Lowly Expressed Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Bear the Signature of Possible Pseudogenization by Promoter Degradation

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作者
Yang, Liang [1 ]
Takuno, Shohei [1 ]
Waters, Elizabeth R. [2 ]
Gaut, Brandon S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Irvine, CA 92717 USA
[2] San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
pseudogene; promoter; evolutionary rates; DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER; DUPLICATE GENES; SUBSTITUTION RATES; PROTEIN EVOLUTION; GENOME; DNA; DETERMINANTS; PRESERVATION; POPULATIONS; INTENSITY;
D O I
10.1093/molbev/msq298
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Pseudogenes are defined as nonfunctional DNA sequences with homology to functional protein-coding genes, and they typically contain nonfunctional mutations within the presumptive coding region. In theory, pseudogenes can also be caused by mutations in upstream regulatory regions, appearing as open reading frames with attenuated expression. In this study, we identified 1,939 annotated protein-coding genes with little evidence of expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and characterized their molecular evolutionary characteristics. On average, this set of genes was shorter than expressed genes and evolved with a 2-fold higher rate of nonsynonymous substitutions. The divergence of upstream sequences, based on ortholog comparisons to A. lyrata, was also higher than expressed genes, suggesting that these lowly expressed genes could be examples of pseudogenization by promoter disablement, often due to transposable element insertion. We complemented our empirical study by extending the models of Force et al. (Force A, Lynch M, Pickett FB, Amores A, Yan YL, Postlethwait J. 1999. Preservation of duplicate genes by complementary, degenerative mutations. Genetics 151:1531-1545.) to derive the probability of promoter disablements after gene duplication.
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页码:1193 / 1203
页数:11
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