Viiri, KM;
Heinonen, TYK;
Maki, M;
Lohi, O;
(2009)
Phylogenetic analysis of the SAP30 family of transcriptional regulators reveals functional divergence in the domain that binds the nuclear matrix.
BMC Evolutionary Biology
, 9
, Article 149. 10.1186/1471-2148-9-149.
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Abstract
Background: Deacetylation of histones plays a fundamental role in gene silencing, and this is mediated by a corepressor complex containing Sin3 as an essential scaffold protein. In this report we examine the evolution of two proteins in this complex, the Sin3-associated proteins SAP30L and SAP30, by using an archive of protein sequences from 62 species.Results: Our analysis indicates that in tetrapods SAP30L is more similar than SAP30 to the ancestral protein, and the two copies in this group originated by gene duplication which occurred after the divergence of Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii about 450 million years ago (Mya). The phylogenetic analysis and biochemical experiments suggest that SAP30 has diverged functionally from the ancestral SAP30L by accumulating mutations that have caused attenuation of one of the original functions, association with the nuclear matrix. This function is mediated by a nuclear matrix association sequence, which consists of a conserved motif in the C-terminus and the adjacent nucleolar localization signal (NoLS).Conclusion: These results add further insight into the evolution and function of proteins of the SAP30 family, which share many characteristic with nuclear scaffolding proteins that are intimately involved in regulation of gene expression. Furthermore, SAP30L seems essential to eukaryotic biology, as it is found in animals, plants, fungi, as well as some taxa of unicellular eukaryotes.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Phylogenetic analysis of the SAP30 family of transcriptional regulators reveals functional divergence in the domain that binds the nuclear matrix |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2148-9-149 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-149 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2009 Viiri et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | HISTONE DEACETYLASE COMPLEX, COREPRESSOR COMPLEX, GENE DUPLICATION, PROTEIN FAMILY, DNA-BINDING, EVOLUTION, SEQUENCE, REPRESSION, DATABASE, GENOME |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/704354 |




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