The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution

Melvyn Little, Richard F. Ludueña, Louis C. Morejohn, Clara Asnes, Eugene Hoffman

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Abstract

α-Tubulin subunits from trout (S. gairdneri) sperm tails, sea urchin (S. purpuratus) cilia, protistan alga (C. elongatum) flagella and rose (Paul's Scarlet) cytoplasm have been characterized by limited proteolytic cleavage with the enzyme Staphylococcus aureus protease and electrophoresis of the digestion products on SDS-PAGE. The resulting patterns corresponded to either of two major types representative of animal and non-animal α-tubulins, respectively. A total of 28 α-tubulins have now been characterized by this method. They are classified in this paper according to the type of cleavage pattern generated by the enzyme S. aureus protease. The implications of these results for metazoan evolution are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)169-176
Number of pages8
JournalOrigins of Life
Volume13
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1984

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plant and fungus
protease
fungi
protist
metazoan
Tubulin
tubulin
cleavage
animals
enzymes
Fungi
sea urchins
enzyme
algae
staphylococcus
Staphylococcus aureus
cytoplasm
animal
Peptide Hydrolases
proteinases

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  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
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Little, M., Ludueña, R. F., Morejohn, L. C., Asnes, C., & Hoffman, E. (1984). The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution. Origins of Life, 13(3-4), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927168

The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution. / Little, Melvyn; Ludueña, Richard F.; Morejohn, Louis C.; Asnes, Clara; Hoffman, Eugene.

In: Origins of Life, Vol. 13, No. 3-4, 03.1984, p. 169-176.

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Little, M, Ludueña, RF, Morejohn, LC, Asnes, C & Hoffman, E 1984, 'The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution', Origins of Life, vol. 13, no. 3-4, pp. 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927168
Little M, Ludueña RF, Morejohn LC, Asnes C, Hoffman E. The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution. Origins of Life. 1984 Mar;13(3-4):169-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927168
Little, Melvyn ; Ludueña, Richard F. ; Morejohn, Louis C. ; Asnes, Clara ; Hoffman, Eugene. / The tubulins of animals, plants, fungi and protists implications for metazoan evolution. In: Origins of Life. 1984 ; Vol. 13, No. 3-4. pp. 169-176.
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