Genome-wide identification and evolution of ATP-binding cassette transporters in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila: A case of functional divergence in a multigene family.
Genome-wide identification and evolution of ATP-binding cassette transporters in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila: A case of functional divergence in a multigene family.
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纤毛虫嗜热四膜虫 ATP 结合盒转运蛋白的全基因组鉴定和进化:多基因家族功能分歧的一个案例
DOI:
10.1186/1471-2148-10-330
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发表时间:
2010-10-27
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Miao W
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文献类型:
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作者:
Xiong J;Feng L;Yuan D;Fu C;Miao W
BackgroundIn eukaryotes, ABC transporters that utilize the energy of ATP hydrolysis to expel cellular substrates into the environment are responsible for most of the efflux from cells. Many members of the superfamily of ABC transporters have been linked with resistance to multiple drugs or toxins. Owing to their medical and toxicological importance, members of the ABC superfamily have been studied in several model organisms and warrant examination in newly sequenced genomes.ResultsA total of 165 ABC transporter genes, constituting a highly expanded superfamily relative to its size in other eukaryotes, were identified in the macronuclear genome of the ciliateTetrahymena thermophila. Based on ortholog comparisons, phylogenetic topologies and intron characterizations, each highly expanded ABC transporter family ofT.thermophilawas classified into several distinct groups, and hypotheses about their evolutionary relationships are presented. A comprehensive microarray analysis revealed divergent expression patterns among the members of the ABC transporter superfamily during different states of physiology and development. Many of the relatively recently formed duplicate pairs within individual ABC transporter families exhibit significantly different expression patterns. Further analysis showed that multiple mechanisms have led to functional divergence that is responsible for the preservation of duplicated genes.ConclusionGene duplications have resulted in an extensive expansion of the superfamily of ABC transporters in theTetrahymenagenome, making it the largest example of its kind reported in any organism to date. Multiple independent duplications and subsequent divergence contributed to the formation of different families of ABC transporter genes. Many of the members within a gene family exhibit different expression patterns. The combination of gene duplication followed by both sequence divergence and acquisition of new patterns of expression likely plays a role in the adaptation ofTetrahymena to its environment.
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影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Conant GC;Wolfe KH
通讯作者:
Wolfe KH
影响因子:
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作者:
Anjard, C;Loomis, WF
通讯作者:
Loomis, WF
DOI:
10.1093/bioinformatics/btp348
发表时间:
2009-08-01
期刊:
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Capella-Gutiérrez S;Silla-Martínez JM;Gabaldón T
通讯作者:
Gabaldón T
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Aurade, Ravindra;Jayalakshmi, Senigala K.;Sreeramulu, Kuruba
通讯作者:
Sreeramulu, Kuruba
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Fu C;Xiong J;Miao W
通讯作者:
Miao W