Genome Analysis of the Unicellular Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Indicates an Ancient Evolutionary Origin for Key Pattern Recognition and Cell-Signaling Protein Families

@article{citeulike:2834975, abstract = {The evolution of specific cell signaling and adhesion domains may have played an important role in the transition to a multicellular existence in the metazoans. Genomic analysis indicates that several signaling domains predominately found in animals are also present in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. A large group of proteins is present, containing scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) and C-type lectin domains, which function in ligand binding and play key roles in the innate immune system of animals. Chlamydomonas also contains a large family of putative tyrosine kinases, suggesting an important role for phosphotyrosine signaling in the green algae. These important signaling domains may therefore be widespread among eukaryotes and most probably evolved in ancestral eukaryotes before the divergence of the Opisthokonts (the animal and fungal lineage). 10.1534/genetics.107.085936}, author = {Wheeler, Glen L. and Miranda-Saavedra, Diego and Barton, Geoffrey J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2834975}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.085936}, journal = {Genetics}, keywords = {chlamydomonas, evolution, gene\_family, genome, genome\_evolution, signaling}, month = {May}, number = {1}, pages = {193--197}, posted-at = {2008-05-26 16:51:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Genome Analysis of the Unicellular Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Indicates an Ancient Evolutionary Origin for Key Pattern Recognition and Cell-Signaling Protein Families}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.085936}, volume = {179}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2834975 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2834975 TI - Genome Analysis of the Unicellular Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Indicates an Ancient Evolutionary Origin for Key Pattern Recognition and Cell-Signaling Protein Families JF - Genetics VL - 179 IS - 1 SP - 193 EP - 197 N2 - The evolution of specific cell signaling and adhesion domains may have played an important role in the transition to a multicellular existence in the metazoans. Genomic analysis indicates that several signaling domains predominately found in animals are also present in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. A large group of proteins is present, containing scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) and C-type lectin domains, which function in ligand binding and play key roles in the innate immune system of animals. Chlamydomonas also contains a large family of putative tyrosine kinases, suggesting an important role for phosphotyrosine signaling in the green algae. These important signaling domains may therefore be widespread among eukaryotes and most probably evolved in ancestral eukaryotes before the divergence of the Opisthokonts (the animal and fungal lineage). 10.1534/genetics.107.085936 KW - chlamydomonas KW - evolution KW - gene_family KW - genome KW - genome_evolution KW - signaling AU - Wheeler, Glen AU - Miranda-Saavedra, Diego AU - Barton, Geoffrey PY - 2008/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.085936 ER -