The impact of RNA structure on coding sequence evolution in both bacteria and eukaryotes
- Authors
- Gu, Wanjun; Li, Musheng; Xu, Yuming; Wang, Ting; Ko, Jae-Hong; Zhou, Tong
- Issue Date
- 23-Apr-2014
- Publisher
- BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
- Keywords
- mRNA structure; Purifying selection; Synonymous mutation; Translation initiation; Codon usage bias; Gene expression
- Citation
- BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, v.14, no.1
- Journal Title
- BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/12313
- DOI
- 10.1186/1471-2148-14-87
- ISSN
- 1471-2148
- Abstract
- Background: Many studies have found functional RNA secondary structures are selectively conserved among species. But, the effect of RNA structure selection on coding sequence evolution remains unknown. To address this problem, we systematically investigated the relationship between nucleotide conservation level and its structural sensitivity in four model organisms, Escherichia coli, yeast, fly, and mouse. Results: We define structurally sensitive sites as those with putative local structure-disruptive mutations. Using both the Mantel-Haenszel procedure and association test, we found structurally sensitive nucleotide sites evolved more slowly than non-sensitive sites in all four organisms. Furthermore, we observed that this association is more obvious in highly expressed genes and region near the start codon. Conclusion: We conclude that structurally sensitive sites in mRNA sequences normally have less nucleotide divergence in all species we analyzed. This study extends our understanding of the impact of RNA structure on coding sequence evolution, and is helpful to the development of a codon model with RNA structure information.
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