Glu, (Leu and Thr), Arg, (Ile, Gln, and Asn), His, Lys, Cys, Phe, The order of amino acidĪppearance followed the sequence Gly, Ala, Asp, Val, Pro, Ser, In a synthesisĮffort, Trifonov used 60 criteria to propose a chronology ofĪppearance of amino acids and their respective codons, each of Yarus suggested that Arg was the first amino acid,īased on the unique nature of its RNA binding site.
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This group was later redefined by replacing Asp and Glu with ArgĪnd Pro and postulating that families of related amino acidsĮvolved from the initial amino acids, as the genetic code expanded For example, a group of four amino acids (Gly, Ala, Asp,Īnd Glu) were proposed to be the first to enter the biosphere. Supported, it has been criticized and remains controversial
While the co-evolution theory is popularly His, Met, Trp, Asn, Gln, Lys, and possibly Phe, Tyr, and Cys),Īnd then from post-translational modification without direct Synthesis (Gly, Ala, Ser, Asp, Glu, Val, Leu, Ile, and possibly ProĪnd Thr), later from protein-mediated biosynthetic pathways (Arg, Proposed, in which amino acids originated first from pre-biotic Three phases of amino acid entry into proteins were later * E-mail: amino acids, specifically Gly, Ala, Ser, Asp, and Use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This work was supported by National Science Foundation grant MCB-0343126 and the University of Illinois Critical Research Initiative.Ĭompeting Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an op en-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted Received FebruAccepted JPublished July 30, 2008Ĭopyright: ß 2008 Sun et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002799Įditor: Cathal Seoighe, University of Cape Town, South Africa These histories were probably curbed by co-options and important take-overs during earlyĬitation: Sun F-J, Caetano-Anollés G (2008) Evolutionary Patterns in the Sequence and Structure of Transfer RNA: A Window into Early Translation and the The lack of correlation between ancestries ofĪmino acid charging and encoding indicated that the separate discoveries of these functions reflected independent The second and then first codon bases, identified codons for Ala and Pro as the most ancient, and revealed importantĮvolutionary take-overs related to the loss of the long variable arm in tRNA. The timelines also uncovered an early role of Charging of Sec, Tyr, Ser and LeuĪppeared ancient, while specificities related to Asn, Met, and Arg were derived.
Hypotheses, and generated timelines of amino acid charging and codon discovery. Structure of tRNA, we forced taxa into monophyletic groups using constraint analyses, tested competing evolutionary Here we built phylogenies derived from the sequence and However, these functions could have been differentially recruited asĮvolutionary signatures were left embedded in tRNA molecules. Linked in evolutionary studies of the genetic code. The history of these two functions has been generally Their acceptor arms are aminoacylated with specificĪmino acid residues while their anticodons delimit codon specificity. Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules play vital roles during protein synthesis. Transfer RNA: A Window into Early Translation and theĭepartment of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America Evolutionary Patterns in the Sequence and Structure of
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