniques ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

Print ISSN: 0036-8075

Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203

Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics

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