The strange mitochondrial genomes of Metschnikowia yeasts
| Autor: | Dong Kyung Lee, David Roy Smith, Marc-André Lachance, Tom Hsiang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Mitochondrial DNA food.ingredient Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Range (biology) Metschnikowia Genome DNA Mitochondrial General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Electron Transport Complex IV 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine food Candida albicans biology Genetic Variation biology.organism_classification Yeast Introns Mitochondria 030104 developmental biology Evolutionary biology Genus Metschnikowia Genome Fungal General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Current biology : CB. 30(14) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0445 |
| Popis: | While sequencing and characterizing the mitochondrial genomes of 71 strains from the yeast genus Metschnikowia [1] (close cousin to the model species Candida albicans), we uncovered one of the most extreme examples of mitochondrial genome architectural diversity observed to date. These Metschnikowia mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) capture nearly the entire known gene-size and intron-content range for cox1 and cob across all eukaryotic life and show remarkable differences in structure and noncoding content. This genomic variation can be seen both among species and between strains of the same species, raising the question: why are Metschnikowia mitogenomes so malleable? |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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