期刊
MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 403-409出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-009-9225-y
关键词
Silicatein; Cathepsin; Sponge; Gene expression; L. oparinae; Acanthodendrilla sp.
资金
- Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Silicatein genes are known to be involved in siliceous spicule formation in marine sponges. Proteins encoded by these genes, silicateins, were recently proposed for nanobiotechnological applications. We studied silicatein genes of marine sponges Latrunculia oparinae collected in the west Pacific region, shelf of Kuril Islands. Five silicatein genes, LoSilA1, LoSilA1a, LoSilA2, and LoSilA3 (silicatein-alpha group), LoSilB (silicatein-beta group), and one cathepsin gene, LoCath, were isolated from the sponge L. oparinae for the first time. The deduced amino acid sequence of L. oparinae silicateins showed high-sequence identity with silicateins described previously. LoCath contains the catalytic triad of amino acid residues Cys-His-Asn characteristic for cathepsins as well as motifs typical for silicateins. A phylogenetic analysis places LoCath between sponge silicateins-beta and L-cathepsins suggesting that the LoCath gene represents an intermediate form between silicatein and cathepsin genes. Additionally, we identified, for the first time, silicatein genes (AcSilA and AcSilB) in nonspicule-forming marine sponge, AcD degrees nthodendrilla sp. The results suggest that silicateins could participate also in the function(s) unrelated to spiculogenesis.
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