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Conservation of IGFBP structure during evolution: Cloning of chicken insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5
Ist Teil von
Progress in growth factor research, 1995, Vol.6 (2), p.159-165
Ort / Verlag
England: Elsevier B.V
Erscheinungsjahr
1995
Quelle
Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) have conserved characteristics of their genomic organization, including similar locations of exon borders relative to nucleotides encoding conserved cysteine residues. Furthermore, the human IGFBP genes, as well as the human homeobox (HOX) genes, are localized to chromosomes 2, 7, 12, and 17. Although little is known about the evolution of the IGFBP genes, the association of human IGFBP and homeobox (HOX) genes at four chromosomal loci may indicate that their ancestral genes were linked prior to the first duplication of chromosomal DNA containing the ancestral HOX cluster. The hypothesis that IGFBPs are ancient proteins is supported by the reported detection of IGFBP activity in serum from the Agnathan species,
Geotria australis, a primitive vertebrate.
Further studies of IGFBPs in different species are needed to understand the evolution of this protein/gene family. Chicken provides a good intermediate model, since birds diverged from mammals ∼300 million years ago. A complementary DNA (cDNA) clone encoding chicken insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (cIGFBP-5) was isolated. The deduced amino acid sequence is 83% identical to human IGFBP-5 and encodes a mature polypeptide of 251 amino acids. The conservation of IGFBP-5 primary structure across vertebrate species suggests maintenance of important functions during evolution.