The myoglobin of primates: the Night Monkey, Aotes trivirgatus (Cebidae, Platyrrhini, Anthropoidea)

FEBS Letters

Lehmann, Hermann¹  Heinbokel, Nils¹ 

[1] Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, England

关键词: Aotes trivirgatus;    Myoglobin;    Sequential analysis;    Amino acid analysis;    High-performance liquid chromatography of peptides;    Molecular evolution;    SDS;    sodium dodecyl sulphate;    RP—HPLC;    reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography;    DABS-Cl;    4-N;    N-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4′-sulphonyl DABITC;    4-N;    N-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4′-isothiocyanate;    PITC;    phenylisothiocyanate;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(84)80012-5

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

The amino acid sequence of the myoglobin of the South American Night Monkey, Aotes trivirgatus, is identical to that of the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus [1]) except for residue 21 which is isoleucine in the marmoset, like in all other anthropoids, but valine in Aotes. Analysis of a possible pathway of the evolution of Aotes myoglobin using 18 known primate myoglobin sequences [2–5] supports the classification of the Night Monkey within Anthropoidea and Platyrrhini but it indicates that this species might be more closely related to the marmoset (family Callitrichidae) than to the family Cebidae as a member of which it is commonly classified.

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