Unexpected divergence in magnetoreceptor MagR from robin and pigeon linked to two sequence variations.

ABSTRACT: Birds exhibit extraordinary mobility and remarkable navigational skills, obtaining guidance cues from the Earth's magnetic field for orientation and long-distance movement. Bird species also show tremendous diversity in navigation strategies, with considerable differences even within the same taxa and among individuals from the same population. The highly conserved iron and iron-sulfur cluster binding magnetoreceptor (MagR) protein is suggested to enable animals, including birds, to detect the geomagnetic field and navigate accordingly. Notably, MagR is also implicated in other functions, such as electron transfer and biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters, raising the question of whether variability exists in its biochemical and biophysical features among species, particularly birds. In the c

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839668 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature