Common phylogenetic origin of protamine-like (PL) proteins and histone H1: Evidence from bivalve PL genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution
José María Eirín-LópezJuan Ausió

Abstract

Sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs) can be grouped into three main categories: histone (H) type, protamine (P) type, and protamine-like (PL) type. Protamine-like SNBPs represent the most structurally heterogeneous group, consisting of basic proteins which are rich in both lysine and arginine amino acids. The PL proteins replace most of the histones during spermiogenesis but to a lesser extent than the proteins of the P type. In most instances, PLs coexist in the mature sperm with a full histone complement. The replacement of histones by protamines in the mature sperm is a characteristic feature presented by those taxa located at the uppermost evolutionary branches of protostome and deuterostome evolution, while the histone type of SNBPs is predominantly found in the sperm of taxa which arose early in metazoan evolution; giving rise to the hypothesis that protamines may have evolved through a PL type intermediate from a primitive histone ancestor. The structural similarities observed between PL and H1 proteins, which were first described in bivalve molluscs, provide a unique insight into the evolutionary mechanisms underlying SNBP evolution. Although the evolution of SNBPs has been exhaustively analyzed in the last 10 years, th...Continue Reading

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Apr 30, 2008·Journal of Molecular Evolution·Rodrigo González-RomeroJosé M Eirín-López
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