title: Amino acid sequence of a globin from the sea cucumber Caudina (Molpadia) arenicola.
abstract: Coelomic cells from the sea cucumber Caudina (Molpadia) arenicola contain four major globins, A, B, C and D. The hemoglobins from this organism show unusual ligand-linked dissociation properties. The complete amino acid sequence of the D globin has been established. It is N-acetylated, consists of 158 residues and has a 10 amino acid N-terminal extension similar to that found in some other invertebrate globins. The C. arenicola D globin has an equal sequence identity (28%) with both alpha and beta human globins and as anticipated, is more closely related to these vertebrate proteins than are molluscan globins. The C. arenicola D globin shows a 59% identity with the globin I from the sea cucumber Paracaudina chilensis. The availability of the C. arenicola D globin sequence will aid the X-ray analysis of this protein and facilitate an understanding of the changes in subunit interactions that occur with cooperative ligand binding.
authors.affiliation: Clayton Foundation Biochemical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Omnaas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whitfill
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Kitto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005914:Globins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007448:Invertebrates; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012616:Sea Cucumbers / Q000032:analysis*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: C079332:globin D, Caudina; D005914:Globins