代表的な酵母遺伝子の同義変異は,主に強く中立ではない.
Xukang Shen1, Siliang Song1, Chuan Li2,3
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Nature
|June 8, 2022
まとめ
ほとんどの同義変異は 遺伝子の適性に影響を及ぼし,中立性の仮定に異議を唱えます この発見は,変異と選択の研究から得られた生物学的結論を再評価する必要があります.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- 進化生物学
背景:
- アミノ酸配列を変化させない同義変異は,伝統的に中性と考えられています.
- この仮定は遺伝学と進化の多くの生物学的モデルを支えている.
研究 の 目的:
- 同義変異が中立であるという 長い間信じられてきた仮定を 実験的に検証するためです
- 内生酵母遺伝子の同義変異の健康効果を調査する.
主な方法:
- 21の内生遺伝子の 同義的,非同義的,または無意味な変異を持つ 8,341の酵母変異を生成しました
- 豊かな媒介で相対的な適性を測定し,mRNA発現レベルを分析した.
- 異なる環境条件における適合性の変動を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 4分の3の同名の変異は イーストの体格を著しく低下させた.
- 同義語と非同義語の両方の変異は,mRNA発現レベルを頻繁に変化させ,フィットネス効果を部分的に予測した.
- 非同義性突然変異は同義性突然変異よりも環境全体でより大きな適性変化を示した.
結論:
- 同義変異はしばしば非中性であり,遺伝子適合性とmRNA発現に影響を与える.
- 同義変異の非中立性は,同義変異と非同義変異の間の置換率の観察された違いを説明する可能性があります.
- 発見は同義変異の中立性仮定に異議を唱え,進化と疾患モデルの再検討を必要とする.
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