Target selection for Danio rerio functional genomics
Target selection for Danio rerio functional genomics
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DOI:
10.1002/gene.1045
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发表时间:
2001-07-01
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影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Ellis, LBM
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作者:
Klee, EW;Ekker, SC;Ellis, LBM
The use of genetic homology among eukaryotes as a basis for selecting a subset of zebrafish (Danio rerio) sequences with high probability of encoding secreted proteins is described. Zebrafish DNA, most based on expressed sequence tags (ESTs), and proteins from the fruitflyDrosophila melanogastergenome containing N-terminal signal sequences were obtained and compared. The 24 zebrafish protein sequences in the non-secreted dataset were compared with the 2437 sequences in the signal protein database. Five non-secreted sequences are similar to sequences in the signal protein dataset. Of the five non-secreted zebrafish proteins that match sequences in the signal protein dataset, one (heat shock protein 70, Hsp-70) has strong similarity to its fruitfly homologue, along the entire length of the shared sequence. In zebrafish and other eukaryotes, this protein is not known to be secreted. The fruitfly protein may not be secreted or may be the first reported secreted Hsp-70 homologue. About 5 to 6% of the 10 000-member zebrafish dataset have close homologues in the fruitfly type I signal sequence data set, and thus have a high probability of being secreted. The estimate would be increased by non-type I secreted zebrafish proteins and type I secreted zebrafish proteins not found in fruitfly. On the other hand, this estimate would be reduced by proteins in the fruitfly signal sequence dataset with single domains very similar to ones in multidomain zebrafish proteins, and those whose zebrafish homologues are not secreted.