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MICROBIAL GENOMICS
卷 7, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000541
关键词
phylogenetic tree; protein structure; RAP domain; RNA-binding protein
资金
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R01 AI142743]
- National Institute for General Medical Sciences [R35 GM118187]
- University of California, Riverside (NIF) [AHatch225935]
The RNA binding domain abundant in apicomplexans (RAP) is widely present in various organisms with a conserved structure for specific RNA binding. The N-terminal and C-terminal regions of RAP proteins have different functions, with the highly conserved RAP domain in the C-terminal possibly playing a crucial role in ensuring protein function.
The RNA binding domain abundant in apicomplexans (RAP) is a protein domain identified in a diverse group of proteins, called RAP proteins, many of which have been shown to be involved in RNA binding. To understand the expansion and potential function of the RAP proteins, we conducted a hidden Markov model based screen among the proteomes of 54 eukaryotes, 17 bacteria and 12 archaea. We demonstrated that the domain is present in closely and distantly related organisms with particular expansions in Alveolata and Chlorophyta, and are not unique to Apicomplexa as previously believed. All RAP proteins identified can be decomposed into two parts. In the N-terminal region, the presence of variable helical repeats seems to participate in the specific targeting of diverse RNAs, while the RAP domain is mostly identified in the C-terminal region and is highly conserved across the different phylogenetic groups studied. Several conserved residues defining the signature motif could be crucial to ensure the function(s) of the RAP proteins. Modelling of RAP domains in apicomplexan parasites confirmed an ?/? structure of a restriction endonuclease- like fold. The phylogenetic trees generated from multiple alignment of RAP domains and full-length proteins from various distantly related eukaryotes indicated a complex evolutionary history of this family. We further discuss these results to assess the potential function of this protein family in apicomplexan parasites.
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