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GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 14, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac157
关键词
chytrid; fungi; sensory system; light perception
资金
- BBSRC [BB/G00885X/2]
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 [101022101-FungEye]
- Royal Society URF [URF/R/191005]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
This article reports the highly contiguous genome assembly and gene annotation of the Blastocladiella emersonii strain. The study assesses the diversity of sensory system encoding genes in this species, identifying a rich complement of G-protein-coupled receptors, ion transporters, and nucleotide cyclases. The findings suggest that the sensory-signaling systems of B. emersonii have diversified through domain recombination and tandem duplication.
The chytrid fungus Blastocladiella emersonii produces spores with swimming tails (zoospores); these cells can sense and swim toward light. Interest in this species stems from ongoing efforts to develop B. emersonii as a model for understanding the evolution of phototaxis and the molecular cell biology of the associated optogenetic circuits. Here, we report a highly contiguous genome assembly and gene annotation of the B. emersonii American Type Culture Collection 22665 strain. We integrate a PacBio long-read library with an Illumina paired-end genomic sequence survey leading to an assembly of 21 contigs totaling 34.27 Mb. Using these data, we assess the diversity of sensory system encoding genes. These analyses identify a rich complement of G-protein-coupled receptors, ion transporters, and nucleotide cyclases, all of which have been diversified by domain recombination and tandem duplication. In many cases, these domain combinations have led to the fusion of a protein domain to a transmembrane domain, tying a putative signaling function to the cell membrane. This pattern is consistent with the diversification of the B. emersonii sensory-signaling systems, which likely plays a varied role in the complex life cycle of this fungus.
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