J 2016

Absence of positive selection on CenH3 in Luzula suggests that holokinetic chromosomes may suppress centromere drive

ZEDEK, František a Petr BUREŠ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Absence of positive selection on CenH3 in Luzula suggests that holokinetic chromosomes may suppress centromere drive

Autoři

ZEDEK, František (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Petr BUREŠ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Annals of Botany, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, 0305-7364

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.041

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088443

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000399546800015

Klíčová slova anglicky

centromere drive; meiotic drive; holokinetic chromosomes; holocentric chromosomes; positive selection; adaptive evolution; Centromeric histone H3; CenH3; CENP-A; holokinetic drive

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 6. 3. 2018 16:15, prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Background and Aims: The centromere drive theory explains diversity of eukaryotic centromeres as a consequence of the recurrent conflict between centromeric repeats and centromeric histone H3 (CenH3), in which selfish centromeres exploit meiotic asymmetry and CenH3 evolves adaptively to counterbalance deleterious consequences of driving centromeres. Accordingly, adaptively evolving CenH3 has so far been observed only in eukaryotes with asymmetric meiosis. However, if such evolution is a consequence of centromere drive, it should depend not only on meiotic asymmetry but also on monocentric or holokinetic chromosomal structure. Selective pressures acting on CenH3 have never been investigated in organisms with holokinetic meiosis despite the fact that holokinetic chromosomes have been hypothesized to suppress centromere drive. Therefore, the present study evaluates selective pressures acting on the CenH3 gene in holokinetic organisms for the first time, specifically in the representatives of the plant genus Luzula (Juncaceae), in which the kinetochore formation is not co-localized with any type of centromeric repeat. Methods: PCR, cloning and sequencing, and database searches were used to obtain coding CenH3 sequences from Luzula species. Codon substitution models were employed to infer selective regimes acting on CenH3 in Luzula. Key Results: In addition to the two previously published CenH3 sequences from L. nivea, 16 new CenH3 sequences have been isolated from 12 Luzula species. Two CenH3 isoforms in Luzula that originated by a duplication event prior to the divergence of analysed species were found. No signs of positive selection acting on CenH3 in Luzula were detected. Instead, evidence was found that selection on CenH3 of Luzula might have been relaxed. Conclusions: The results indicate that holokinetism itself may suppress centromere drive and, therefore, holokinetic chromosomes might have evolved as a defence against centromere drive.

Návaznosti

GA13-29362S, projekt VaV
Název: Evoluce holocentrických chromosomů (Akronym: EvoHolo)
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Evoluce holocentrických chromosomů