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Shen L, Chen S, Liang M, Qu S, Feng S, Wang D, Wang G. Comparative analysis of codon usage bias in chloroplast genomes of ten medicinal species of Rutaceae. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:424. [PMID: 38764045 PMCID: PMC11103831 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04999-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Rutaceae family comprises economically important plants due to their extensive applications in spices, food, oil, medicine, etc. The Rutaceae plants is able to better utilization through biotechnology. Modern biotechnological approaches primarily rely on the heterologous expression of functional proteins in different vectors. However, several proteins are difficult to express outside their native environment. The expression potential of functional genes in heterologous systems can be maximized by replacing the rare synonymous codons in the vector with preferred optimal codons of functional genes. Codon usage bias plays a critical role in biogenetic engineering-based research and development. In the current study, 727 coding sequences (CDSs) obtained from the chloroplast genomes of ten Rutaceae plant family members were analyzed for codon usage bias. The nucleotide composition analysis of codons showed that these codons were rich in A/T(U) bases and preferred A/T(U) endings. Analyses of neutrality plots, effective number of codons (ENC) plots, and correlations between ENC and codon adaptation index (CAI) were conducted, which revealed that natural selection is a major driving force for the Rutaceae plant family's codon usage bias, followed by base mutation. In the ENC vs. CAI plot, codon usage bias in the Rutaceae family had a negligible relationship with gene expression level. For each sample, we screened 12 codons as preferred and high-frequency codons simultaneously, of which GCU encoding Ala, UUA encoding Leu, and AGA encoding Arg were the most preferred codons. Taken together, our study unraveled the synonymous codon usage pattern in the Rutaceae family, providing valuable information for the genetic engineering of Rutaceae plant species in the future.
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- Lianwen Shen
- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
- Key Laboratory for Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement and Propagation in Universities of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China
- Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang, 550005, China
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- Guizhou Province Forestry Science and Technology Extension Station, Guiyang, 550000, China
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- Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang, 550005, China
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- College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China.
- Key Laboratory for Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement and Propagation in Universities of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China.
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- Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang, 550005, China.
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Wang R, Lan Z, Luo Y, Deng Z. The complete Chloroplast genome of Stachys geobombycis and comparative analysis with related Stachys species. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8523. [PMID: 38609472 PMCID: PMC11014926 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59132-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Herb genomics, at the forefront of traditional Chinese medicine research, combines genomics with traditional practices, facilitating the scientific validation of ancient remedies. This integration enhances public understanding of traditional Chinese medicine's efficacy and broadens its scope in modern healthcare. Stachys species encompass annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs, exhibiting simple petiolate or sessile leaves. Despite their wide-ranging applications across various fields, molecular data have been lacking, hindering the precise identification and taxonomic elucidation of Stachys species. To address this gap, we assembled the complete chloroplast (CP) genome of Stachys geobombycis and conducted reannotation and comparative analysis of seven additional species within the Stachys genus. The findings demonstrate that the CP genomes of these species exhibit quadripartite structures, with lengths ranging from 14,523 to 150,599 bp. Overall, the genome structure remains relatively conserved, hosting 131 annotated genes, including 87 protein coding genes, 36 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Additionally, 78 to 98 SSRs and long repeat sequences were detected , and notably, 6 highly variable regions were identified as potential molecular markers in the CP genome through sequence alignment. Phylogenetic analysis based on Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods strongly supported the phylogenetic position of the genus Stachys as a member of Stachydeae tribe. Overall, this comprehensive bioinformatics study of Stachys CP genomes lays the groundwork for phylogenetic classification, plant identification, genetic engineering, evolutionary studies, and breeding research concerning medicinal plants within the Stachys genus.
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- Ru Wang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources Protection and Utilization (Hubei Minzu University), Enshi, 445000, China
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- Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources Protection and Utilization (Hubei Minzu University), Enshi, 445000, China
- Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Key Laboratory of Forestry Biotechnology of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410000, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Biologic Resources Protection and Utilization (Hubei Minzu University), Enshi, 445000, China.
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Zhang L, Meng Y, Wang D, He GH, Zhang JM, Wen J, Nie ZL. Plastid genome data provide new insights into the dynamic evolution of the tribe Ampelopsideae (Vitaceae). BMC Genomics 2024; 25:247. [PMID: 38443830 PMCID: PMC10916268 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10149-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Ampelopsideae J. Wen & Z.L. Nie is a small-sized tribe of Vitaceae Juss., including ca. 47 species from four genera showing a disjunct distribution worldwide across all the continents except Antarctica. There are numerous species from the tribe that are commonly used as medicinal plants with immune-modulating, antimicrobial, and anti-hypertensive properties. The tribe is usually recognized into three clades, i.e., Ampelopsis Michx., Nekemias Raf., and the Southern Hemisphere clade. However, the relationships of the three clades differ greatly between the nuclear and the plastid topologies. There has been limited exploration of the chloroplast phylogenetic relationships within Ampelopsideae, and studies on the chloroplast genome structure of this tribe are only available for a few individuals. In this study, we aimed to investigate the evolutionary characteristics of plastid genomes of the tribe, including their genome structure and evolutionary insights. RESULTS We sequenced, assembled, and annotated plastid genomes of 36 species from the tribe and related taxa in the family. Three main clades were recognized within Ampelopsideae, corresponding to Ampelopsis, Nekemias, and the Southern Hemisphere lineage, respectively, and all with 100% bootstrap supports. The genome sequences and content of the tribe are highly conserved. However, comparative analyses suggested that the plastomes of Nekemias demonstrate a contraction in the large single copy region and an expansion in the inverted repeat region, and possess a high number of forward and palindromic repeat sequences distinct from both Ampelopsis and the Southern Hemisphere taxa. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlighted plastome variations in genome length, expansion or contraction of the inverted repeat region, codon usage bias, and repeat sequences, are corresponding to the three lineages of the tribe, which probably faced with different environmental selection pressures and evolutionary history. This study provides valuable insights into understanding the evolutionary patterns of plastid genomes within the Ampelopsideae of Vitaceae.
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- Lei Zhang
- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA
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- Hunan Provincial key Laboratory of Ecological Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Wulingshan Resources, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, 416000, China.
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Li Y, Hu X, Xiao M, Huang J, Lou Y, Hu F, Fu X, Li Y, He H, Cheng J. An analysis of codon utilization patterns in the chloroplast genomes of three species of Coffea. BMC Genom Data 2023; 24:42. [PMID: 37558997 PMCID: PMC10413492 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-023-01143-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The chloroplast genome of plants is known for its small size and low mutation and recombination rates, making it a valuable tool in plant phylogeny, molecular evolution, and population genetics studies. Codon usage bias, an important evolutionary feature, provides insights into species evolution, gene function, and the expression of exogenous genes. Coffee, a key crop in the global tropical agricultural economy, trade, and daily life, warrants investigation into its codon usage bias to guide future research, including the selection of efficient heterologous expression systems for coffee genetic transformation. RESULTS Analysis of the codon utilization patterns in the chloroplast genomes of three Coffea species revealed a high degree of similarity among them. All three species exhibited similar base compositions, with high A/T content and low G/C content and a preference for A/T-ending codons. Among the 30 high-frequency codons identified, 96.67% had A/T endings. Fourteen codons were identified as ideal. Multiple mechanisms, including natural selection, were found to influence the codon usage patterns in the three coffee species, as indicated by ENc-GC3s mapping, PR2 analysis, and neutral analysis. Nicotiana tabacum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have potential value as the heterologous expression host for three species of coffee genes. CONCLUSION This study highlights the remarkable similarity in codon usage patterns among the three coffee genomes, primarily driven by natural selection. Understanding the gene expression characteristics of coffee and elucidating the laws governing its genetic evolution are facilitated by investigating the codon preferences in these species. The findings can enhance the efficacy of exogenous gene expression and serve as a basis for future studies on coffee evolution.
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- Yaqi Li
- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical Eco-Agricultural, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yuanmou, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
- Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Engineering, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan, Yunnan, China.
- Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Engineering, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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Xiao Y, Huang H, Chen Y, Zheng S, Chen J, Zou Z, Mehmood N, Ullah I, Liao X, Wang J. Insight on genetic features prevalent in five Ipomoea species using comparative codon pattern analysis reveals differences in major codons and reduced GC content at the 5’ end of CDS. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 657:92-99. [PMID: 37001285 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Ipomoea plants possess important commercial, medicinal, and ornamental value. Molecular and morphological studies have confirmed that most species of this genus exhibit similar phenotypes but complex phylogenetic relationships. To date, limited information is available on these evolutionary relationships. In this study, systematic analysis of diverse species from Ipomoea was used to elucidate the relationships in this genus. To this end, we employed the concept of codon usage bias (CUB) to analyze the codon usage bias of five Ipomoea species such as effective number of codons (ENC) and GC content at the third synonym codon position (GC3s). Three types of plots including ENC-GC3s, parity rule 2 (PR2) and neutrality plots were employed to discover the factors determining CUB, and the frequency of hydrogen bonds and nucleotide were calculated to dissect changes in GC content at the 5'-end of the coding sequence. Our results showed little distinctness in CUB among the five species, with a reduction of hydrogen bonds content at the 5'-end (with similar changes in cytosines). In addition, optimal codons of Ipomoea aquatica ended with G or C, different from those of the other four species, which ended in A or T. These results may be useful for exploring the evolutionary relationships among this group, and for understanding the reasons for the variation among Ipomoea species.
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Tyagi S, Kabade PG, Gnanapragasam N, Singh UM, Gurjar AKS, Rai A, Sinha P, Kumar A, Singh VK. Codon Usage Provide Insights into the Adaptation of Rice Genes under Stress Condition. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021098. [PMID: 36674611 PMCID: PMC9861248 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Plants experience different stresses, i.e., abiotic, or biotic, and to combat them, plants re-program the expression of growth-, metabolism-, and resistance-related genes. These genes differ in their synonymous codon usage frequency and show codon usage bias. Here, we investigated the correlation among codon usage bias, gene expression, and underlying mechanisms in rice under abiotic and biotic stress conditions. The results indicated that genes with higher expression (up- or downregulated) levels had high GC content (≥60%), a low effective number of codon usage (≤40), and exhibited strong biases towards the codons with C/G at the third nucleotide position, irrespective of stress received. TTC, ATC, and CTC were the most preferred codons, while TAC, CAC, AAC, GAC, and TGC were moderately preferred under any stress (abiotic or biotic) condition. Additionally, downregulated genes are under mutational pressure (R2 ≥ 0.5) while upregulated genes are under natural selection pressure (R2 ≤ 0.5). Based on these results, we also identified the possible target codons that can be used to design an optimized set of genes with specific codons to develop climate-resilient varieties. Conclusively, under stress, rice has a bias towards codon usage which is correlated with GC content, gene expression level, and gene length.
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- Swati Tyagi
- International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi 221106, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-South-Asia Hub, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad 502324, India
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- International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi 221106, India
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- International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi 221106, India
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- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-South-Asia Hub, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad 502324, India
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- International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi 221106, India
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- International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi 221106, India
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-South-Asia Hub, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad 502324, India
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Zhou Q, Chen Y, Wang J, Li M, Zeng W, Wang Y, Li Y, Zhao H. A comparative study of the chloroplast genomes of five Lepidium species with high medicinal value. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2023; 50:29-45. [PMID: 36043226 DOI: 10.1071/fp22052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plantgenomics is a rapidly developing field in medicinal plant research. This study analysed the relevant information of chloroplasts genome sequences of five medicinal plants from the genus Lepidium . We sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of Lepidium apetalum Willd. and Lepidium perfoliatum Linnaeus., and assessed their genetic profiles against the reported profiles of Lepidium sativum Linnaeus., Lepidium meyenii Walp., and Lepidium virginicum Linn. We found that L. apetalum and L. perfoliatum possessed 130 distinct genes that included 85 protein-coding, 37 transfer RNA (tRNA), and eight ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Our repeat analyses revealed that L. apetalum harboured 20 direct repeats, 16 palindrome repeats, 30 tandem repeats, and 87 simple sequence repeats, whereas, L. perfoliatum had 15 direct repeats, 20 palindrome repeats, four reverse repeats, 21 tandem repeats, and 98 simple sequence repeats. Using syntenic analysis, we also revealed a high degree of sequence similarity within the coding regions of Lepidium medicinal plant cp genomes, and a high degree of divergence among the intergenic spacers. Pairwise alignment and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) examinations further revealed certain Lepidium -specific gene fragments. Codon usage analysis showed that codon 14 was the most frequently used codon in the Lepidium coding sequences. Further, correlation investigations suggest that L. apetalum and L. perfoliatum originate from similar genetic backgrounds. Analysis of codon usage bias of Lepidium cp genome was strongly influenced by mutation and natural selection. We showed that L. apetalum and L. perfoliatum will likely enhance breeding, species recognition, phylogenetic evolution, and cp genetic engineering of the Lepidium medicinal plants.
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- Qian Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Life and Geography Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Life and Geography Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Life and Geography Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Life and Geography Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, College of Life Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Life and Geography Sciences, Kashi University, Kashi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, College of Life Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, College of Life Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, China
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Sahoo S, Rakshit R. The pattern of coding sequences in the chloroplast genome of Atropa belladonna and a comparative analysis with other related genomes in the nightshade family. Genomics Inform 2022; 20:e43. [PMID: 36617650 PMCID: PMC9847383 DOI: 10.5808/gi.22045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Atropa belladonna is a valuable medicinal plant and a commercial source of tropane alkaloids, which are frequently utilized in therapeutic practice. In this study, bioinformaticmethodologies were used to examine the pattern of coding sequences and the factors thatmight influence codon usage bias in the chloroplast genome of Atropa belladonna andother nightshade genomes. The chloroplast engineering being a promising field in modernbiotechnology, the characterization of chloroplast genome is very important. The resultsrevealed that the chloroplast genomes of Nicotiana tabacum, Solanum lycopersicum, Capsicum frutescens, Datura stramonium, Lyciumbarbarum, Solanum melongena, and Solanumtuberosum exhibited comparable codon usage patterns. In these chloroplast genomes, weobserved a weak codon usage bias. According to the correspondence analysis, the genesisof the codon use bias in these chloroplast genes might be explained by natural selection,directed mutational pressure, and other factors. GC12 and GC3S were shown to have nomeaningful relationship. Further research revealed that natural selection primarily shapedthe codon usage in A. belladonna and other nightshade genomes for translational efficiency. The sequencing properties of these chloroplast genomes were also investigated by investing the occurrences of palindromes and inverted repeats, which would be useful forfuture research on medicinal plants.
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- Satyabrata Sahoo
- Department of Physics, Dhruba Chand Halder College, Dakshin Barasat 743372, India,*Corresponding author E-mail:
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- Department of Botany, Baruipur College, Baruipur 743610, India
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Gao Y, Lu Y, Song Y, Jing L. Analysis of codon usage bias of WRKY transcription factors in Helianthus annuus. BMC Genom Data 2022; 23:46. [PMID: 35725374 PMCID: PMC9210703 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-022-01064-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
The phenomenon of codon usage bias is known to exist in many genomes and is mainly determined by mutation and selection. Codon usage bias analysis is a suitable strategy for identifying the principal evolutionary driving forces in different organisms. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an annual crop that is cultivated worldwide as ornamentals, food plants and for their valuable oil. The WRKY family genes in plants play a central role in diverse regulation and multiple stress responses. Evolutionary analysis of WRKY family genes of H. annuus can provide rich genetic information for developing hybridization resources of the genus Helianthus.
Results
Bases composition analysis showed the average GC content of WRKY genes of H. annuus was 43.42%, and the average GC3 content was 39.60%, suggesting that WRKY gene family prefers A/T(U) ending codons. There were 29 codons with relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) greater than 1 and 22 codons ending with A and U base. The effective number of codons (ENC) and codon adaptation index (CAI) in WRKY genes ranged from 43.47–61.00 and 0.14–0.26, suggesting that the codon bias was weak and WRKY genes expression level was low. Neutrality analysis found a significant correlation between GC12 and GC3. ENC-plot showed most genes on or close to the expected curve, suggesting that mutational bias played a major role in shaping codon usage. The Parity Rule 2 plot (PR2) analysis showed that the usage of AT and GC was disproportionate. A total of three codons were identified as the optimal codons.
Conclusion
Apart from natural selection effects, most of the genetic evolution in the H. annuus WRKY genome might be driven by mutation pressure. Our results provide a theoretical foundation for elaborating the genetic architecture and mechanisms of H. annuus and contributing to enrich H. annuus genetic resources.
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Li Y, Khandia R, Papadakis M, Alexiou A, Simonov AN, Khan AA. An investigation of codon usage pattern analysis in pancreatitis associated genes. BMC Genom Data 2022; 23:81. [PMID: 36434531 PMCID: PMC9700901 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-022-01089-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder resulting from the autoactivation of trypsinogen in the pancreas. The genetic basis of the disease is an old phenomenon, and evidence is accumulating for the involvement of synonymous/non-synonymous codon variants in disease initiation and progression. RESULTS The present study envisaged a panel of 26 genes involved in pancreatitis for their codon choices, compositional analysis, relative dinucleotide frequency, nucleotide disproportion, protein physical properties, gene expression, codon bias, and interrelated of all these factors. In this set of genes, gene length was positively correlated with nucleotide skews and codon usage bias. Codon usage of any gene is dependent upon its AT and GC component; however, AGG, CGT, and CGA encoding for Arg, TCG for Ser, GTC for Val, and CCA for Pro were independent of nucleotide compositions. In addition, Codon GTC showed a correlation with protein properties, isoelectric point, instability index, and frequency of basic amino acids. We also investigated the effect of various evolutionary forces in shaping the codon usage choices of genes. CONCLUSIONS This study will enable us to gain insight into the molecular signatures associated with the disease that might help identify more potential genes contributing to enhanced risk for pancreatitis. All the genes associated with pancreatitis are generally associated with physiological function, and mutations causing loss of function, over or under expression leads to an ailment. Therefore, the present study attempts to envisage the molecular signature in a group of genes that lead to pancreatitis in case of malfunction.
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- Yuanyang Li
- Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory On Chinese Medicine Approved By State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of China Three Gorges, Yichang, China ,grid.254148.e0000 0001 0033 6389College of Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China
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- grid.411530.20000 0001 0694 3745Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, MP 462026 India
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- grid.412581.b0000 0000 9024 6397Department of Surgery II, University Hospital Witten-Herdecke, University of Witten-Herdecke, Heusnerstrasse 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Science and Engineering, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Australia ,AFNP Med Austria, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.56302.320000 0004 1773 5396Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Huang X, Jiao Y, Guo J, Wang Y, Chu G, Wang M. Analysis of codon usage patterns in Haloxylon ammodendron based on genomic and transcriptomic data. Gene X 2022; 845:146842. [PMID: 36038027 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Haloxylon ammodendron, a xero-halophytic shrub of Chenopodiaceae, is a dominant species in deserts, which has a strong drought and salt tolerance and plays an important role in sand fixation. However, the codon usage bias (CUB) in H. ammodendron is still unclear at present. In this study, the codon usage patterns of 38,657 coding sequences (CDSs) in the newly released whole-genome sequence data of H. ammodendron and 3,948 CDSs in the previously obtained transcriptome sequencing data were compared and analyzed. The results showed that the CDSs with the total guanineandcytosine(GC)content in the range of 40% ∼ 45% was the most in the genome and transcriptome. Among which, the GC1, GC2, and GC3 contents of genomic CDSs were 50.83%, 40.56%, and 40.23%, respectively, and those of CDSs in the transcriptome were 47.16%, 39.02%, and 39.59%, respectively. Therefore, the bases in H. ammodendron were rich in adenine and thymine, and the overallcodonusage was biasedtoward A- and U-ending codons. The analysis of neutrality plot, effective number of codon (ENC) plot, and parity rule 2 (PR2) bias plot showed that both natural selection and mutation pressure had great influences on the CUB of H. ammodendron, but natural selection was the most important determinant. Besides, gene expression level and the function and protein length of some specific genes also had influences on the codon usage pattern. Finally, a total of 25 common optimal codons were found in the genomic and transcriptomic data, and AU/GC-ending codons ratio was 24:1. It should be noted that the salt-tolerant unigenes had similar codon usage, and the highly expressed genes had higher usage frequency of optimal codons and lower GC content than the lowly expressed genes. In addition, there was no difference in the ENC values of salt-tolerant unigenes in H. ammodendron, and the expression level of the genes had no correlation with CAI. This study will help to elucidate the formation mechanism of H. ammodendron codon usage bias, and make contributions to the identification of new genes and the genetic engineering study on H. ammodendron.
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- Xiang Huang
- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi Xinjiang 832003, P.R. China.
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Abdoli R, Mazumder TH, Nematollahian S, Zanjani RS, Mesbah RA, Uddin A. Gaining insights into the compositional constraints and molecular phylogeny of five silkworms mitochondrial genome. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 206:543-552. [PMID: 35245576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.02.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study was performed to identify codon usage bias (CUB), genetic similarity and phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes along with separate sequences of 13 protein coding genes per each genome from five types of silkworm including Bombyx mori, Bombyx mandarina, Samia cynthia ricini, Antheraea pernyi and Antheraea assama. Nucleotide composition analysis suggested that AT content was higher than GC content and t-test analysis revealed significance difference (p < 0.01) between AT and GC content. Relative synonymous CUB analysis revealed most over-represented codon ends with A or T. Parity plot analysis revealed both natural selection and mutation pressure influenced CUB of mitochondrial genes while neutrality plot analysis suggested that role of natural selection was higher than mutation pressure. The effective number of codons (ENC) revealed the CUB was low among genes and genomes. In phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes, the B. mori fell in a same cluster with Bombyx mandarina and showed the most similarity (96.7%). In terms of protein coding genes, COX1, COX2 and COX3 showed the most obvious differences. In conclusion, comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes could be used to identify differences in gene organization, accurate phylogenetic analysis and clustering of different types of silkworms.
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- Ramin Abdoli
- Iran Silk Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
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- Iran Silk Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Iran Silk Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Iran Silk Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Zoology, Moinul Hoque Choudhury Memorial Science College, Algapur, Hailakandi 788150, Assam, India.
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Andargie M, Congyi Z. Genome-wide analysis of codon usage in sesame ( Sesamum indicum L.). Heliyon 2022; 8:e08687. [PMID: 35106386 PMCID: PMC8789531 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Sesamum indicum is an ancient oil crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. We have analyzed 23,538 coding sequences (CDS) of S. indicum to understand the factors shaping codon usage in this important oil crop plant. We identified eleven highly preferred codons in S. indicum that have AT-endings. The slope of a neutrality plot was less than one while effective number of codons (ENC) plot showed distribution above and below the standard curve. There is a significant relationship between protein length and relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) at the primary axis while there is a weak correlation between protein length and Nc values. Correspondence analysis conducted on RSCU values differentiated CDS based on their GC content and their characteristic feature and showed a discrete distribution. Moreover, by determining codon usage, we found out that majority of the lignan biosynthesis related genes showed a weaker codon usage bias. These results provide insights into understanding codon evolution in sesame.
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- Mebeaselassie Andargie
- University of Goettingen, Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization (MOA), Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Sheng J, She X, Liu X, Wang J, Hu Z. Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of five Miscanthus species and related species. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12173. [PMID: 34631315 PMCID: PMC8466072 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Miscanthus is not only a perennial fiber biomass crop, but also valuable breeding resource for its low-nutrient requirements, photosynthetic efficiency and strong adaptability to environment. In the present study, the codon usage patterns of five different Miscanthus plants and other two related species were systematically analyzed. The results indicated that the cp genomes of the seven representative species were preference to A/T bases and A/T-ending codons. In addition, 21 common high-frequency codons and 4–11 optimal codons were detected in the seven chloroplast genomes. The results of ENc-plot, PR2-plot and neutrality analysis revealed the codon usage patterns of the seven chloroplast genomes are influenced by multiple factors, in which nature selection is the main influencing factor. Comparative analysis of the codon usage frequencies between the seven representative species and four model organisms suggested that Arabidopsis thaliana, Populus trichocarpa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae could be considered as preferential appropriate exogenous expression receptors. These results might not only provide important reference information for evolutionary analysis, but also shed light on the way to improve the expression efficiency of exogenous gene in transgenic research based on codon optimization.
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- Jiajing Sheng
- Nantong University, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong, China
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- Nantong University, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China
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Wang J, Lin Y, Xi M. Analysis of Codon Usage Patterns of Six Sequenced Brachypodium distachyon Lines Reveals a Declining CG Skew of the CDSs from the 5'-ends to the 3'-ends. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1467. [PMID: 34680862 PMCID: PMC8535453 DOI: 10.3390/genes12101467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Brachypodium distachyon, a new monocotyledonous model plant, has received wide attention in biological research due to its small genome and numerous genetic resources. Codon usage bias is an important feature of genes and genomes, and it can be used in transgenic and evolutionary studies. In this study, the nucleotide compositions and patterns of codon usage bias were calculated using Codon W. Additionally, an ENC plot, Parity rule 2 and correspondence analyses were used to explore the major factors influencing codon usage bias patterns. The numbers of hydrogen bonds and skews were used to analyze the GC trend in the 5'-ends of the coding sequences. The results showed that minor differences in the codon usage bias patterns were revealed by the ENC plot, Parity rule 2 and correspondence analyses. The analyses of the CG-skew and the number of hydrogen bonds showed a declining trend in the number of cytosines at the 5'-ends of the CDSs (from the 5'-ends to the 3'-ends), indicating that GC may play a major role in codon usage bias. In addition, our results laid a foundation for the study of codon usage bias patterns in Brachypodium genus and suggested that the GC plays a major role in determining these patterns.
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- Jianyong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
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Yang C, Zhao Q, Wang Y, Zhao J, Qiao L, Wu B, Yan S, Zheng J, Zheng X. Comparative Analysis of Genomic and Transcriptome Sequences Reveals Divergent Patterns of Codon Bias in Wheat and Its Ancestor Species. Front Genet 2021; 12:732432. [PMID: 34490050 PMCID: PMC8417831 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.732432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The synonymous codons usage shows a characteristic pattern of preference in each organism. This codon usage bias is thought to have evolved for efficient protein synthesis. Synonymous codon usage was studied in genes of the hexaploid wheat Triticum aestivum (AABBDD) and its progenitor species, Triticum urartu (AA), Aegilops tauschii (DD), and Triticum turgidum (AABB). Triticum aestivum exhibited stronger usage bias for G/C-ending codons than did the three progenitor species, and this bias was especially higher compared to T. turgidum and Ae. tauschii. High GC content is a primary factor influencing codon usage in T. aestivum. Neutrality analysis showed a significant positive correlation (p<0.001) between GC12 and GC3 in the four species with regression line slopes near zero (0.16–0.20), suggesting that the effect of mutation on codon usage was only 16–20%. The GC3s values of genes were associated with gene length and distribution density within chromosomes. tRNA abundance data indicated that codon preference corresponded to the relative abundance of isoaccepting tRNAs in the four species. Both mutation and selection have affected synonymous codon usage in hexaploid wheat and its progenitor species. GO enrichment showed that GC biased genes were commonly enriched in physiological processes such as photosynthesis and response to acid chemical. In some certain gene families with important functions, the codon usage of small parts of genes has changed during the evolution process of T. aestivum.
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- Chenkang Yang
- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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Genome-wide identification and expression pattern analysis of lipoxygenase gene family in banana. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9948. [PMID: 33976263 PMCID: PMC8113564 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89211-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The LOX genes have been identified and characterized in many plant species, but studies on the banana LOX genes are very limited. In this study, we respectively identified 18 MaLOX, 11 MbLOX, and 12 MiLOX genes from the Musa acuminata, M. balbisiana and M. itinerans genome data, investigated their gene structures and characterized the physicochemical properties of their encoded proteins. Banana LOXs showed a preference for using and ending with G/C and their encoded proteins can be classified into 9-LOX, Type I 13-LOX and Type II 13-LOX subfamilies. The expansion of the MaLOXs might result from the combined actions of genome-wide, tandem, and segmental duplications. However, tandem and segmental duplications contribute to the expansion of MbLOXs. Transcriptome data based gene expression analysis showed that MaLOX1, 4, and 7 were highly expressed in fruit and their expression levels were significantly regulated by ethylene. And 11, 12 and 7 MaLOXs were found to be low temperature-, high temperature-, and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense tropical race 4 (FocTR4)-responsive, respectively. MaLOX8, 9 and 13 are responsive to all the three stresses, MaLOX4 and MaLOX12 are high temperature- and FocTR4-responsive; MaLOX6 and MaLOX17 are significantly induced by low temperature and FocTR4; and the expression of MaLOX7 and MaLOX16 are only affected by high temperature. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that the expression levels of several MaLOXs are regulated by MeJA and FocTR4, indicating that they can increase the resistance of banana by regulating the JA pathway. Additionally, the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of MaLOXs revealed 3 models respectively for 5 (MaLOX7-11), 3 (MaLOX6, 13, and 17), and 1 (MaLOX12) MaLOX genes. Our findings can provide valuable information for the characterization, evolution, diversity and functionality of MaLOX, MbLOX and MiLOX genes and are helpful for understanding the roles of LOXs in banana growth and development and adaptations to different stresses.
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Duan H, Zhang Q, Wang C, Li F, Tian F, Lu Y, Hu Y, Yang H, Cui G. Analysis of codon usage patterns of the chloroplast genome in Delphinium grandiflorum L. reveals a preference for AT-ending codons as a result of major selection constraints. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10787. [PMID: 33552742 PMCID: PMC7819120 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Codon usage bias analysis is a suitable strategy for identifying the principal evolutionary driving forces in different organisms. Delphinium grandiflorum L. is a perennial herb with high economic value and typical biological characteristics. Evolutionary analysis of D. grandiflorum can provide a rich resource of genetic information for developing hybridization resources of the genus Delphinium. Methods Synonymous codon usage (SCU) and related indices of 51 coding sequences from the D. grandiflorum chloroplast (cp) genome were calculated using Codon W, Cups of EMBOSS, SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Multivariate statistical analysis combined by principal component analysis (PCA), correspondence analysis (COA), PR2-plot mapping analysis and ENC plot analysis was then conducted to explore the factors affecting the usage of synonymous codons. Results The SCU bias of D. grandiflorum was weak and codons preferred A/T ending. A SCU imbalance between A/T and G/C at the third base position was revealed by PR2-plot mapping analysis. A total of eight codons were identified as the optimal codons. The PCA and COA results indicated that base composition (GC content, GC3 content) and gene expression were important for SCU bias. A majority of genes were distributed below the expected curve from the ENC plot analysis and up the standard curve by neutrality plot analysis. Our results showed that with the exception of notable mutation pressure effects, the majority of genetic evolution in the D. grandiflorum cp genome might be driven by natural selection. Discussions Our results provide a theoretical foundation for elucidating the genetic architecture and mechanisms of D. grandiflorum, and contribute to enriching D. grandiflorum genetic resources.
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- Huirong Duan
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Science, Lanzhou, China
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Huo X, Liu S, Li Y, Wei H, Gao J, Yan Y, Zhang G, Liu M. Analysis of synonymous codon usage of transcriptome database in Rheum palmatum. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10450. [PMID: 33505783 PMCID: PMC7789865 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Rheum palmatum is an endangered and important medicinal plant in Asian countries, especially in China. However, there is little knowledge about the codon usage bias for R. palmatum CDSs. In this project, codon usage bias was determined based on the R. palmatum 2,626 predicted CDSs from R. palmatum transcriptome. Methods In this study, all codon usage bias parameters and nucleotide compositions were calculated by Python script, Codon W, DNA Star, CUSP of EMBOSS. Results The average GC and GC3 content are 46.57% and 46.6%, respectively, the results suggested that there exists a little more AT than GC in the R. palmatum genes, and the codon bias of R. palmatum genes preferred to end with A/T. We concluded that the codon bias in R. palmatum was affect by nucleotide composition, mutation pressure, natural selection, gene expression levels, and the mutation pressure is the prominent factor. In addition, we figured out 28 optimal codons and most of them ended with A or U. The project here can offer important information for further studies on enhancing the gene expression using codon optimization in heterogeneous expression system, predicting the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms in R. palmatum.
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- Xiaowei Huo
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Chinese Medicine Basis & New Drugs Research, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Chinese Medicine Basis & New Drugs Research, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Chinese Medicine Basis & New Drugs Research, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Chinese Medicine Basis & New Drugs Research, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Chinese Medicine Basis & New Drugs Research, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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Chakraborty S, Yengkhom S, Uddin A. Analysis of codon usage bias of chloroplast genes in Oryza species : Codon usage of chloroplast genes in Oryza species. PLANTA 2020; 252:67. [PMID: 32989601 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03470-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The codon usage bias in chloroplast genes of Oryza species was low and AT rich. The pattern of codon usage was different among Oryza species and mainly influenced by mutation pressure and natural selection. Codon usage bias (CUB) is the unequal usage of synonymous codons in which some codons are more preferred to others in the coding sequences of genes. It shows a species-specific property. We studied the patterns of codon usage and the factors that influenced the CUB of protein-coding chloroplast (cp) genes in 18 Oryza species as no work was yet reported. The nucleotide composition analysis revealed that the overall GC content of cp genes in different species of Oryza was lower than 50%, i.e., Oryza cp genes were AT rich. Synonymous codon usage order (SCUO) suggested that CUB was weak in the cp genes of different Oryza species. A highly significant correlation was observed between overall nucleotides and its constituents at the third codon position suggesting that both, mutation pressure and natural selection, might influence the CUB. Correspondence analysis (COA) revealed that codon usage pattern differed across Oryza species. In the neutrality plot, a narrow range of GC3 distribution was recorded and some points were diagonally distributed in all the plots, suggesting that natural selection and mutation pressure might have influenced the CUB. The slope of the regression line was < 0.5, augmenting our inference that natural selection might have played a major role, while mutation pressure had a minor role in shaping the CUB of cp genes. The magnitudes of mutation pressure and natural selection on cp genes varied across Oryza species.
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- Supriyo Chakraborty
- Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, Assam, India
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- Department of Zoology, Moinul Hoque Choudhury Memorial Science College, Algapur, Hailakandi, 788150, Assam, India
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Khodary SM, Anwar AM. Insights into The Codon Usage Bias of 13 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Isolates from Different Geo-locations. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2020:2020.04.01.019463. [PMID: 34013275 PMCID: PMC8132235 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.01.019463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which is an infectious disease that spread throughout the world and was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In this study, we performed a genome-wide analysis on the codon usage bias (CUB) of 13 SARS-CoV-2 isolates from different geo-locations (countries) in an attempt to characterize it, unravel the main force shaping its pattern, and understand its adaptation to Homo sapiens . Overall results revealed that, SARS-CoV-2 codon usage is slightly biased similarly to other RNA viruses. Nucleotide and dinucleotide compositions displayed a bias toward A/U content in all codon positions and CpU-ended codons preference, respectively. Eight common putative preferred codons were identified, and all of them were A/U-ended (U-ended: 7, A-ended: 1). In addition, natural selection was found to be the main force structuring the codon usage pattern of SARS-CoV-2. However, mutation pressure and other factors such as compositional constraints and hydrophobicity had an undeniable contribution. Two adaptation indices were utilized and indicated that SARS-CoV-2 is moderately adapted to Homo sapiens compared to other human viruses. The outcome of this study may help in understanding the underlying factors involved in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and may aid in vaccine design strategies.
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Begum Y, Mondal SK. Comprehensive study of the genes involved in chlorophyll synthesis and degradation pathways in some monocot and dicot plant species. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 39:2387-2414. [PMID: 32292132 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1748717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis is one of the most important cellular processes essential for plant photosynthesis. Chl degradation pathway is also important catabolic process occurs during leaf senescence, fruit ripening and under biotic or abiotic stress conditions. Here we have systematically investigated the molecular evolution, gene structure, compositional analysis along with ENc plot, correspondence analysis and codon usage bias of the proteins and encoded genes involved in Chl metabolism from monocots and dicots. The gene and species specific phylogenetic trees using amino acid sequences showed clear clustering formation of the selected species based on monocots and dicots but not supported by 18S rRNA. Nucleotide composition of the encoding genes showed that average GC%, GC1%, GC2% and GC3% were higher in monocots. RSCU analysis depicts that genes from monocots for both pathways and genes for synthesis pathway from dicots only biased to G/C-ending synonymous codons but in degradation pathway most optimal codons (except UUG) in dicots biased to A/U-ending synonymous codons. We found strong evidence of episodic diversifying selection at several amino acid sites in all genes investigated. Conserved domain and gene structures were observed for the genes with varying lengths of introns and exons, involved in Chl metabolism along with some intronless genes within synthesis pathway. ENc and correspondence analyses suggested the mutational or selection constraint on the genes to shape the codon usage. These comprehensive studies may be helpful in further research in molecular phylogenetics and genomics and to better understand the evolutionary dynamics of Chl metabolic pathway.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Yasmin Begum
- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.,Center of Excellence in Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering (TEQIP Phase-II), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
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Ji Q, Zhang T, Zhang D, Lv S, Tan A. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of lipoxygenase genes in Tartary buckwheat. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2020.1738956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- Qiqi Ji
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering(CICMEAB), College of Life Sciences/Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering(CICMEAB), College of Life Sciences/Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
- National Data Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Artemisinin Research Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Basic Veterinary Laboratory, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering(CICMEAB), College of Life Sciences/Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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Liu XY, Li Y, Ji KK, Zhu J, Ling P, Zhou T, Fan LY, Xie SQ. Genome-wide codon usage pattern analysis reveals the correlation between codon usage bias and gene expression in Cuscuta australis. Genomics 2020; 112:2695-2702. [PMID: 32145379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The protein-coding genes and pseudogenes of Cuscuta australis had the diverse contribution to the formation and evolution of parasitism. The codon usage pattern analysis of these two type genes could be used to understand the gene transcription and translation. In this study, we systematically analyzed the codon usage patterns of protein-coding sequences and pseudogenes sequences in C. australis. The results showed that the high frequency codons of protein coding sequences and pseudogenes had the same A/U bias in the third position. However, these two sequences had converse bias at the third base in optimal codons: the protein coding sequences preferred G/C-ending codons while pseudogene sequences preferred A/U-ending codons. Neutrality plot and effective number of codons plot revealed that natural selection played a more important role than mutation pressure in two sequences codon usage bias. Furthermore, the gene expression level had a significant positive correlation with codon usage bias in C. australis. Highly-expressed protein coding genes exhibited a higher codon bias than lowly-expressed genes. Meanwhile, the high-expression genes tended to use G/C-ending synonymous codons. This result further verified the optimal codons usage bias and its correlation with the gene expression in C. australis.
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- Xu-Yuan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Shanxi Academy of Forestry Sciences, Taiyuan 030012, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Ministry of Education), Hainan Key Laboratory for Biology of Tropical Ornamental Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Liu S, Qiao Z, Wang X, Zeng H, Li Y, Cai N, Chen Y. Analysis of codon usage patterns in "Lonicerae Flos" (Lonicera macranthoides Hand. -Mazz.) based on transcriptome data. Gene 2019; 705:127-132. [PMID: 31028866 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.04.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lonicera macranthoides Hand. -Mazz. is an important medicinal and economical plant in China, however, the codon usage bias (CUB) in L. macranthoides genes is still unknown. In this study, L. macranthoides transcriptome sequencing has been completed, and codon usage patterns in 36,090 reconstructed genes from the L. macranthoides transcriptome were examined. The mean GC content and GC3 value is 44.9% and 43.1%, respectively, which indicates that nucleotide contents of L. macranthoides genome is somewhat AT rich, and its codon bias pattern tends to use A/T-ending codons. According to neutrality plot, ENC plot, PR2-Bias plot and correspondence analysis, we know that both compositional constraint under selection and mutation could affect the CUB in L. macranthoides, and the mutation is the most determinant factor. Meanwhile, gene expression levels can influence its codon usage pattern. Furthermore, we identified 29 optimal codons and most of them ended with A/U. The study will lay a foundation for future research on gene prediction, genetic engineering and molecular evolution in L. macranthoides.
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- Sisi Liu
- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
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- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
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- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
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- Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China
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Zhang X, Rong C, Qin L, Mo C, Fan L, Yan J, Zhang M. Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Malus hupehensis: Genome Structure, Comparative Analysis, and Phylogenetic Relationships. Molecules 2018; 23:E2917. [PMID: 30413097 PMCID: PMC6278565 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23112917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Malus hupehensis belongs to the Malus genus (Rosaceae) and is an indigenous wild crabapple of China. This species has received more and more attention, due to its important medicinal, and excellent ornamental and economical, values. In this study, the whole chloroplast (cp) genome of Malus hupehensis, using a Hiseq X Ten sequencing platform, is reported. The M. hupehensis cp genome is 160,065 bp in size, containing a large single copy region (LSC) of 88,166 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 19,193 bp, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,353 bp. It contains 112 genes, including 78 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 30 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and four ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs). The overall nucleotide composition is 36.6% CG. A total of 96 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were identified, most of them were found to be mononucleotide repeats composed of A/T. In addition, a total of 49 long repeats were identified, including 24 forward repeats, 21 palindromic repeats, and four reverse repeats. Comparisons of the IR boundaries of nine Malus complete chloroplast genomes presented slight variations at IR/SC boundaries regions. A phylogenetic analysis, based on 26 chloroplast genomes using the maximum likelihood (ML) method, indicates that M. hupehensis clustered closer ties with M. baccata, M. micromalus, and M. prunifolia than with M. tschonoskii. The availability of the complete chloroplast genome using genomics methods is reported here and provides reliable genetic information for future exploration on the taxonomy and phylogenetic evolution of the Malus and related species.
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- Xin Zhang
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Habachi-Houimli Y, Khalfallah Y, Mezghani-Khemakhem M, Makni H, Makni M, Bouktila D. Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of NBS-encoding resistance genes in barley. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:453. [PMID: 30370194 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1478-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In this study, a systematic analysis of Nucleotide-Binding Site (NBS) disease resistance (R) gene family in the barley, Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Bowman, genome was performed. Using multiple computational analyses, we could identify 96 regular NBS-encoding genes and characterize them on the bases of structural diversity, conserved protein signatures, genomic distribution, gene duplications, differential expression, selection pressure, codon usage, regulation by microRNAs and phylogenetic relationships. Depending on the presence or absence of CC and LRR domains; the identified NBS genes were assigned to four distinct groups; NBS-LRR (53.1%), CC-NBS-LRR (14.6%), NBS (26%), and CC-NBS (6.3%). NBS-associated domain analysis revealed the presence of signal peptides, zinc fingers, diverse kinases, and other structural features. Eighty-five of the identified NBS-encoding genes were mapped onto the seven barley chromosomes, revealing that 50% of them were located on chromosomes 7H, 2H, and 3H, with a tendency of NBS genes to be clustered in the distal telomeric regions of the barley chromosomes. Nine gene clusters, representing 22.35% of total mapped barley NBS-encoding genes, were found, suggesting that tandem duplication stands for an important mechanism in the expansion of this gene family in barley. Phylogenetic analysis determined 31 HvNBS orthologs from rice and Brachypodium. 87 out of 96 HvNBSs were supported by expression evidence, exhibiting various and quantitatively uneven expression patterns across distinct tissues, organs, and development stages. Fourteen potential miRNA-R gene target pairs were further identified, providing insight into the regulation of NBS genes expression. These findings offer candidate target genes to engineer disease-resistant barley genotypes, and promote our understanding of the evolution of NBS-encoding genes in Poaceae crops.
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- Yosra Habachi-Houimli
- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
- 2Université de Tunis, Institut Supérieur de l'Animation pour la Jeunesse et la Culture (ISAJC), Bir El Bey, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
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- 1Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche Génomique des Insectes Ravageurs des Cultures d'intérêt agronomique (GIRC, UR11ES10), El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
- 3Université de Jendouba, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Béja (ISBB), 9000 Béja, Tunisia
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Vasanthi S, Dass JFP. Comparative genome-wide analysis of codon usage of different bacterial species infecting Oryza sativa. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:9346-9356. [PMID: 30105828 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.27214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Oryza sativa is vastly affected by microbial pathogen, causing blight-related diseases, which in turn deplete the growth and productivity of rice. In this study, we analyzed four bacterial rice pathogen genomes and reported on their codon usage that might have greater implication in mutation-related research. Differential codon usage indices, such as codon adaptation index (CAI), codon bias index (CBI), effective number of codons (ENc), relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU), correspondence analysis (COA), and parity plots, were applied on coding sequences of Pseudomonas fuscovaginae, Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas oryzae, and Pseudomonas avenae speices. The RSCU results proposed a high-frequency usage of CUG and CGC that codes for leucine and arginine in all of the species. The CBI and CAI values between the genomes range from 0.17 to 0.3 and from 0.26 to 0.35, respectively, indicating a direct proportionality between these indexes. The mean ENc value of P. avenae coding sequence showed high codon bias compared with other genomes. The axis I variation from COA analysis shows a mean value of 42.28% codon variations in these bacterial species. Correlation studies between axis I and ENc-GC3, along with CAI and CBI, suggested the presence of nucleotide bias and mutational pressure as major forces for codon bias within these species. Hence, certain genes with high CAI-CBI have been correlated for better gene expression. Our study highlights the importance of nucleotide biasness, mutation pressure, and natural selection in shaping protein-coding genes in these four rice-affecting bacteria. This would further help in investigating the evolution of pathogenic gene families, which may direct research toward synthetic genes that could be suppressed or overrepresented based on their codon usage pattern toward pathogenicity.
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- S Vasanthi
- Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Wang L, Xing H, Yuan Y, Wang X, Saeed M, Tao J, Feng W, Zhang G, Song X, Sun X. Genome-wide analysis of codon usage bias in four sequenced cotton species. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194372. [PMID: 29584741 PMCID: PMC5870960 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Codon usage bias (CUB) is an important evolutionary feature in a genome which provides important information for studying organism evolution, gene function and exogenous gene expression. The CUB and its shaping factors in the nuclear genomes of four sequenced cotton species, G. arboreum (A2), G. raimondii (D5), G. hirsutum (AD1) and G. barbadense (AD2) were analyzed in the present study. The effective number of codons (ENC) analysis showed the CUB was weak in these four species and the four subgenomes of the two tetraploids. Codon composition analysis revealed these four species preferred to use pyrimidine-rich codons more frequently than purine-rich codons. Correlation analysis indicated that the base content at the third position of codons affect the degree of codon preference. PR2-bias plot and ENC-plot analyses revealed that the CUB patterns in these genomes and subgenomes were influenced by combined effects of translational selection, directional mutation and other factors. The translational selection (P2) analysis results, together with the non-significant correlation between GC12 and GC3, further revealed that translational selection played the dominant role over mutation pressure in the codon usage bias. Through relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis, we detected 25 high frequency codons preferred to end with T or A, and 31 low frequency codons inclined to end with C or G in these four species and four subgenomes. Finally, 19 to 26 optimal codons with 19 common ones were determined for each species and subgenomes, which preferred to end with A or T. We concluded that the codon usage bias was weak and the translation selection was the main shaping factor in nuclear genes of these four cotton genomes and four subgenomes.
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- Liyuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- Heze Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Heze, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- * E-mail: (XSO); (XSU)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/Agronomy College, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- * E-mail: (XSO); (XSU)
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Ben Ali SE, Schamann A, Dobrovolny S, Indra A, Agapito-Tenfen SZ, Hochegger R, Haslberger AG, Brandes C. Genetic and epigenetic characterization of the cry1Ab coding region and its 3′ flanking genomic region in MON810 maize using next-generation sequencing. Eur Food Res Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-018-3062-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mistranslation errors compromise fitness by wasting resources on nonfunctional proteins. In order to reduce the cost of mistranslations, natural selection chooses the most accurately translated codons at sites that are particularly important for protein structure and function. We investigated the determinants underlying selection for translational accuracy in several species of plants belonging to three clades: Brassicaceae, Fabidae, and Poaceae. Although signatures of translational selection were found in genes from a wide range of species, the underlying factors varied in nature and intensity. Indeed, the degree of synonymous codon bias at evolutionarily conserved sites varied among plant clades while remaining uniform within each clade. This is unlikely to solely reflect the diversity of tRNA pools because there is little correlation between synonymous codon bias and tRNA abundance, so other factors must affect codon choice and translational accuracy in plant genes. Accordingly, synonymous codon choice at a given site was affected not only by the selection pressure at that site, but also its participation in protein domains or mRNA secondary structures. Although these effects were detected in all the species we analyzed, their impact on translation accuracy was distinct in evolutionarily distant plant clades. The domain effect was found to enhance translational accuracy in dicot and monocot genes with a high GC content, but to oppose the selection of more accurate codons in monocot genes with a low GC content.
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Huang X, Xu J, Chen L, Wang Y, Gu X, Peng X, Yang G. Analysis of transcriptome data reveals multifactor constraint on codon usage in Taenia multiceps. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:308. [PMID: 28427327 PMCID: PMC5397707 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3704-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Codon usage bias (CUB) is an important evolutionary feature in genomes that has been widely observed in many organisms. However, the synonymous codon usage pattern in the genome of T. multiceps remains to be clarified. In this study, we analyzed the codon usage of T. multiceps based on the transcriptome data to reveal the constraint factors and to gain an improved understanding of the mechanisms that shape synonymous CUB. Results Analysis of a total of 8,620 annotated mRNA sequences from T. multiceps indicated only a weak codon bias, with mean GC and GC3 content values of 49.29% and 51.43%, respectively. Our analysis indicated that nucleotide composition, mutational pressure, natural selection, gene expression level, amino acids with grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) and aromaticity (Aromo) and the effective selection of amino-acids all contributed to the codon usage in T. multiceps. Among these factors, natural selection was implicated as the major factor affecting the codon usage variation in T. multiceps. The codon usage of ribosome genes was affected mainly by mutations, while the essential genes were affected mainly by selection. In addition, 21codons were identified as “optimal codons”. Overall, the optimal codons were GC-rich (GC:AU, 41:22), and ended with G or C (except CGU). Furthermore, different degrees of variation in codon usage were found between T. multiceps and Escherichia coli, yeast, Homo sapiens. However, little difference was found between T. multiceps and Taenia pisiformis. Conclusions In this study, the codon usage pattern of T. multiceps was analyzed systematically and factors affected CUB were also identified. This is the first study of codon biology in T. multiceps. Understanding the codon usage pattern in T. multiceps can be helpful for the discovery of new genes, molecular genetic engineering and evolutionary studies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3704-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xing Huang
- Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.,Chengdu Agricultural College, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Meat-processing Application Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Pharmacy and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Wen Y, Zou Z, Li H, Xiang Z, He N. Analysis of codon usage patterns in Morus notabilis based on genome and transcriptome data. Genome 2017; 60:473-484. [PMID: 28177830 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2016-0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Codons play important roles in regulating gene expression levels and mRNA half-lives. However, codon usage and related studies in multicellular organisms still lag far behind those in unicellular organisms. In this study, we describe for the first time genome-wide patterns of codon bias in Morus notabilis (mulberry tree), and analyze genome-wide codon usage in 12 other species within the order Rosales. The codon usage of M. notabilis was affected by nucleotide composition, mutation pressure, nature selection, and gene expression level. Translational selection optimal codons were identified and highly expressed genes of M. notabilis tended to use the optimal codons. Genes with higher expression levels have shorter coding region and lower amino acid complexity. Housekeeping genes showed stronger translational selection, which, notably, was not caused by the large differences between the expression level of housekeeping genes and other genes.
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- Yan Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China
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Jiang W, Lv B, Wu X, Wang J, Wu G, Shi C, Tang X. Analysis of synonymous codon usage patterns in the edible fungusVolvariella volvacea. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2016; 64:218-224. [DOI: 10.1002/bab.1538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wei Jiang
- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Forestry and Fruit Tree Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute; Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding; Shanghai People's Republic of China
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Codon Usage Bias in Epichloë festucae. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17071138. [PMID: 27428961 PMCID: PMC4964511 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Analysis of codon usage data has both practical and theoretical applications in understanding the basics of molecular biology. Differences in codon usage patterns among genes reflect variations in local base compositional biases and the intensity of natural selection. Recently, there have been several reports related to codon usage in fungi, but little is known about codon usage bias in Epichloë endophytes. The present study aimed to assess codon usage patterns and biases in 4870 sequences from Epichloë festucae, which may be helpful in revealing the constraint factors such as mutation or selection pressure and improving the bioreactor on the cloning, expression, and characterization of some special genes. The GC content with 56.41% is higher than the AT content (43.59%) in E. festucae. The results of neutrality and effective number of codons plot analyses showed that both mutational bias and natural selection play roles in shaping codon usage in this species. We found that gene length is strongly correlated with codon usage and may contribute to the codon usage patterns observed in genes. Nucleotide composition and gene expression levels also shape codon usage bias in E. festucae. E. festucae exhibits codon usage bias based on the relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) values of 61 sense codons, with 25 codons showing an RSCU larger than 1. In addition, we identified 27 optimal codons that end in a G or C.
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Production of a Highly Protease-Resistant Fungal α-Galactosidase in Transgenic Maize Seeds for Simplified Feed Processing. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129294. [PMID: 26053048 PMCID: PMC4460051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Raffinose-family oligosaccharide (RFO) in soybeans is one of the major anti-nutritional factors for poultry and livestocks. α-Galactosidase is commonly supplemented into the animal feed to hydrolyze α-1,6-galactosidic bonds on the RFOs. To simplify the feed processing, a protease-resistant α-galactosidase encoding gene from Gibberella sp. strain F75, aga-F75, was modified by codon optimization and heterologously expressed in the embryos of transgentic maize driven by the embryo-specific promoter ZM-leg1A. The progenies were produced by backcrossing with the commercial inbred variety Zheng58. PCR, southern blot and western blot analysis confirmed the stable integration and tissue specific expression of the modified gene, aga-F75m, in seeds over four generations. The expression level of Aga-F75M reached up to 10,000 units per kilogram of maize seeds. In comparison with its counterpart produced in Pichia pastoris strain GS115, maize seed-derived Aga-F75M showed a lower temperature optimum (50 °C) and lower stability over alkaline pH range, but better thermal stability at 60 °C to 70 °C and resistance to feed pelleting inactivation (80 °C). This is the first report of producing α-galactosidase in transgenic plant. The study offers an effective and economic approach for direct utilization of α-galactosidase-producing maize without any purification or supplementation procedures in the feed processing.
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Zhang Y, Xu X, Zhou X, Chen R, Yang P, Meng Q, Meng K, Luo H, Yuan J, Yao B, Zhang W. Overexpression of an acidic endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase in transgenic maize seed for direct utilization in animal feed. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81993. [PMID: 24391711 PMCID: PMC3876984 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Incorporation of exogenous glucanase into animal feed is common practice to remove glucan, one of the anti-nutritional factors, for efficient nutrition absorption. The acidic endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase (Bgl7A) from Bispora sp. MEY-1 has excellent properties and represents a potential enzyme supplement to animal feed. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we successfully developed a transgenic maize producing a high level of Bgl7AM (codon modified Bgl7A) by constructing a recombinant vector driven by the embryo-specific promoter ZM-leg1A. Southern and Western blot analysis indicated the stable integration and specific expression of the transgene in maize seeds over four generations. The β-glucanase activity of the transgenic maize seeds reached up to 779,800 U/kg, about 236-fold higher than that of non-transgenic maize. The β-glucanase derived from the transgenic maize seeds had an optimal pH of 4.0 and was stable at pH 1.0-8.0, which is in agreement with the normal environment of digestive tract. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Our study offers a transgenic maize line that could be directly used in animal feed without any glucanase production, purification and supplementation, consequently simplifying the feed enzyme processing procedure.
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- Yuhong Zhang
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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A comparison of synonymous codon usage bias patterns in DNA and RNA virus genomes: quantifying the relative importance of mutational pressure and natural selection. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:406342. [PMID: 24199191 PMCID: PMC3808105 DOI: 10.1155/2013/406342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 06/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Codon usage bias patterns have been broadly explored for many viruses. However, the relative importance of mutation pressure and natural selection is still under debate. In the present study, I tried to resolve controversial issues on determining the principal factors of codon usage patterns for DNA and RNA viruses, respectively, by examining over 38000 ORFs. By utilizing variation partitioning technique, the results showed that 27% and 21% of total variation could be attributed to mutational pressure, while 5% and 6% of total variation could be explained by natural selection for DNA and RNA viruses, respectively, in codon usage patterns. Furthermore, the combined effect of mutational pressure and natural selection on influencing codon usage patterns of viruses is substantial (explaining 10% and 8% of total variation of codon usage patterns). With respect to GC variation, GC content is always negatively and significantly correlated with aromaticity. Interestingly, the signs for the significant correlations between GC, gene lengths, and hydrophobicity are completely opposite between DNA and RNA viruses, being positive for DNA viruses while being negative for RNA viruses. At last, GC12 versus G3s plot suggests that natural selection is more important than mutational pressure on influencing the GC content in the first and second codon positions.
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Palle SR, Seeve CM, Eckert AJ, Wegrzyn JL, Neale DB, Loopstra CA. Association of loblolly pine xylem development gene expression with single-nucleotide polymorphisms. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 33:763-74. [PMID: 23933831 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Variation in the expression of genes with putative roles in wood development was associated with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using a population of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) that included individuals from much of the native range. Association studies were performed using 3938 SNPs and expression data obtained using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (qRT-PCR) for 106 xylem development genes in 400 clonally replicated loblolly pine individuals. A general linear model (GLM) approach, which takes the underlying population structure into consideration, was used to discover significant associations. After adjustment for multiple testing using a false discovery rate correction, 88 statistically significant associations (Q<0.05) were observed for 80 SNPs with the expression data of 33 xylem development genes. Thirty SNPs caused nonsynonymous mutations, 18 resulted in synonymous mutations, 11 were in 3' untranslated regions (UTRs), 1 was in a 5' UTR and 20 were in introns. Using AraNet, we found that Arabidopsis genes with high similarity to the loblolly pine genes involved in 21 of the 88 statistically significant associations are connected in functional gene networks. Comparisons of gene expression values revealed that in most cases the average expression in plants homozygous for the rare SNP allele was lower than that of plants that were heterozygous or homozygous for the abundant allele. Although there are association studies of SNPs and expression profiles for humans, Arabidopsis and white spruce, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of such an association genetic study in pines. Functional validation of these associations will lead to a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of phenotypic differences in wood development among individuals in conifer populations.
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- Sreenath R Palle
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, TAMU 2138, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Sablok G, Wu X, Kuo J, Nayak KC, Baev V, Varotto C, Zhou F. Combinational effect of mutational bias and translational selection for translation efficiency in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) cv. Micro-Tom. Genomics 2013; 101:290-5. [PMID: 23474140 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We conducted a comprehensive analysis of codon usage bias (CUB) based on the available non-redundant full-length cDNA (nrFLcDNA) and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) data of cultivar Micro-Tom and evaluated the associations of observed CUB and measurements of transcriptional and translational effectiveness. The analysis presented in our study suggests a correlation, which is negative but highly correlated between Axis 1 and GC3s (r=-0.827, P<0.01), indicating that mutational bias has a significant and dominant repressive role to the choices of GC3. We also observed a strong positive correlation between codon adaptation index (CAI) and translational adaptation index (tAIg) (0.407, P<0.01), which demonstrates the facilitation of efficient translation by the optimal codon usage patterns of the highly expressed genes. We believe that the complete set of optimal codon usage patterns detected in this study will serve as a model to enhance the transgenesis in the studied cultivar of Solanum lycopersicum.
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- Gaurav Sablok
- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy.
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Xu X, Zhang Y, Meng Q, Meng K, Zhang W, Zhou X, Luo H, Chen R, Yang P, Yao B. Overexpression of a fungal β-mannanase from Bispora sp. MEY-1 in maize seeds and enzyme characterization. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56146. [PMID: 23409143 PMCID: PMC3569411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mannans and heteromannans are widespread in plants cell walls and are well-known as anti-nutritional factors in animal feed. To remove these factors, it is common practice to incorporate endo-β-mannanase into feed for efficient nutrition absorption. The objective of this study was to overexpress a β-mannanase gene directly in maize, the main ingredient of animal feed, to simplify the process of feed production. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The man5A gene encoding an excellent β-mannanase from acidophilic Bispora sp. MEY-1 was selected for heterologous overexpression. Expression of the modified gene (man5As) was driven by the embryo-specific promoter ZM-leg1A, and the transgene was transferred to three generations by backcrossing with commercial inbred Zheng58. Its exogenous integration into the maize embryonic genome and tissue specific expression in seeds were confirmed by PCR and Southern blot and Western blot analysis, respectively. Transgenic plants at BC3 generation showed agronomic traits statistically similar to Zheng58 except for less plant height (154.0 cm vs 158.3 cm). The expression level of MAN5AS reached up to 26,860 units per kilogram of maize seeds. Compared with its counterpart produced in Pichia pastoris, seed-derived MAN5AS had higher temperature optimum (90°C), and remained more β-mannanase activities after pelleting at 80°C, 100°C or 120°C. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE This study shows the genetically stable overexpression of a fungal β-mannanase in maize and offers an effective and economic approach for transgene containment in maize for direct utilization without any purification or supplementation procedures.
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- Xiaolu Xu
- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Chen L, Yang D, Liu T, Nong X, Huang X, Xie Y, Fu Y, Zheng W, Zhang R, Wu X, Gu X, Wang S, Peng X, Yang G. Synonymous codon usage patterns in different parasitic platyhelminth mitochondrial genomes. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2013; 12:587-96. [DOI: 10.4238/2013.february.27.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Nayak KC. Comparative genome sequence analysis of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and 9 other isolates of its genus for factors influencing codon and amino acid usage. Gene 2013; 513:163-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sanjukta R, Farooqi MS, Sharma N, Rai A, Mishra DC, Singh DP. Trends in the codon usage patterns of Chromohalobacter salexigens genes. Bioinformation 2012; 8:1087-95. [PMID: 23251043 PMCID: PMC3523223 DOI: 10.6026/97320630081087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chromohalobacter salexigens, a Gammaproteobacterium belonging to the family Halomonadaceae, shows a broad salinity range for growth. In order to reveal the factors influencing architecture of protein coding genes in C. salexigens, pattern of synonymous codon usage bias has been investigated. Overall codon usage analysis of the microorganism revealed that C and G ending codons are predominantly used in all the genes which are indicative of mutational bias. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that the genes are separated along the first major explanatory axis according to their expression levels and their genomic GC content at the synonymous third positions of the codons. Both NC plot and correspondence analysis on Relative Synonymous Codon Usage (RSCU) indicates that the variation in codon usage among the genes may be due to mutational bias at the DNA level and natural selection acting at the level of mRNA translation. Gene length and the hydrophobicity of the encoded protein also influence the codon usage variation of genes to some extent. A comparison of the relative synonymous codon usage between 10% each of highly and lowly expressed genes determines 23 optimal codons, which are statistically over represented in the former group of genes and may provide useful information for salt-stressed gene prediction and gene-transformation. Furthermore, genes for regulatory functions; mobile and extrachromosomal element functions; and cell envelope are observed to be highly expressed. The study could provide insight into the gene expression response of halophilic bacteria and facilitate establishment of effective strategies to develop salt-tolerant crops of agronomic value.
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- Rajkumari Sanjukta
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi – 110 012
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- National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau Nath Bhanjan, UP – 275 101
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Shi SL, Jiang YR, Liu YQ, Xia RX, Qin L. Selective pressure dominates the synonymous codon usage in parvoviridae. Virus Genes 2012; 46:10-9. [PMID: 22996735 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-012-0818-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Parvoviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses and divided into two subfamilies. The family members infect a wide range of organisms from insects to humans and some of the members (e.g., nonpathogenic adeno-associated viruses) are effective gene therapy delivery vectors. We detailed the synonymous codon usage pattern of Parvoviridae family from the available 58 sequenced genomes through multivariate statistical methods. Our results revealed that nine viruses showed some degree of strong codon bias, and the others possessed a general weak trend of codon bias. ENc-plot and neutrality plot results showed that selective pressure dominated over mutation in shapes coding sequence's composition. The overall GC content and GC content at the third synonymous codon position were the principal determinants behind the variations within the codon usage patterns, as they both significantly correlated with the first axis of correspondence analysis. In addition, gene length had no direct influence on the codon usage pattern. Densovirinae subfamily and Parvovirinae subfamily possessed nine identical preferred codons, though most of the two subfamilies codon usage frequencies were significantly different. The result of cluster analysis based on synonymous codon usage was discordant with that of taxonomic classification. Adeno-associated viruses formed a separated clade far from other Parvoviridae members in the dendrogram. Thus, we concluded that natural selection rather than mutation pressure accounts for the main factor that affects the codon bias in Parvoviridae family.
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- Sheng-Lin Shi
- Postdoctoral Station of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, No.120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, P.R.China.
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Liu H, Huang Y, Du X, Chen Z, Zeng X, Chen Y, Zhang H. Patterns of synonymous codon usage bias in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:4695-706. [DOI: 10.4238/2012.october.17.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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An enzyme-coupled continuous spectrophotometric assay for glycogen synthases. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:585-91. [PMID: 21584701 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0774-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The metabolic pathways leading to the synthesis of bacterial glycogen involve the action of several enzymes, among which glycogen synthase (GS) catalyzes the elongation of the α-1,4-glucan. GS from Agrobacterium tumefaciens uses preferentially ADPGlc, although UDPGlc can also be used as glycosyl donor with less efficiency. We present here a continuous spectrophotometric assay for the determination of GS activity using ADP- or UDPGlc. When ADPGlc was used as the substrate, the production of ADP is coupled to NADH oxidation via pyruvate kinase (PK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). With UDPGlc as substrate, UDP was converted to ADP via adenylate kinase and subsequent coupling to PK and LDH reactions. Using this assay, we determined the kinetic parameters of GS and compared them with those obtained with the classical radiochemical method. For this purpose, we improved the expression procedure of A. tumefaciens GS using Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)-RIL cells. This assay allows the continuous monitoring of glycosyltransferase activity using ADPGlc or UDPGlc as sugar-nucleotide donors.
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Nayak KC. Comparative study on factors influencing the codon and amino acid usage in Lactobacillus sakei 23K and 13 other lactobacilli. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:535-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0768-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Malys N. Shine-Dalgarno sequence of bacteriophage T4: GAGG prevails in early genes. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:33-9. [PMID: 21533668 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0707-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Translation initiation is governed by a limited number of mRNA sequence motifs within the translation initiation region (TIR). In bacteria and bacteriophages, one of the most important determinants is a Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence that base pairs with the anti-SD sequence GAUCACCUCCUUA localized in the 3' end of 16S rRNA. This work assesses a diversity of TIR features in phage T4, focusing on the SD sequence, its spacing to the start codon and relationship to gene expression and essentiality patterns. Analysis shows that GAGG is predominant of all core SD motifs in T4 and its related phages, particularly in early genes. Possible implication of the RegB activity is discussed.
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- Naglis Malys
- Faculty of Life Sciences, MCISB, MIB, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Overexpression of maize mitogen-activated protein kinase gene, ZmSIMK1 in Arabidopsis increases tolerance to salt stress. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 37:4067-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0066-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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