Independent losses and duplications of autophagy-related genes in fungal tree of life
Independent losses and duplications of autophagy-related genes in fungal tree of life
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真菌生命树中自噬相关基因的独立丢失和重复
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.14451
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Xu Jin Rong
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文献类型:
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作者:
Wang Qinhu;Liu Huiquan;Xu Huaijian;Hei Ruonan;Zhang Shijie;Jiang Cong;Xu Jin Rong
Autophagy is important for growth, development and pathogenesis in fungi. Although autophagic process is generally considered to be conserved, the conservation and evolution ofATGgenes at kingdom‐wide remains to be conducted. Here we systematically identified 41 knownATGgenes in 331 species and analyzed their distribution across the fungal kingdom. In general, only 20ATGgenes are highly conserved, including most but not all the yeast core‐autophagy‐machinery genes. Four functional protein groups involved in autophagosome formation had conserved and non‐conserved components, suggesting plasticity in autophagosome formation in fungi. All or majority of the keyATGgenes were lost in several fungal groups with unique lifestyles and niches, such as Microsporidia,PneumocystisandMalassezia. Moreover, majority ofATGgenes had A‐to‐I RNA editing during sexual reproduction in two ascomycetes and deletion ofFgATG11, theATGgene with the most editing sites inFusariumaffected ascospore releasing. Duplication and divergence also was observed to several coreATGgenes, such as highly divergentATG8paralogs in dermatophytes and multipleATG15duplications in mushrooms. Taken together, independent losses and duplications ofATGgenes have occurred throughout the fungal kingdom and variations in autophagy exist among different lineages and possibly different developmental stages.