The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata

Peptidic messengers constitute a highly diversifed group of intercellular messengers widely distributed in nature that regulate a great number of physiological processes in Metazoa. Being crucial for life, it seem that they have appeared in the ancestral group from which Metazoa evolved, and were hi...

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Autores principales: Alzugaray, María Eugenia, Bruno, María Cecilia, Villalobos Sambucaro, María José, Ronderos, Jorge Rafael
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/107737
http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC6629687&blobtype=pdf
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language Español
topic Ciencias Naturales
Intercellular messengers
Allatotropin/Orexin
GPCR family
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Intercellular messengers
Allatotropin/Orexin
GPCR family
Alzugaray, María Eugenia
Bruno, María Cecilia
Villalobos Sambucaro, María José
Ronderos, Jorge Rafael
The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Intercellular messengers
Allatotropin/Orexin
GPCR family
description Peptidic messengers constitute a highly diversifed group of intercellular messengers widely distributed in nature that regulate a great number of physiological processes in Metazoa. Being crucial for life, it seem that they have appeared in the ancestral group from which Metazoa evolved, and were highly conserved along the evolutionary process. Peptides act mainly through G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), a family of transmembrane molecules. GPCRs are also widely distributed in nature being present in metazoan, but also in Choanofagellata and Fungi. Among GPCRs, the Allatotropin/Orexin (AT/Ox) family is particularly characterized by the presence of the DRW motif in the second intracellular loop (IC Loop 2), and seems to be present in Cnidaria, Placozoa and in Bilateria, suggesting that it was present in the common ancestor of Metazoa. Looking for the evolutionary history of this GPCRs we searched for corresponding sequences in public databases. Our results suggest that AT/Ox receptors were highly conserved along evolutionary process, and that they are characterized by the presence of the E/DRWYAI motif at the IC Loop 2. Phylogenetic analyses show that AT/Ox family of receptors refects evolutionary relationships that agree with current phylogenetic understanding in Actinopterygii and Sauropsida, including also the largely discussed position of Testudines.
format Articulo
Articulo
author Alzugaray, María Eugenia
Bruno, María Cecilia
Villalobos Sambucaro, María José
Ronderos, Jorge Rafael
author_facet Alzugaray, María Eugenia
Bruno, María Cecilia
Villalobos Sambucaro, María José
Ronderos, Jorge Rafael
author_sort Alzugaray, María Eugenia
title The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
title_short The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
title_full The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
title_fullStr The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
title_full_unstemmed The Evolutionary History of The Orexin/Allatotropin GPCR Family : From Placozoa and Cnidaria to Vertebrata
title_sort evolutionary history of the orexin/allatotropin gpcr family : from placozoa and cnidaria to vertebrata
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/107737
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