Abstract

Abstract: Posttranslationally modified amino acids are chemically distinct types of amino acids and in terms of evolution they might behave differently from their non-modified counterparts. In order to check this possibility, we reconstructed the evolutionary history of phosphorylated serines in several groups of organisms. Comparisons of substitution vectors have revealed some significant differences in the evolution of modified and corresponding non-modified amino acids. In particular, phosphoserines are more frequently substituted to aspartate and glutamate, compared to non-phosphorylated serines.

Reviewers: This article was reviewed by Arcady Mushegian and Sandor Pongor.

Details

Title
Evolutionary patterns of phosphorylated serines
Author
Kurmangaliyev, Yerbol Z; Goland, Alexander; Gelfand, Mikhail S
Pages
8
Publication year
2011
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
1745-6150
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
902301376
Copyright
© 2011 Kurmangaliyev et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.