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Molecular Biology and Evolution 18:1401-1412 (2001)
© 2001 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Fungal Zuotin Proteins Evolved from MIDA1-like Factors by Lineage-Specific Loss of MYB Domains

Edward L. Braun and Erich Grotewold

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University

Proteins are often characterized by the presence of multiple domains, which make specific contributions to their cellular function. While the gain of domains in proteins by duplication and shuffling is well established, domain loss is poorly documented. Here, we provide evidence that domain loss has played an important role in the evolution of protein architecture and function by demonstrating that fungal Zuotin proteins evolved from MIDA1-like proteins, present in animals and plants, by complete loss of the carboxyl-terminal MYB domains. Phylogenetic analyses of the DnaJ motif (the J domain) present in both Zuotin and MIDA1 proteins were complicated by the limited length and profound differences in evolutionary rates exhibited by this domain. To rigorously examine J domain phylogeny, we combined the nonparametric bootstrap with Monte Carlo simulation. This method, which we have designated the resampled parametric bootstrap, allowed us to assess type I and type II error associated with these analyses. These results revealed significant support for domain loss rather than domain gain or gene loss involving paralogs. The absence of sequences related to the MIDA1 MYB domains in Saccharomyces cerevisiae further indicates that the domains have been completely lost, consistent with known functional differences between Zuotin and MIDA1 proteins. These analyses suggest that the description of additional examples of complete domain loss may provide a method to identify orthologous proteins exhibiting functional differences using genomic sequence data.


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