期刊
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 24, 期 10, 页码 2235-2241出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm152
关键词
positive selection; radical substitution; conservative substitution; classification of amino acids; development
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM30998] Funding Source: Medline
There are 2 ways to infer selection pressures in the evolution of protein-coding genes, the nonsynonymous and synonymous substitution rate ratio (K-A/K-S) and the radical and conservative amino acid replacement rate ratio (K-R/K-C). Because the K-R/K-C ratio depends on the definition of radical and conservative changes in the classification of amino acids, we develop an amino acid classification that maximizes the correlation between K-A/K-S and K-R/K-C. An analysis of 3,375 orthologous gene groups among 5 mammalian species shows that our classification gives a significantly higher correlation coefficient between the 2 ratios than those of existing classifications. However, there are many orthologous gene groups with a low K-A/K-S but a high K-R/K-C ratio. Examining the functions of these genes, we found an overrepresentation of functional categories related to development. To determine if the overrepresentation is stage specific, we examined the expression patterns of these genes at different developmental stages of the mouse. Interestingly, these genes are highly expressed in the early middle stage of development (blastocyst to amnion). It is commonly thought that developmental genes tend to be conservative in evolution, but some molecular changes in developmental stages should have contributed to morphological divergence in adult mammals. Therefore, we propose that the relaxed pressures indicated by the K-R/K-C ratio but not by K-A/K-S in the early middle stage of development may be important for the morphological divergence of mammals at the adult stage, whereas purifying selection detected by K-A/K-S occurs in the early middle developmental stage.
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