A locust type 1 ADP-ribosylation factor (IARF1)* is 100% identical in amino acid sequence to Drosophila ARF1 despite obvious DNA sequence divergence

Authors
Hannan, F Evans, PD
Citation
F. Hannan et Pd. Evans, A locust type 1 ADP-ribosylation factor (IARF1)* is 100% identical in amino acid sequence to Drosophila ARF1 despite obvious DNA sequence divergence, INSEC MOL B, 9(6), 2000, pp. 559-563
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control","Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09621075 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
559 - 563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-1075(200012)9:6<559:ALT1AF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The cDNA of a type 1 ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) from the desert locust, Locusta migratoria was cloned, sequenced and compared to ARF1 genes of othe r species. The locust ARF1 protein is 100% identical with the ARF1 protein of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster even though the DNA sequences are only 79% identical. The significance of this finding in relation to the con siderable evolutionary distance between hemimetabolous and holometabolous i nsects is discussed.