NDLI: Proteome Evolution and the Metabolic Origins of Translation and Cellular Life

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Author	Caeta Allés, Derek Kim, Kyung Mo Mittenthal, Jay E. Caeta Allés, Gustavo
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The origin of life has puzzled molecular scientists for over half a century. Yet fundamental questions remain unanswered, including which came first, the metabolic machinery or the encoding nucleic acids. In this study we take a protein-centric view and explore the ancestral origins of proteins. Protein domain structures in proteomes are highly conserved and embody molecular functions and interactions that are needed for cellular and organismal processes. Here we use domain structure to study the evolution of molecular function in the protein world. Timelines describing the age and function of protein domains at fold, fold superfamily, and fold family levels of structural complexity were derived from a structural phylogenomic census in hundreds of fully sequenced genomes. These timelines unfold congruent hourglass patterns in rates of appearance of domain structures and functions, functional diversity, and hierarchical complexity, and revealed a gradual build up of protein repertoires associated with metabolism, translation and DNA, in that order. The most ancient domain architectures were hydrolase enzymes and the first translation domains had catalytic functions for the aminoacylation and the molecular switch-driven transport of RNA. Remarkably, the most ancient domains had metabolic roles, did not interact with RNA, and preceded the gradual build-up of translation. In fact, the first translation domains had also a metabolic origin and were only later followed by specialized translation machinery. Our results explain how the generation of structure in the protein world and the concurrent crystallization of translation and diversified cellular life created further opportunities for proteomic diversification.
Starting Page	14
Ending Page	33
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00222844
Journal	Journal of Molecular Evolution
Volume Number	72
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321432
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-11-17
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Origin of life Phylogenetic analysis Protein domain structure Ribonucleoprotein world RNA world Animal Genetics and Genomics Plant Genetics & Genomics Plant Sciences Microbiology Evolutionary Biology Cell Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Molecular Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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