Conservation of alternative splicing and genomic organization of the myosin alkali light-chain (Mlc1) gene among Drosophila species.

Abstract:

:The Mlc1 gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes two MLC1 isoforms via developmentally regulated alternative pre-mRNA splicing. In larval muscle and tubular and abdominal muscles of adults, all of the six exons are included in the spliced mRNA, whereas, in the fibrillar indirect flight muscle of adult, exon 5 is excluded from the mRNA. We show that this tissue-specific pattern of alternative splicing of the Mlc1 pre-mRNA is conserved in D. simulans, D. pseudoobscura, and D. virilis. Isolation and sequencing of the Mlc1 genes from these three other Drosophila species have revealed that the overall organization of the genes is identical and that the genes have maintained a very high level of sequence identity within the coding region. Pairwise amino acid identities are 94%-99%, and there are no charge changes among the proteins. Total nucleotide divergence within the coding region of the four genes supports the accepted genealogy of these species, but the data indicate a significantly higher rate of amino acid replacement in the branch leading to D. pseudoobscura. A comparison of nucleotide substitutions in the coding portions of exon 5 and exon 6, which encode the alternative carboxyl termini of the two MLC1 isoforms, suggests that exon 5 is subject to greater evolutionary constraints than is exon 6. In addition to the coding sequences, there is significant sequence conservation within the 5' and 3' noncoding DNA and two of the introns, including one that flanks exon 5. These regions are candidates for cis-regulatory elements. Our results suggest that evolutionary constraints are acting on both the coding and noncoding sequences of the Mlc1 gene to maintain proper expression and function of the two MLC1 polypeptides.

journal_name

Mol Biol Evol

authors

Leicht BG,Lyckegaard EM,Benedict CM,Clark AG

doi

10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040043

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-07-01 00:00:00

pages

769-90

issue

4

eissn

0737-4038

issn

1537-1719

journal_volume

10

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