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Formation of new genes explains lower intron density in mammalian Rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors.

Abstract：

:Mammalian G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) genes are characterised by a large proportion of intronless genes or a lower density of introns when compared with GPCRs of invertebrates. It is unclear which mechanisms have influenced intron density in this protein family, which is one of the largest in the mammalian genomes. We used a combination of Hidden Markov Models (HMM) and BLAST searches to establish the comprehensive repertoire of Rhodopsin GPCRs from seven species and performed overall alignments and phylogenetic analysis using the maximum parsimony method for over 1400 receptors in 12 subgroups. We identified 14 different Ancestral Receptor Groups (ARGs) that have members in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. We found that there exists a remarkable difference in the intron density among ancestral and new Rhodopsin GPCRs. The intron density among ARGs members was more than 3.5-fold higher than that within non-ARG members and more than 2-fold higher when considering only the 7TM region. This suggests that the new GPCR genes have been predominantly formed intronless while the ancestral receptors likely accumulated introns during their evolution. Many of the intron positions found in mammalian ARG receptor sequences were found to be present in orthologue invertebrate receptors suggesting that these intron positions are ancient. This analysis also revealed that one intron position is much more frequent than any other position and it is common for a number of phylogenetically different Rhodopsin GPCR groups. This intron position lies within a functionally important, conserved, DRY motif which may form a proto-splice site that could contribute to positional intron insertion. Moreover, we have found that other receptor motifs, similar to DRY, also contain introns between the second and third nucleotide of the arginine codon which also forms a proto-splice site. Our analysis presents compelling evidence that there was not a major loss of introns in mammalian GPCRs and formation of new GPCRs among mammals explains why these have fewer introns compared to invertebrate GPCRs. We also discuss and speculate about the possible role of different RNA- and DNA-based mechanisms of intron insertion and loss.

journal_name

Mol Phylogenet Evol

journal_title

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors

Fridmanis D,Fredriksson R,Kapa I,Schiöth HB,Klovins J

doi

10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-06-01 00:00:00

pages

864-80

issue

eissn

1055-7903

issn

1095-9513

pii

S1055-7903(06)00442-8

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Formation of new genes explains lower intron density in mammalian Rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors.