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GENOMICS
卷 112, 期 2, 页码 1120-1127出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.06.026
关键词
Mitochondrial genome; Ribosomal RNAs; Humanin; Short-humanin-like peptides; SHLP6
资金
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- University of Lyon
- Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche
The mitochondrial genome (mt-DNA) functional repertoire has recently been enriched in mammals by the identification of functional small open reading frames (sORFs) embedded in ribosomal DNAs. Through comparative genomic analyses the presence of putatively functional sORFs was investigated in birds. Alignment of available avian mt-DNA sequences revealed highly conserved regions containing four putative sORFs that presented low insertion/deletion polymorphism rate (<0.1%) and preserved in frame start/stop codons in > 80% of species. Detected sORFs included avian homologs of human Humanin and Short-Humanin-Like-Peptide 6 and two new sORFs not yet described in mammals. The amino-acid sequences of the four putative encoded peptides were strongly conserved among birds, with amino-acid p-distances (5.6 to 25.4%) similar to those calculated for typical avian mt-DNA-encoded proteins (14.8%). Conservation resulted from either drastic conservation of the nucleotide sequence or negative selection pressure. These data extend to birds the possibility that mitochondrial rDNA may encode small bioactive peptides.
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