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When two paralogs of such a bifunctional gene are produced by duplication, each may be driven by positive selection to specialize in one of these functions, which it performs more efficiently than the ancestor gene, leading to the creation of two indispensable genes with distinct functions [ 11].
Rabbit anti-PKA RIα was prepared by synthesizing the N-terminal 18 residues of human RIα protein and conjugating this peptide (MESGSTAASEEARSLREC) to keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) via the bifunctional reagent, m-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (MES).
Examples are the bifunctional proteins ThrA (aspartokinase I and homoserine dehydrogenase I) and MetL (aspartokinase II and homoserine dehydrogenase II) where only the amino-terminal modules representing the kinase activities have been identified on the basis of their sequence similarity to the E. coli unimodular aspartokinase III (LysC).
These same organisms also possess AroQ•PheA bifunctional proteins whose AroQ domains also form a cohesive homology grouping.
Although the three capping reactions are universal in eukaryotes, there is a surprising diversity in the genetic organization of the capping enzymes as well as a complete divergence in the structure and catalytic mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase component in "lower" versus "higher" eukaryotic species [ 1 ] . Metazoans and plants have a two-component capping system consisting of a bifunctional triphosphatase-guanylyltransferase polypeptide and a separate methyltransferase polypeptide, whereas fungi contain a three-component system consisting of separate triphosphatase, guanylyltransferase, and methyltransferase gene products.
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