Patterns of amino acid evolution in the Drosophila ananassae chimeric gene, siren, parallel those of other Adh-derived chimeras
| Autor: | Corbin D. Jones, Hung Jui Shih |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Genetics
chemistry.chemical_classification biology Drosophila ananassae Molecular Sequence Data Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes Insect Chimeric gene biology.organism_classification Siren (codec) Amino acid Fusion gene Evolution Molecular chemistry Notes biology.protein Animals Drosophila Proteins Drosophila Amino Acids Gene Fusion Gene Drosophila Protein Alcohol dehydrogenase |
| Zdroj: | Genetics. 180(2) |
| ISSN: | 0016-6731 |
| Popis: | siren1 and siren2 are novel alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh)-derived chimeric genes in the Drosophila bipectinata complex. D. ananassae, however, harbors a single homolog of these genes. Like other Adh-derived chimeric genes, siren evolved adaptively shortly after it was formed. These changes likely shifted the catalytic activity of siren. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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