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8702697

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The globin of the nerve cord of the polychaete annelid Aphrodite aculeata was isolated and purified to homogeneity. The native molecule has a pI of 6.3 and acts as a dimer of two identical Mr 15, 644.5 polypeptide chains as determined by electrospray mass spectrometry. It has an average affinity for oxygen (P50 = 1.24 torr) resulting from fast association (kon = 170 X 10(6) M-1 . s-1) and dissociation rates (koff = 360 s-1). The partial primary structure of this nerve globin was determined at the protein level and completed and confirmed by translation of the cDNA sequence. The globin chain has 150 amino acid residues and a calculated Mr of 15, 602.69 strongly suggesting that the amino terminus is acetylated. The absence of a leader sequence and the lack of Cys at the positions NA2 and H9 needed for the formation of the high Mr complexes found in extracellular annelid globins classify the Aphrodite globin with the cellular globin species. The Aphrodite nerve globin is unlikely to represent a separate globin family, as cDNA derived primers detect globin messenger RNA in muscle, gut, and pharynx tissue as well. The gene encoding this globin species is interrupted by a single intron, inserted at position G7.0. Comparison to other globin gene structures strongly suggest that introns can be lost independently, rather than simultaneously as a result of a single conversion event as suggested previously (Lewin, R. (1984) Science 226, 328).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19865-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Globin and globin gene structure of the nerve myoglobin of Aphrodite aculeata.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't