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Evolution of Single-Domain Globins in Hydrothermal Vent Scale-Worms.

Abstract：

:Hypoxia at deep-sea hydrothermal vents represents one of the most basic challenges for metazoans, which then requires specific adaptations to acquire oxygen to meet their metabolic needs. Hydrothermal vent scale-worms (Polychaeta; Polynoidae) express large amounts of extracellular single- and multi-domain hemoglobins, in contrast with their shallow-water relatives that only possess intracellular globins in their nervous system (neuroglobins). We sequenced the gene encoding the single-domain (SD) globin from nine species of polynoids found in various vent and deep-sea reduced microhabitats (and associated constraints) to determine if the Polynoidae SD globins have been the targets of diversifying selection. Although extracellular, all the SD globins (and multi-domain ones) form a monophyletic clade that clusters within the intracellular globin group of other annelids, indicating that these hemoglobins have evolved from an intracellular myoglobin-like form. Positive selection could not be detected at the major ecological changes that the colonization of the deep-sea and hydrothermal vents represents. This suggests that no major structural modification was necessary to allow the globins to function under these conditions. The mere expression of these globins extracellularly may have been sufficiently advantageous for the polynoids living in hypoxic hydrothermal vents. Among hydrothermal vent species, positively selected amino acids were only detected in the phylogenetic lineage leading to the two mussel-commensal species (Branchipolynoe). In this lineage, the multiplicity of hemoglobins could have lessened the selective pressure on the SD hemoglobin, allowing the acquisition of novel functions by positive Darwinian selection. Conversely, the colonization of hotter environments (species of Branchinotogluma) does not seem to have required additional modifications.

journal_name

J Mol Evol

journal_title

Journal of molecular evolution

authors

Projecto-Garcia J,Le Port AS,Govindji T,Jollivet D,Schaeffer SW,Hourdez S

doi

10.1007/s00239-017-9815-7

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-01 00:00:00

pages

172-187

issue

5-6

eissn

0022-2844

issn

1432-1432

pii

10.1007/s00239-017-9815-7

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Evolution of Single-Domain Globins in Hydrothermal Vent Scale-Worms.