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Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture
- Source :
- Science
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020.
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Abstract
- A recipe for new genes Most lineages contain evolutionarily novel genes, but their origin is not always clear. Cosby et al. investigated the origin of families of lineage-specific vertebrate genes (see the Perspective by Wacholder and Carvunis). Fusion between transposable elements (TEs) and host gene exons, once incorporated into the host genome, could generate new functional genes. Examination of KARABINER , a bat gene that arose through this process, shows how the retention of part of the TE within this gene allows the transcribed protein to bind throughout the genome and act as a transcriptional regulator. Thus, TEs interacting within their host genome provide the raw material to generate new combinations of functional domains that can be selected upon and incorporated within the hierarchical cellular network. Science , this issue p. eabc6405 ; see also p. 779
- Subjects :
- Transposable element
Protein domain
Transposases
Computational biology
Biology
Exon shuffling
Article
Evolution, Molecular
Fusion gene
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Protein Domains
DNA Transposable Elements
Chiroptera
Gene expression
Genetics
Animals
Gene Regulatory Networks
Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional
Molecular Biology
Transcription factor
Gene
Genetics (clinical)
Transposase
030304 developmental biology
Regulation of gene expression
0303 health sciences
Binding Sites
Multidisciplinary
Human evolutionary genetics
Alternative splicing
DNA-binding domain
Fusion protein
DNA-Binding Proteins
Alternative Splicing
Gene Expression Regulation
Vertebrates
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Transcription Factors
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ad1e5147e941d477195e63795c6653db