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
2013
Transcriptome deep-sequencing and clustering of expressed isoforms from Favia corals
Pooyaei Mehr SF, DeSalle R, Kao HT, Narechania A, Han Z, Tchernov D, Pieribone V, Gruber DF. Transcriptome deep-sequencing and clustering of expressed isoforms from Favia corals. BMC Genomics 2013, 14: 546. PMID: 23937070, PMCID: PMC3751062, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-546.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Novel Internal Regions of Fluorescent Proteins Undergo Divergent Evolutionary Patterns
Gruber DF, DeSalle R, Lienau EK, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Kao HT. Novel Internal Regions of Fluorescent Proteins Undergo Divergent Evolutionary Patterns. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2009, 26: 2841-2848. PMID: 19770223, PMCID: PMC2775108, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescent proteinStrong positive selection pressureDivergent evolutionary pressuresDivergent evolutionary patternsMolecular phylogenetic analysisSuperfamily of proteinsPositive selection pressureCyan fluorescent proteinGreen fluorescent proteinRed fluorescent proteinNatural functionMolecular evolutionPhylogenetic analysisEvolutionary patternsEvolutionary pressureSelection pressureProtein sequencesMarine organismsCompact proteinGeographic originNovel regionBiological researchProteinOrganismsInternal region
1999
Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family
Kao H, Porton B, Hilfiker S, Stefani G, Pieribone V, DeSalle R, Greengard P. Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family. Journal Of Experimental Zoology 1999, 285: 360-377. PMID: 10578110, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991215)285:4<360::aid-jez4>3.0.co;2-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynapsin gene familyGene familySynapsin genesGene duplication eventsEvolution of vertebratesVariety of invertebratesSynaptic vesicle proteinsDuplication eventsMolecular evolutionMolecular phylogenyAncestral conditionHigher vertebratesFruit flyRegulation of neurotransmissionVesicle proteinsAdditional speciesProtein sequencesLongfin squidNeuronal phosphoproteinSynapsinVertebratesSpeciesGenesJ. ExpFamily
1998
Regulation of iron metabolism in the sanguivore lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis
Andersen Ø, Pantopoulos K, Kao H, Muckenthaler M, Youson J, Pieribone V. Regulation of iron metabolism in the sanguivore lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis. The FEBS Journal 1998, 254: 223-229. PMID: 9660174, DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540223.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCloning, MolecularConserved SequenceDNA PrimersDNA, ComplementaryEvolution, MolecularFerritinsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesIronIron Regulatory Protein 1Iron Regulatory Protein 2Iron-Regulatory ProteinsIron-Sulfur ProteinsLampreysMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein ConformationRatsRNA-Binding ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidConceptsIron-responsive elementFerritin iron-responsive elementLamprey Lampetra fluviatilisSequence identityIRE/IRP regulatory systemEvolution of vertebratesLampetra fluviatilisIron regulatory proteinsNorthern blot analysisVertebrate evolutionMammalian extractsAncient lineageExtant representativesCDNA sequenceH-ferritinFerritin cDNASpecific complexUntranslated regionIRP-1Regulatory systemIRP-2Blot analysisLampreyElectrophoretic mobilityKb