Publications by authors named "Kouhei Yokouchi"
Article Synopsis
- Some molluscs like Sulculus and Turbo have a unique myoglobin in their buccal masses that can bind oxygen but has lower affinity than typical myoglobins.
- The myoglobin in these species evolved from the gene for an enzyme called indoleamine dioxygenase (IDO) instead of the globin gene, made up of 14 exons and 13 introns in Turbo.
- Comparative analysis shows a high degree of similarity in the exon/intron structure between Sulculus myoglobin and human IDO, indicating these genes have been conserved for over 600 million years, with evidence of a potential separate IDO gene in Sulculus.
