title: Phylogenetic relationships of the seven coat protein subunits of the coatomer complex, and comparative sequence analysis of murine xenin and proxenin.
abstract: The coatomer complex is involved in intracellular protein transport and comprises an assembly of seven polypeptide subunits designated alpha, beta, beta', gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta COP. Rooted phylogenetic trees constructed from the full-length cDNA and amino acid sequences of 49 COP entities in different eukaryotes from yeast to man generally revealed striking conservation of each subunit through evolution. Both nucleotide and protein trees displayed close relationships between alpha and beta' subunits, between beta and gamma subunits, and between delta and zeta subunits, implying evolution from common ancestors as well as functional similarity. Interestingly, although 6 out of 7 epsilon-COP genes appeared to be grouped and related to the beta-COP genes, 4 out of 7 epsilon
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. micctk@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sakharkar
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Yeo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D020756:Coatomer Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009496:Neurotensin; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D021122:Protein Subunits; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D020756:Coatomer Protein; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D021122:Protein Subunits; C103989:proxenin; C077659:xenin 25; D009496:Neurotensin