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ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Volume 1440, Issue 1, Pages 67-78Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14019
Keywords
codon usage bias; ovarian cancer; overrepresented; underrepresented codons; directional mutation pressure
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- Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW), Government of India [V.25011/441/HRD/2016-HR]
- MHFW
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In this study, we analyzed the compositional dynamics and codon usage pattern of genes involved in ovarian cancer (OC) using a computational method. Mutations in specific genes are associated with OC, and some genes are risk factors for progression of OC, but no work has been reported yet on the codon usage pattern of genes involved in OC. Nucleotide composition analysis of OC-related genes suggested that the overall GC content was higher than AT content; that is, the genes were GC rich. The improved effective number of codons indicated that the overall extent of codon usage bias of genes involved in OC was low. The codons AGC, CTG, ATC, ACC, GTG, and GCC were overrepresented, while the codons TCG, TTA, CTA, CCG, CAA, CGT, ATA, ACG, GTA, GTT, GCG, and GGT were underrepresented in the genes. Correspondence analysis suggested that the codon usage pattern was different in different genes. A highly significant correlation was observed between GC12 and GC3 (r = 0.587, P < 0.01) of genes, suggesting that directional mutation affected the three codon positions. Our report on the codon usage pattern of genes involved in OC includes a new perspective for elucidating the mechanisms of biased usage of synonymous codons, as well as providing useful clues for molecular genetic engineering.
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