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灵长类特定的ORF0有助于逆转移子介导的多样性

Ahmet M Denli¹, Iñigo Narvaiza¹, Bilal E Kerman¹

¹Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

|October 27, 2015

概括

一个新发现的灵长类特异性基因ORF0,在LINE-1逆转移体内增强了它们的移动性. 这一发现表明ORF0在物种间的逆转移子介导的遗传多样性中起作用.

科学领域:

遗传学
分子生物学
进化生物学

背景情况:

LINE-1逆转移体是涉及基因调节,疾病和进化的移动遗传元素.
灵长类的基因组具有独特的遗传特征,驱动着特定物种的适应.

研究的目的:

识别和描述灵长类LINE-1逆转移体中的新功能元素.
研究新发现的开放阅读框架 (ORF0) 在LINE-1逆转换中的作用及其对遗传多样性的潜在贡献.

主要方法:

在LINE-1 5'UTR中进行生物信息分析以确定灵长类特定的ORF.
在细胞系中使用免疫光定位研究.
通过RT-PCR和蛋白质分析检测灵长类细胞 (包括诱导多能干细胞) 中的ORF0转录和.
用于测量LINE-1反转换效率的试验.

主要成果:

在LINE-1 5'UTR中的反意义定向中确定了一个灵长类特定的开放读取框架,ORF0.
ORF0定位在与白血病相邻的核体中,存在于人类和黑猩猩基因组中的数千个位点.
在灵长类细胞中可以检测到ORF0转录和,ORF0增强LINE-1的移动性.
ORF0可以通过其结合供体位形成与宿主外子的融合蛋白.

结论:

ORF0是LINE-1逆转换体的功能性,灵长类特异性成分,可以增强逆转换.
ORF0的发现为转录子介导的遗传多样性和进化的机制提供了新的见解.

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