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First published online April 18, 2008
Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 1362-1367 (2008)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2008
doi: 10.1242/jeb.017137
Comparative sequence analysis of myosin heavy chain proteins from congeneric shallow- and deep-living rattail fish (genus Coryphaenoides)
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fukuura 2-12-4, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-8648, Japan
E-mail: takam{at}affrc.go.jp
Accepted 25 February 2008
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Key words: adaptive evolution, myosin heavy chain, high pressure adaptation, deep-sea fish
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)
and high hydrostatic pressure influences the physiological and biochemical
processes of marine organisms (Siebenaller
and Somero, 1989; Somero,
1992; Gibbs, 1997).
An important parameter to study in the context of pressure is the volume
change that accompanies biochemical events such as protein–ligand or
protein–protein interactions. The sign of volume change in a reaction
determines the reaction's sensitivity to pressure: when the reaction volume
increases or decreases, high hydrostatic pressure will, respectively, inhibit
or enhance the reaction.
Species of the genus Coryphaenoides, commonly known as rattails or
grenadiers, have been extensively studied as an excellent model to elucidate
adaptation to the deep sea because of their widespread bathymetric
distribution from 200 to 6400 m in depth
(Iwamoto and Stein, 1974;
Smith, 1978;
Morita, 1999). A good study
system for efficiently investigating an environmental adaptation is to compare
closely related species inhabiting different environments
(Siebenaller and Somero,
1989). Although many previous studies have identified proteins
from deep-sea fish that function at high hydrostatic pressure, only
-actin protein has been examined at the level of the amino acid
sequence (Morita, 2000;
Morita, 2003). The
polymerization of globular (G)-actin to filamentous (F)-actin is accompanied
by an increase in total volume (Ikkai and
Ooi, 1966). Interestingly, the increase in volume with the
polymerization of -actin from two deep-sea fishes, C. armatus
and C. yaquinae, is much smaller than that from non-deep-sea fishes,
C. acrolepis and C. cinereus, which is advantageous for a
deep-sea environment (Morita,
2003; Swezey and Somero,
1985).
Myosin plays a central role in a molecular motor in biological motility
(Harrington and Rodgers, 1984;
Warrick and Spudich, 1987). In
particular, conventional myosin (class II) is the major component of the thick
filaments of muscle cells, and consists of two myosin heavy chains (MyHCs),
two essential light chains (ELCs) and two regulatory light chains (RLCs). The
N-terminal portion, subfragment-1 (S-1), of MyHC forms a globular head
including actin- and ATP-binding sites, whereas the C-terminal portions (rod
region) of the two MyHCs associate to form a coiled-coil rod that is involved
in filament formation under physiological ionic conditions
(Harrington and Rodgers, 1984;
Lowey et al., 1969). Myosin
functions as an actin-based molecular motor that transduces chemical energy
obtained by ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work
(Spudich, 1994). Although it
is unclear what influence high pressure has on this function, high pressure is
known to dissociate the complex between F-actin and heavy meromyosin (HMM)
(Ikkai and Ooi, 1969). In a
previous study, no amino acid substitutions in the MyHC-binding sites of
deep-sea fish actin were found (Morita,
2003). Therefore, the deep-sea fish MyHCs are expected to have
amino acid substitutions in the F-actin binding sites.
In this study, the MyHC cDNA from two deep-sea fishes, C. yaquinae and C. armatus, and two non-deep-sea fishes, C. acrolepis and C. cinereus, were cloned and sequenced to test this hypothesis. The MyHCs from the deep-sea fishes have unique amino acid substitutions, suggesting a new mechanism of protein function at high hydrostatic pressure.
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). Sampled fish
were rapidly frozen after collection and stored below –80°C until
use.
Isolation of myosin cDNAs
Poly(A)+ mRNA was extracted from the dorsal skeletal muscle of
C. yaquinae, and single-strand cDNA was synthesized as described
previously (Morita, 2000). In
order to obtain the partial nucleotide sequences of MyHC cDNA from C.
yaquinae, reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) was performed using sense
(primer 1: 5'-GGCTGCCATTTACCTCCGGAAGCCAGAGAG-3') and antisense
(primer 2: 5'-CTGATGAATTTACCAAAACGGGAGGAGTTG-3') primers, which
were synthesized using the sequence corresponding to positions 36–758 of
walleye pollack MyHC cDNA (GenBank accession number AB017819). The RT-PCR
conditions were 40 cycles of 94°C for 30 s, 60°C for 30 s and 72°C
for 1 min. The reaction mixture (100 µl) contained 2 mmol
l–1 MgCl2, 200 µmol l–1 each
dNTP, 100 pmol of each primer, 2.5 units of ExTaq DNA polymerase and 100 ng of
cDNA. DNA sequence analysis revealed that the nucleotide sequence of the
RT-PCR product was homologous to that of the walleye pollack MyHC gene.
In order to determine the 5' non-coding region nucleotide sequence of C. yaquinae MyHC, 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was performed using the 5' RACE system, version 2 (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, MD, USA). The antisense primer (5'-AACGCTCTGCAAGGTTATACAACACAGAGGC-3') for 5' RACE was synthesized by using the nucleotide sequences determined from the RT-PCR product. To obtain PCR products for all four species used in this study, including the full-length myosin cDNA, long PCR was performed using the NotI–d(T)18 primer and a sense primer (5'-TGACTGCAGGGCTGGTTGTTACGACT-3') synthesized using the nucleotide sequences determined by the 5' RACE strategy. The long-PCR conditions were 30 cycles of 94°C for 30 s, 55°C for 30 s and 72°C for 7 min. The reaction mixture (100 µl) contained 2 mmol l–1 MgCl2, 200 µmol l–1 each dNTP, 100 pmol of each primer, 2.5 units of ExTaq DNA polymerase and 100 ng of cDNA. The amplified fragments were purified on a 1.0% low-melting point agarose gel. Each purified fragment was verified by direct nucleotide sequencing of both sense and antisense strands with sequencing primers synthesized using the nucleotide sequences of walleye pollack MyHC cDNA and the first RT-PCR product described above. Some sequencing primers were also synthesized using the nucleotide sequences determined by the direct nucleotide sequencing of long-PCR products. The GenBank accession numbers of MyHC nucleotide sequences obtained in this study are C. yaquinae AB330139, C. armatus AB330140, C. acrolepis AB330141 and C. cinereus AB330142.
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;
Lowey et al., 1969). The S-1
head contains ATP-binding sites I–III, actin-binding sites I–IV, a
reactive lysyl residue (RLR) region, two light chain-binding regions and two
loop regions. Each region, except for the two loop regions, showed high
homology to that of the other species
(Table 1). The sequences of
ATP-binding sites I and III, actin-binding sites I–III and the RLR
region were identical between deep-sea and non-deep-sea fish MyHCs, and only
one substitution, Lys to Arg, was found in ATP-binding site II. The RLC
binding site and the ELC binding site of the deep-sea fish MyHCs showed,
respectively, 88.9% and 92.3% homology to the corresponding region of the
non-deep-sea fish MyHCs.
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The loop-1 and loop-2 regions of deep-sea fish MyHC, which are known as the
25–50 kDa and 50–20 kDa (actin-binding site IV) junctions,
respectively, showed less conservation to the MyHCs of other species
(Harrington and Rodgers, 1984;
Mornet et al., 1979;
Goodson et al., 1999;
Gauvry et al., 2000). These
loops are known to include a large number of Lys residues. Indeed, there are
four, three and three Lys residues in the loop-1 region of rabbit, walleye
pollack and white croaker MyHC, respectively. Deep-sea and non-deep-sea fish
MyHCs also have four Lys residues in the loop-1 region. There is variation in
the net charge (from +1 to +2) and the number of residues (9 to 15) in loop-1
of MyHC from different species. The loop-1 regions of both deep- and
non-deep-sea fish MyHCs have a net charge of +1 and contain 14 amino acid
residues (Fig. 1 and
Table 2). Interestingly,
whereas non-deep-sea fishes have no Pro residue in the loop-1 region, deep-sea
fishes do have a Pro residue, similar to salmon and carp. In the loop-2
region, both deep-sea and non-deep-sea fishes have five Lys residues
(Fig. 1). These Lys residues,
which are highly conserved in the C-terminal portion of the loop-2 region,
interact with negatively charged residues located in the N-terminal
subdomain-1 of actin (Joel et al.,
2000). The net charges in the loop-2 region of other fishes range
from +3 to +5. Both deep-sea and non-deep-sea fishes also have +3 net charges
in the loop-2 region. It is noteworthy that the loop-2 region is shorter in
deep-sea fish relative to other species, with the exception of white croaker
(Fig. 1 and
Table 2).
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The rod region, which is composed of the S-2 and light meromyosin (LMM)
regions, has a coiled-coil structure formed by two -helices. The amino
acid sequence homology of the S-2 regions between the two deep-sea fishes and
between the two non-deep-sea fishes was 99.6% in both cases. Furthermore, the
amino acid sequence homology between deep-sea fishes and non-deep-sea fishes
was 97.9–98.3% (Table 1).
The S-2 regions of deep-sea and non-deep fish show features typical of
-helical coiled-coil proteins with a seven residue repeating pattern,
and can be divided into 20 zones every 28 residues
(McLachlan and Karn, 1982). In
addition, both S-2 regions have a skip residue (Thr) at the 350th residue,
similar to other fishes (Iwami et al.,
2002). The amino acid sequence of the LMM region between the two
deep-sea fishes and between the two non-deep-sea fishes showed 99.8% homology
in both cases. The amino acid sequence homology between the deep-sea fishes
and the non-deep-sea fishes was 98.6–98.9%
(Table 1). The amino acid
sequence of the deep-sea fish LMM region also has a coiled-coil motif, which
can be divided into 21 zones of 28 residues with a seven residue repeating
pattern, as found in other fish species
(McLachlan and Karn, 1982).
Furthermore, the LMM region of both deep-sea and non-deep-sea fishes has three
skip residues (Glu, Glu and Gly) at the 14th, 211th and 436th residues,
similar to LMMs of other fishes (Iwami et
al., 2002). The fish LMM region characteristically possesses a
higher frequency of Gly substitutions compared with that of rabbit and
chicken. These Gly residues are considered to be responsible for the heat
instability of the tail region of fish MyHCs, because the small side chain of
Gly residues makes -helices unstable (Iwammi et al., 2002;
Gekko and Hasegawa, 1986).
There was no difference in the number of Gly residues in the LMM region
between deep- and non-deep-sea fishes.
The amino acid sequence of proteins with the coiled-coil structure
comprises a characteristic seven residue repeat pattern, designated a, b, c,
d, e, f and g. The amino acid residues at the a- and d-positions are in the
core of the coiled-coil as an internal hydrophobic seam. On the other hand,
the c and the g residues are usually charged and form a salt bridge between
the helices of the two monomers (Atkinson
and Stewart, 1992). The total volume of the amino acid residues in
the rod region of deep-sea fish MyHCs is smaller than that in other species
except for walleye pollack MyHC. In particular, the total volume at the
a-position located in the core of the coiled-coil is smallest among those in
other species (Table 3).
Interestingly, substitutions to amino acids with small side chains were
frequently found in the a-position of the rod region of deep-sea fish MyHC
(Table 4).
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;
Somero, 1992;
Gibbs, 1997;
Silva et al., 1996). MyHC
binding to F-actin functions as a molecular motor by transducing chemical
energy from ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work
(Spudich, 1994). Because high
pressure dissociates the complex between F-actin and HMM
(Ikkai and Ooi, 1969), this
binding increases the volume. A previous study revealed that actin protein
from deep-sea fishes had no substitutions in the contact regions with MyHC
relative to non-deep-sea fishes (Morita,
2003). The deep-sea fish MyHC had therefore been predicted to have
amino acid substitutions in the F-actin contact regions. DNA sequence analyses
in this study showed that the MyHC of deep-sea fishes relative to that of
non-deep-sea fishes has a shorter loop-2 region, which is one of the four
contact regions for F-actin.
The -actin protein from deep-sea fishes has three unique amino acid
substitutions: Val54Ala or Leu67Pro, Gln137Lys and Ala155Ser. Two of the
substitutions, Gln137Lys and Ala155Ser, prevent the dissociation reaction of
ATP and Ca2+ from being influenced by high pressure. The Val54Ala
or Leu67Pro substitution in the β-sheet structure in subdomain-2, which
interacts with two other actin proteins, is considered to reduce the increase
in volume associated with actin polymerization and enable the actin protein to
polymerize at high pressure without a large increase in volume
(Morita, 2003). Although the
advantage of the shorter loop-2 region of MyHC from deep-sea fishes is not
fully understood, the small number of amino acid residues would surely also
decrease the space occurring between MyHC and F-actin at their binding. The
loop-2 region is thought to be regulated by the level of actin-activated
Mg-ATPase activity, because actin-activated Mg-ATPase activity of
Dictyostelium chimeric myosin containing a foreign myosin loop-2
region has been shown to reflect the activity level of the donor MyHC
(Uyeda et al., 1994;
Murphy and Spudich, 1999).
The loop regions of MyHC have been proposed to be a major determinant of
the kinetic properties of myosin (Spudich,
1994). The loop regions of MyHC are hypervariable and the
properties of the loops (net charge, charge distribution and length) have been
used as a molecular tool to study evolutionary or phylogenetic relationships
among MyHCs from different species or among MyHC gene families within a
species (Goodson et al., 1999;
Gauvry et al., 2000). In
particular, the loop properties in fish MyHC have been investigated in
relation to the water temperature in their habitat
(Watabe et al., 1998).
The loop regions in deep-sea fish MyHC have a characteristic structure: the
loop-2 region is shorter than that in non-deep-sea fishes and the loop-1
region has a Pro residue. The Pro residue uniquely constrains rotational
freedom through the creation of a pyrrolidine ring between the -carbon
and the amide nitrogen of the peptide backbone. The net charge, charge
distribution and length of the loop-1 region are involved in ATPase activity
and sliding velocity by controlling ATP binding, ATP hydrolysis or ADP release
rate (Spudich, 1994;
Goodson et al., 1999;
Murphy and Spudich, 1998;
Rovner et al., 1997). A longer
or more positively charged loop region has a faster rate of ADP release, more
rapid shortening velocity and higher ATPase activity. By contrast, a loop with
a shorter length or more Pro residues, which makes the structure more rigid,
retards in vitro motility and reduces the rate of ADP release
(Sweeney et al., 1998). The
shorter length of the loop-2 region and the presence of a Pro residue in the
loop-1 region of MyHC from deep-sea fishes would make the respective loop
structure rigid and consequently would maintain the structure at high
pressure. In the case of actin protein from deep-sea fishes, the tight binding
of ATP and Ca2+ maintains the structure from the inside
(Morita, 2003).
The rod region consisting of the S-2 and LMM regions shows a coiled-coil
structure formed by two -helices. High pressure would compress the
cavities present in the coiled-coil structure. Although actin protein also has
a large cavity in the protein pocket, this cavity is maintained in deep-sea
fish by tight binding of ATP and Ca2+
(Morita, 2003). In this study,
we found that MyHCs from deep-sea fishes have a high substitution rate,
greater than 50% at the a-position located in the core of the coiled-coil to
amino acids with smaller side chains (Table
4). These substitutions decrease the cavities in the coiled-coil
structure and consequently would make the structure compact, rigid and
unaffected by high pressure.
The deep-sea environment is also characterized by low temperature (about
4°C). Protein loop regions have been shown to influence the enzymatic
characteristics and functional properties of several catalytic proteins
(Diggle et al., 1995;
Salinelli et al., 1996). In
order to adapt to a cold environment, the loop structure requires greater
flexibility and efficiency at low temperatures
(Fields and Houseman, 2004). A
shorter length loop and hence higher charge density, or a loop without a Pro
residue, is expected to exhibit the cleft opening and closing associated with
protein function more readily and frequently. Indeed, the MyHC from Antarctic
fish has a shorter loop-1 region (Gauvry et
al., 2000). Carp, Cypinus carpio, has MyHC isoforms that
are adapted to different water temperatures
(Watabe et al., 1998). The
10°C type MyHC isoform obtained from 10°C-acclimated carp has fewer
Pro residues than the 30°C type isoform obtained from 30°C-acclimated
carp (Table 2). However, the
loop-1 region of MyHC from deep-sea fishes is the same length as that of
non-deep-sea fish MyHC, and also has a Pro residue. In conclusion, the MyHC of
deep-sea fishes exhibits adaptations to high pressure, but does not appear to
have the characteristics observed previously in a cold-adapted MyHC. This
finding suggests that pressure is a more challenging abiotic factor than
temperature for this protein.
It is believed that new species occur when the gene flow between different
populations is interrupted. High pressure is considered to enhance the
speciation process as a barrier to gene flow even in the absence of absolute
geographic isolation because high pressure has various effects on biochemical
and physiological processes (France and
Kocher, 1996). Hydrostatic pressure is one of several factors that
determine the distribution patterns of marine organisms
(Morita, 1999). Adaptation in
conserving protein function is categorized into extrinsic adaptation and
intrinsic adaptation (Somero,
2003). The former is defined as adjustments in the composition of
the cellular fluids to maintain protein function, such as
trimethylamine-N-oxide for high pressure adaptation
(Yancey et al., 2002;
Samerotte et al., 2007). The
latter is accomplished through genetic differences inducing amino acid
substitution, such as the actin protein of deep-sea fishes adapted for high
pressure (Morita, 2003). This
previous study agrees with Perutz's theory about protein adaptation, which
states that a few amino acid substitutions in key positions, not needed for
core structure or basic function, enable the protein to adapt to a new
environment (Morita, 2003;
Perutz, 1983;
Weeds and Taylor, 1975). In
this study, we have shown that deep-sea fish MyHC has one amino acid
substitution in the loop-1 region, one amino acid deletion in loop-2 of the
S-1 region and biased amino acid substitutions at a specific position in the
rod region (Fig. 1 and
Table 4). Although the number
of substitutions found in the rod region is large because of the repeat
structure, these observations are also consistent with Perutz's theory.
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