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Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites
BACKGROUND: Large amino acid transporter gene families were identified from the genome sequences of three parasitic protists, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania major. These genes encode molecular sensors of the external host environment for trypanosomatid cells and are crucial to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17319943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-26 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Large amino acid transporter gene families were identified from the genome sequences of three parasitic protists, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania major. These genes encode molecular sensors of the external host environment for trypanosomatid cells and are crucial to modulation of gene expression as the parasite passes through different life stages. This study provides a comprehensive phylogenetic account of the origins of these genes, redefining each locus according to a positional criterion, through the integration of phyletic identity with comparative gene order information. RESULTS: Each locus was individually specified by its surrounding gene order and associated with homologs showing the same position ('homoeologs') in other species, where available. Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenies were in general agreement on systematic relationships and confirmed several 'orthology sets' of genes retained since divergence from the common ancestor. Reconciliation analysis quantified the scale of duplication and gene loss, as well as identifying further apparent orthology sets, which lacked conservation of genomic position. These instances suggested substantial genomic restructuring or transposition. Other analyses identified clear instances of evolutionary rate changes post-duplication, the effects of concerted evolution within tandem gene arrays and gene conversion events between syntenic loci. CONCLUSION: Despite their importance to cell function and parasite development, the repertoires of AAT loci in trypanosomatid parasites are relatively fluid in both complement and gene dosage. Some loci are ubiquitous and, after an ancient origin through transposition, originated through descent from the ancestral trypanosomatid. However, reconciliation analysis demonstrated that unilateral expansions of gene number through tandem gene duplication, transposition of gene duplicates to otherwise well conserved genomic positions, and differential patterns of gene loss have produced largely customised and idiosyncratic AAT repertoires in all three species. Not least in T. brucei, which seems to have retained fewer ancestral loci and has acquired novel loci through a complex mix of tandem and transpositive duplication. |
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spelling | pubmed-18102462007-03-06 Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites Jackson, Andrew P BMC Evol Biol Research Article BACKGROUND: Large amino acid transporter gene families were identified from the genome sequences of three parasitic protists, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania major. These genes encode molecular sensors of the external host environment for trypanosomatid cells and are crucial to modulation of gene expression as the parasite passes through different life stages. This study provides a comprehensive phylogenetic account of the origins of these genes, redefining each locus according to a positional criterion, through the integration of phyletic identity with comparative gene order information. RESULTS: Each locus was individually specified by its surrounding gene order and associated with homologs showing the same position ('homoeologs') in other species, where available. Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenies were in general agreement on systematic relationships and confirmed several 'orthology sets' of genes retained since divergence from the common ancestor. Reconciliation analysis quantified the scale of duplication and gene loss, as well as identifying further apparent orthology sets, which lacked conservation of genomic position. These instances suggested substantial genomic restructuring or transposition. Other analyses identified clear instances of evolutionary rate changes post-duplication, the effects of concerted evolution within tandem gene arrays and gene conversion events between syntenic loci. CONCLUSION: Despite their importance to cell function and parasite development, the repertoires of AAT loci in trypanosomatid parasites are relatively fluid in both complement and gene dosage. Some loci are ubiquitous and, after an ancient origin through transposition, originated through descent from the ancestral trypanosomatid. However, reconciliation analysis demonstrated that unilateral expansions of gene number through tandem gene duplication, transposition of gene duplicates to otherwise well conserved genomic positions, and differential patterns of gene loss have produced largely customised and idiosyncratic AAT repertoires in all three species. Not least in T. brucei, which seems to have retained fewer ancestral loci and has acquired novel loci through a complex mix of tandem and transpositive duplication. BioMed Central 2007-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC1810246/ /pubmed/17319943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-26 Text en Copyright © 2007 Jackson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jackson, Andrew P Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title | Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title_full | Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title_fullStr | Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title_full_unstemmed | Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title_short | Origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
title_sort | origins of amino acid transporter loci in trypanosomatid parasites |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17319943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-26 |
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