Sequence alignment analysis of the mUb and ubiquitin genes from different species such as pineapple, seringa and tobacco showed high identities of over 84%. 序列与菠萝、三叶胶树、烟草等物种的泛素基因相比较,有84%以上的同源性。
Ubiquitin is a small (8.5 kDa) regulatory protein that has been found in almost all tissues (ubiquitously) of eukaryotic organisms. It was discovered in 1975 by Gideon Goldstein and further characterized throughout the 1970s and 1980s. There are four genes in the human genome that produce ubiquitin: UBB, UBC, UBA52 and RPS27A.