Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment
Gruber DF, Gaffney JP, Mehr S, DeSalle R, Sparks JS, Platisa J, Pieribone VA. Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0140972. PMID: 26561348, PMCID: PMC4641735, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid-binding proteinFluorescent proteinFatty acid-binding proteinDuplication eventsGene duplication eventsStrong positive selectionNew fluorescent proteinsMarine environmentAdaptive evolutionEvolutionary switchCryptic genusVertebrate ordersVertebrate taxaPhylogenetic reconstructionProtein familyPhylogenetic analysisSequence motifsSister groupEvolutionary adaptationTranscriptomic analysisPositive selectionFatty acid binding proteinAcid binding proteinBinding proteinBright green fluorescence