title: Evolution of phosphagen kinase (III). Amino acid sequence of arginine kinase from the shrimp Penaeus japonicus.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of arginine kinase (AK) from the shrimp Penaeus japonicus has been determined chemically. It consists of 355 amino acid residues, and has a calculated molecular mass of 40,018 Da. The amino acid sequence of Penaeus AK showed 91% and 51% identity, respectively, with those of AKs from the lobster Homarus vulgaris and the abalone Nordotis madaka. It also showed significant homology (39-43%) with vertebrate or invertebrate creatine kinases and annelid glycocyamine kinase, suggesting that these enzymes evolved from a common origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukohri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001122:Arginine Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033561:Penaeidae; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001122:Arginine Kinase