Tracing whale myoglobin evolution by resurrecting ancient proteins.
Isogai, Y., Imamura, H., Nakae, S., Sumi, T., Takahashi, K.I., Nakagawa, T., Tsuneshige, A., Shirai, T.(2018) Sci Rep 8: 16883-16883
- PubMed: 30442991 
- DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34984-6
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5YCE, 5YCG, 5YCH, 5YCI, 5YCJ - PubMed Abstract: 
Extant cetaceans, such as sperm whale, acquired the great ability to dive into the ocean depths during the evolution from their terrestrial ancestor that lived about 50 million years ago. Myoglobin (Mb) is highly concentrated in the myocytes of diving animals, in comparison with those of land animals, and is thought to play a crucial role in their adaptation as the molecular aqualung ...