在Drosophila和植物中反转重复转位子的共同进化起源的证据:hobo,Activator和Tam3
B R Calvi1, T J Hong, S D Findley
1Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-2097.
Cell
|August 9, 1991
概括
研究人员对果的HFL1基因进行了测序,揭示了一种类似于玉米和龙的转移酶. 这一发现表明了植物和动物之间潜在的水平基因转移.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
背景情况:
- 流浪者元素是一种在果 (Drosophila melanogaster) 中发现的可转移元素.
- HFL1是唯一一个克隆的流浪元素,具有被证明的转移酶活性.
- 可转移的元素,如hobo,Ac和Tam3,是移动的遗传序列.
研究的目的:
- 测序和分析来自D. melanogaster的HFL1元素.
- 调查HFL1转移酶内保存区域的功能意义.
- 探索不同王国中可转移元素之间的进化关系.
主要方法:
- 在HFL1元素的DNA测序.
- 生物信息分析用于预测开放的读取框架,并比较氨基酸序列.
- 对HFL1转移酶的C端区域的突变分析.
主要成果:
- HFL1序列 (2959 bp) 预测了一个2.0 kb的开放阅读框架 (ORF1).
- ORF1与玉米中的激活剂 (Ac) 和龙中的Tam3转移酶具有显著的氨基酸相似性.
- 突变分析证实,ORF1的C终端保护区域对于hobo转移酶活性至关重要.
结论:
- HFL1转体酶与植物转体酶共享保存的功能域,表明了深层次的进化保护.
- 广泛的序列身份表明植物和动物之间可移植元素的水平基因转移的潜力.
- 这项研究提供了证据,证明了跨不同真核生物王国转移的保存机制.
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