2020
A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla
Tessler M, Gaffney JP, Oliveira AG, Guarnaccia A, Dobi KC, Gujarati NA, Galbraith M, Mirza JD, Sparks JS, Pieribone VA, Wood RJ, Gruber DF. A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 17724. PMID: 33082360, PMCID: PMC7576829, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal phylaPhylum ChordataSimilar genesWidespread genesBiogeochemical roleSequence matchesPhylaBrittle starsNovel luciferaseLuciferaseTunicatesGenesLight productionCoelenterazineBioluminescenceChordataTranscriptomeVertebratesDehalogenasesPyrosomesMachineryLuciferasesBloomsPyrosomaBiochemistry
2016
Biofluorescence in Catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology
Gruber DF, Loew ER, Deheyn DD, Akkaynak D, Gaffney JP, Smith WL, Davis MP, Stern JH, Pieribone VA, Sparks JS. Biofluorescence in Catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 24751. PMID: 27109385, PMCID: PMC4843165, DOI: 10.1038/srep24751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle visual pigmentCartilaginous fishChain catsharksMarine fishPhylogenetic investigationVisual ecologyWestern AtlanticSharksCatsharkBright green fluorescenceElasmobranch behaviourVisual pigmentsPhotoreceptor cellsShark eyeSwell sharksBiofluorescenceCephaloscyllium ventriosumFishGreen fluorescenceSpeciesPotential importancePhotoreceptor propertiesEastern PacificEcologyElasmobranchs
2015
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
1995
Chapter 4 Peptidergic neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord: evolutionary trends
Brodin L, Söderberg C, Pieribone V, Larhammar D. Chapter 4 Peptidergic neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord: evolutionary trends. Progress In Brain Research 1995, 104: 61-74. PMID: 8552784, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61784-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertebrate spinal cordEarly vertebratesVertebrate classesDifferent vertebratesPeptidergic neuronsMutational eventsVertebrate CNSEvolutionary trendsVertebratesPeptide sequencesMammalian CNSMammalsComprehensive comparative analysisSpeciesFour questionsMolecular featuresCertain CNS regionsTarget cellsAnatomical featuresLater stagesAnatomical differencesCyclostomesCNS regionsEvolutionNeurons
1993
Evolutionary conservation of synaptosome-associated protein 25 kDa (SNAP-25) shown by Drosophila and Torpedo cDNA clones.
Risinger C, Blomqvist AG, Lundell I, Lambertsson A, Nässel D, Pieribone VA, Brodin L, Larhammar D. Evolutionary conservation of synaptosome-associated protein 25 kDa (SNAP-25) shown by Drosophila and Torpedo cDNA clones. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1993, 268: 24408-24414. PMID: 8226991, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)80540-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiological EvolutionBlotting, NorthernConserved SequenceDNA, ComplementaryDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25TorpedoConceptsVesicle dockingCDNA clonesMembrane fusionSNAP-25Basic molecular machineryDisplay sequence similarityMembrane-spanning regionSynaptic vesicle dockingDegree of conservationAmino acid identityRay Torpedo marmorataEvolutionary conservationTorpedo proteinDrosophila melanogasterMolecular machinerySequence similarityMembrane attachmentAcid identityNeuron-specific proteinCysteine residuesDrosophilaSynaptobrevinProtein 25Situ hybridizationProtein