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Nature ; 423(6937): 241-54, 2003 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12748633

ABSTRACT

Identifying the functional elements encoded in a genome is one of the principal challenges in modern biology. Comparative genomics should offer a powerful, general approach. Here, we present a comparative analysis of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on high-quality draft sequences of three related species (S. paradoxus, S. mikatae and S. bayanus). We first aligned the genomes and characterized their evolution, defining the regions and mechanisms of change. We then developed methods for direct identification of genes and regulatory motifs. The gene analysis yielded a major revision to the yeast gene catalogue, affecting approximately 15% of all genes and reducing the total count by about 500 genes. The motif analysis automatically identified 72 genome-wide elements, including most known regulatory motifs and numerous new motifs. We inferred a putative function for most of these motifs, and provided insights into their combinatorial interactions. The results have implications for genome analysis of diverse organisms, including the human.


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Genes, Fungal/genetics , Genome, Fungal , Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics , Saccharomyces/genetics , Base Sequence , Binding Sites , Conserved Sequence/genetics , DNA-Binding Proteins , Evolution, Molecular , Fungal Proteins/chemistry , Fungal Proteins/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal , Genomics , Humans , Introns/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Open Reading Frames/genetics , Response Elements/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Species Specificity , Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Nature ; 422(6934): 859-68, 2003 Apr 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12712197

ABSTRACT

Neurospora crassa is a central organism in the history of twentieth-century genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology. Here, we report a high-quality draft sequence of the N. crassa genome. The approximately 40-megabase genome encodes about 10,000 protein-coding genes--more than twice as many as in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and only about 25% fewer than in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Analysis of the gene set yields insights into unexpected aspects of Neurospora biology including the identification of genes potentially associated with red light photobiology, genes implicated in secondary metabolism, and important differences in Ca2+ signalling as compared with plants and animals. Neurospora possesses the widest array of genome defence mechanisms known for any eukaryotic organism, including a process unique to fungi called repeat-induced point mutation (RIP). Genome analysis suggests that RIP has had a profound impact on genome evolution, greatly slowing the creation of new genes through genomic duplication and resulting in a genome with an unusually low proportion of closely related genes.


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Genes, Fungal/genetics , Genome, Fungal , Neurospora crassa/genetics , Calcium Signaling/genetics , DNA Methylation , Diterpenes/metabolism , Evolution, Molecular , Gene Duplication , Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Multienzyme Complexes/genetics , Multigene Family/genetics , Mutagenesis/genetics , Neurospora crassa/cytology , Neurospora crassa/enzymology , Neurospora crassa/metabolism , Plant Diseases/microbiology , RNA Interference , RNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics , Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Signal Transduction/genetics
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Curr Biol ; 13(1): 27-36, 2003 Jan 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12526741

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen that is the cause of Legionnaires' Disease. Legionella produces disease because it can replicate inside a specialized compartment of host macrophages. Macrophages isolated from various inbred mice exhibit large differences in permissiveness for intracellular replication of Legionella. A locus affecting this host-resistance phenotype, Lgn1, has been mapped to chromosome 13, but the responsible gene has not been identified. RESULTS: Here, we report that Naip5 (also known as Birc1e) influences susceptibility to Legionella. Naip5 encodes a protein that is homologous to plant innate immunity (so-called "resistance") proteins and has been implicated in signaling pathways related to apoptosis regulation. Detailed recombination mapping and analysis of expression implicates Naip5 in the Legionella permissiveness differences among mouse strains. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenic line expressing a nonpermissive allele of Naip5 exhibits a reduction in macrophage Legionella permissiveness. In addition, morpholino-based antisense inhibition of Naip5 causes an increase in the Legionella permissiveness of macrophages. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that polymorphisms in Naip5 are involved in the permissiveness differences of mouse macrophages for intracellular Legionella replication. We speculate that Naip5 is a functional mammalian homolog of plant "resistance" proteins that monitor for, and initiate host response to, the presence of secreted bacterial virulence proteins.


Subject(s)
Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Legionella pneumophila/pathogenicity , Legionnaires' Disease/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Animals , Antisense Elements (Genetics)/pharmacology , Cells, Cultured , Chromosome Mapping , Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial , Gene Expression Regulation , Legionnaires' Disease/microbiology , Macrophages/drug effects , Macrophages/microbiology , Mice , Mice, Inbred Strains , Mice, Transgenic , Neuronal Apoptosis-Inhibitory Protein , Polymorphism, Genetic , Transgenes
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Genome Res ; 12(4): 532-42, 2002 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11932238

ABSTRACT

Methanogenesis, the biological production of methane, plays a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle and contributes significantly to global warming. The majority of methane in nature is derived from acetate. Here we report the complete genome sequence of an acetate-utilizing methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A. Methanosarcineae are the most metabolically diverse methanogens, thrive in a broad range of environments, and are unique among the Archaea in forming complex multicellular structures. This diversity is reflected in the genome of M. acetivorans. At 5,751,492 base pairs it is by far the largest known archaeal genome. The 4524 open reading frames code for a strikingly wide and unanticipated variety of metabolic and cellular capabilities. The presence of novel methyltransferases indicates the likelihood of undiscovered natural energy sources for methanogenesis, whereas the presence of single-subunit carbon monoxide dehydrogenases raises the possibility of nonmethanogenic growth. Although motility has not been observed in any Methanosarcineae, a flagellin gene cluster and two complete chemotaxis gene clusters were identified. The availability of genetic methods, coupled with its physiological and metabolic diversity, makes M. acetivorans a powerful model organism for the study of archaeal biology. [Sequence, data, annotations and analyses are available at http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/.]


Subject(s)
Genetic Variation , Genome, Archaeal , Methanosarcina/genetics , Archaeal Proteins/genetics , Archaeal Proteins/physiology , Carbon Monoxide/metabolism , Cell Movement/genetics , Cell Movement/physiology , Euryarchaeota/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Archaeal/physiology , Hydrogen/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/physiology , Methanosarcina/physiology , Molecular Sequence Data , Multigene Family/genetics , Multigene Family/physiology , Nitrogen Fixation/genetics , Nitrogen Fixation/physiology , Oxygen/metabolism , Polysaccharides/biosynthesis , Polysaccharides/genetics , Protein Biosynthesis/physiology , Replication Origin/genetics , Replication Origin/physiology , Signal Transduction/genetics , Signal Transduction/physiology , Transcription, Genetic
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