A Comparative Study on Earthworm Hemoglobins : An Amino Acid Sequence Comparison of Monomer Globin Chains of Two Species, Pontodrilus matsushimensis and Pheretima communissima That Belong to the Family Megascolecidae
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The monomer subunits of giant extracellular hemoglobins from earthworms Pontodrilus matsushimensis and Pheretima communissima that belong to the family Megascolecidae, Oligochaeta, were purified by a reversed-phase column, Resource RPC, and sequenced. The complete amino acid sequences of the two monomeric globin chains were determined: 141 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 16,366 Da for Pontodrilus matsushimensis and 140 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 16,000 for Pheretima communissima, respectively. The Pontodrilus matsushimensis monomer globin has three cysteine residues, and the two located at positions 2 and 131 are conserved as those observed in all annelids and contribute to form a disulfide-bonded interchain. The third cysteine residue at position 73 is the first evidence for the annelid monomer globin subunits. The physiological functions of the third cysteine residue, however, are still unknown. The monomer sequences of the two species were aligned with those of five known sequences from annelids, including a polychaete, Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus, and four oligochaetes, Pheretima hilgendom, Pheretima sieboldi, Lumbricus terrestris and Tubifex tubifex. Using computer analysis, a 87.9% identity of the amino acid sequences between two monomeric subunits of Pheretima communissima and Pheretima hilgendorfi hemoglobins showed the highest degree of sequence similarity. A molecular phylogenetic tree of seven species of annelids has constructed, suggesting that the divergence times among the three species of Pheretima and between Pheretima and Pontodrilus were 50 to 100 and about 209 million years ago, respectively.
- 社団法人日本動物学会の論文
- 1996-12-15
著者
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Shishikura Fumio
Department of Biology, Nihon University School of Medicine
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Nakamura M
Department Of Biology School Of Education Waseda University
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Nakamura M
National Inst. Agrobiological Sci. Ibaraki Jpn
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Shishikura F
Nihon Univ. School Of Medicine Tokyo Jpn
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Nakamura Masako
Faculty of Economics, Chuo University
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Shishikura Fumio
Department Of Biology Nihon University School Of Medicine
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