Article ; Online: Amino acid usage and protein expression levels in the flatworm Schistosoma mansoni.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology
2023 Volume 255, Page(s) 111581
Abstract: ... bilharzia. At the genomic level, S. mansoni is AT-rich, but has some compositional heterogeneity. Indeed ... some regions of its genome are GC-rich, mainly in the regions located near the extreme ends of the chromosomes ... to use GC-rich codons. Here, we address the following question: are highly expressed sequences biased ...
Abstract | Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic flatworm that causes a human disease called schistosomiasis, or bilharzia. At the genomic level, S. mansoni is AT-rich, but has some compositional heterogeneity. Indeed, some regions of its genome are GC-rich, mainly in the regions located near the extreme ends of the chromosomes. Recently, we showed that, despite the strong bias towards A/T ending codons, highly expressed genes tend to use GC-rich codons. Here, we address the following question: are highly expressed sequences biased in their amino acid frequencies? Our analyses show that these sequences in S. mansoni, as in species ranging from bacteria to human, are strongly biased in nucleotide composition. Highly expressed genes tend to use GC-rich codons (in the first and second codon positions), which code the energetically cheapest amino acids. Therefore, we conclude that amino acid usage, at least in highly expressed genes, is strongly shaped by natural selection to avoid energetically expensive residues. Whether this is an adaptation to the parasitic way of life of S. mansoni, is unclear since the same pattern occurs in free-living species. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Humans ; Platyhelminths/genetics ; Schistosoma mansoni/genetics ; Amino Acids/genetics ; Codon ; Bacteria |
Chemical Substances | Amino Acids ; Codon |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-07-19 |
Publishing country | Netherlands |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 756166-0 |
ISSN | 1872-9428 ; 0166-6851 |
ISSN (online) | 1872-9428 |
ISSN | 0166-6851 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2023.111581 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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