Genomic organization of nucleolin gene in carp fish: Evidence for several genes
Biol. Res
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39(2): 353-365, 2006. ilus, tab
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RESUMO
The protein nucleolin, functionally involved in the main steps of ribosome biogenesis, is codified by a single copy gene in mammals. Here we report that at least three different genes codify for this protein in carp fish (Cyprinus carpio). This is the first description of the genomic organization of nucleolin in a teleost. The carp nucleolin gene includes 8.8 kb and contains 16 exons. Promoter cis regulatory elements are similar to constitutive genes, i.e., a putative TATA box, three G/C boxes, and three pyrimidine-rich boxes. As in other species, carp nucleolin gene introns host three snoRNA codifying sequences: U23 from the H/ACA family and two C/D box snoRNAs, U20 and U82. Both U20 and U82 span a complementary sequence with carp 18S rRNA. Additionally, we identified two cDNAs coding for nucleolin, confirming the existence of several nucleolin genes in carp. Amino acid-derived sequence from carp cDNAs differ from mammal protein because they span additional acidic domains at the amino end, whose functional significance remains unclear. We performed amino acid sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses showing that the three isoforms of carp nucleolin, which we describe herein, cluster in two groups. cNUC1 probably diverges from cNUC2 and cNUC3 as result of ancestral fish-specific genome duplication, indeed C. carpio is a tetraploid fish.
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Assunto principal:
Fosfoproteínas
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Carpas
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Proteínas de Ligação a RNA
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Genoma
Limite:
Animais
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Biol. Res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Andrés Bello/CL
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Universidad Austral de Chile/CL
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