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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Finnigan, Gregory C. Victor, Hanson-smith Stevens, Tom H. Thornton, Joseph W. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Many cellular processes are carried out by molecular ‘machines’— assemblies of multiple differentiated proteins that physically interact to execute biological functions 1–8 . Despite much speculation, strong evidence of the mechanisms by which these assemblies evolved is lacking. Here we use ancestral gene resurrection 9–11 and manipulative genetic experiments to determine how the complexity of an essential molecular machine—the hexameric transmembrane ring of the eukaryotic V-ATPase proton pump—increased hundreds of millions of years ago. We show that the ring of Fungi, which is composed of three paralogous proteins, evolved from a more ancient two-paralogue complex because of a gene duplication that was followed by loss in each daughter copy of specific interfaces by which it interacts with other ring proteins. These losses were complementary, so both copies became obligate components with restricted spatial roles in the complex. Reintroducing a single historical mutation from each paralogue lineage into the resurrected ancestral proteins is sufficient to recapitulate their asymmetric degeneration and trigger the requirement for the more elaborate three-component ring. Our experiments show that increased complexity in an essential molecular machine evolved because of simple, high-probability evolutionary processes, without the apparent evolution of novel functions. They point to a plausible mechanism for the evolution of complexity in other multi-paralogue protein complexes. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10724 |
| Starting Page | 360 |
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| ISSN | 00280836 |
| e-ISSN | 14764687 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Issue Number | 7381 |
| Volume Number | 481 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | General Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Multidisciplinary |
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