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20026348

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
All haemolymph lectins with uniquely juxtaposed N-terminal domain similar to the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) and C-terminal fibrinogen (FBG) termed FBG-related proteins (FREP) are documented till now only in the pulmonate mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata. Using genomic WGS database we have found two FREP genes from marine opistobranch Aplysia californica named AcFREP1 and AcFREP2. The AcFREP1 and AcFREP2 mRNA molecules have been subsequently isolated from cDNA of sea hare larvae as well as adult mollusc tissues. These genes encode proteins (504 and 510aa respectively) with domain architecture typical for FREPs with two N-terminal IgSF domains and C-terminal FBG domain. Although cDNA sequences of AcFREP1 and AcFREP2 are 81% identical, their genomic structure is entirely different: AcFREP1 is intronless and AcFREP2 is encoded in four exons. These genes are paralogous pair in which AcFREP2 is a parental gene and AcFREP1 is the new transposed copy that has lost the introns (retrogene). Using RT-PCR analysis, expression of AcFREP1 and AcFREP2 was shown to be developmentally and tissue-specific and no constitutive expression in haemocytes was found. The overall frequency of nucleotide substitutions in genomic DNA trace sequences of coding region of the AcFREP1 and AcFREP2 is not higher than in the sequences of control conserved genes (actin, FMRFamide). Thus, previously reported high diversification of Biomphalaria FREP gene, BgFREP3, is not detected in Aplysia FREPs. A search for FREP homologs in other available complete genome of mollusc, Lottia gigantea (Patellogastropoda), a representative of the evolutionary earliest gastropod clade, did not reveal any DNA sequences coding for similar lectins. We suggest that unique domain architecture of FREPs is an evolutionary novelty that appeared and evolved only within one branch of Protostomata species, exclusively in heterobranch molluscs (Pulmonata and Opistobranchia).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1879-0089
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
465-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
In search of the origin of FREPs: characterization of Aplysia californica fibrinogen-related proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology RAS, pr. Torez 44, Saint-Petersburg 194223, Russia. agorbushin@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't