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Polypeptide ligation occurs during post-translational modification of concanavalin A 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Lectins are proteins with multivalent carbohydrate-binding sites, which confer the ability to agglutinate. The seeds of legumes are particularly rich in lectins, for example, concanavalin A (Con A) comprises up to 15% of the protein in the cotyledons of jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) seeds. The amino acid sequences of Con A and several other legume lectins have been partially or fully determined, and comparison of these sequences from different species reveals a circular homology (Fig. 1A); rearrangements within the genome have been suggested to explain this. We report here that the circular homology displayed by Con A is due to a post-translational transposition and ligation within the initial polypeptide. This type of modification has not been reported previously for eukaryotes, although it has been suggested to occur in bacteriophage lambda. 相似文献
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Evolution of microRNA genes by inverted duplication of target gene sequences in Arabidopsis thaliana 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Allen E Xie Z Gustafson AM Sung GH Spatafora JW Carrington JC 《Nature genetics》2004,36(12):1282-1290
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de Bakker PI McVean G Sabeti PC Miretti MM Green T Marchini J Ke X Monsuur AJ Whittaker P Delgado M Morrison J Richardson A Walsh EC Gao X Galver L Hart J Hafler DA Pericak-Vance M Todd JA Daly MJ Trowsdale J Wijmenga C Vyse TJ Beck S Murray SS Carrington M Gregory S Deloukas P Rioux JD 《Nature genetics》2006,38(10):1166-1172
The proteins encoded by the classical HLA class I and class II genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are highly polymorphic and are essential in self versus non-self immune recognition. HLA variation is a crucial determinant of transplant rejection and susceptibility to a large number of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Yet identification of causal variants is problematic owing to linkage disequilibrium that extends across multiple HLA and non-HLA genes in the MHC. We therefore set out to characterize the linkage disequilibrium patterns between the highly polymorphic HLA genes and background variation by typing the classical HLA genes and >7,500 common SNPs and deletion-insertion polymorphisms across four population samples. The analysis provides informative tag SNPs that capture much of the common variation in the MHC region and that could be used in disease association studies, and it provides new insight into the evolutionary dynamics and ancestral origins of the HLA loci and their haplotypes. 相似文献
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Martin MP Qi Y Gao X Yamada E Martin JN Pereyra F Colombo S Brown EE Shupert WL Phair J Goedert JJ Buchbinder S Kirk GD Telenti A Connors M O'Brien SJ Walker BD Parham P Deeks SG McVicar DW Carrington M 《Nature genetics》2007,39(6):733-740
Allotypes of the natural killer (NK) cell receptor KIR3DL1 vary in both NK cell expression patterns and inhibitory capacity upon binding to their ligands, HLA-B Bw4 molecules, present on target cells. Using a sample size of over 1,500 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)+ individuals, we show that various distinct allelic combinations of the KIR3DL1 and HLA-B loci significantly and strongly influence both AIDS progression and plasma HIV RNA abundance in a consistent manner. These genetic data correlate very well with previously defined functional differences that distinguish KIR3DL1 allotypes. The various epistatic effects observed here for common, distinct KIR3DL1 and HLA-B Bw4 combinations are unprecedented with regard to any pair of genetic loci in human disease, and indicate that NK cells may have a critical role in the natural history of HIV infection. 相似文献
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Alter G Heckerman D Schneidewind A Fadda L Kadie CM Carlson JM Oniangue-Ndza C Martin M Li B Khakoo SI Carrington M Allen TM Altfeld M 《Nature》2011,476(7358):96-100
Natural killer (NK) cells have an important role in the control of viral infections, recognizing virally infected cells through a variety of activating and inhibitory receptors. Epidemiological and functional studies have recently suggested that NK cells can also contribute to the control of HIV-1 infection through recognition of virally infected cells by both activating and inhibitory killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs). However, it remains unknown whether NK cells can directly mediate antiviral immune pressure in vivo in humans. Here we describe KIR-associated amino-acid polymorphisms in the HIV-1 sequence of chronically infected individuals, on a population level. We show that these KIR-associated HIV-1 sequence polymorphisms can enhance the binding of inhibitory KIRs to HIV-1-infected CD4(+) T cells, and reduce the antiviral activity of KIR-positive NK cells. These data demonstrate that KIR-positive NK cells can place immunological pressure on HIV-1, and that the virus can evade such NK-cell-mediated immune pressure by selecting for sequence polymorphisms, as was previously described for virus-specific T cells and neutralizing antibodies. NK cells might therefore have a previously underappreciated role in contributing to viral evolution. 相似文献
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Global diversity and evidence for coevolution of KIR and HLA 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Single RM Martin MP Gao X Meyer D Yeager M Kidd JR Kidd KK Carrington M 《Nature genetics》2007,39(9):1114-1119
The killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene cluster shows extensive genetic diversity, as do the HLA class I loci, which encode ligands for KIR molecules. We genotyped 1,642 individuals from 30 geographically distinct populations to examine population-level evidence for coevolution of these two functionally related but unlinked gene clusters. We observed strong negative correlations between the presence of activating KIR genes and their corresponding HLA ligand groups across populations, especially KIR3DS1 and its putative HLA-B Bw4-80I ligands (r = -0.66, P = 0.038). In contrast, we observed weak positive relationships between the various inhibitory KIR genes and their ligands. We observed a negative correlation between distance from East Africa and frequency of activating KIR genes and their corresponding ligands, suggesting a balance between selection on HLA and KIR loci. Most KIR-HLA genetic association studies indicate a primary influence of activating KIR-HLA genotypes in disease risk; concomitantly, activating receptor-ligand pairs in this study show the strongest signature of coevolution of these two complex genetic systems as compared with inhibitory receptor-ligand pairs. 相似文献
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Hu TT Pattyn P Bakker EG Cao J Cheng JF Clark RM Fahlgren N Fawcett JA Grimwood J Gundlach H Haberer G Hollister JD Ossowski S Ottilar RP Salamov AA Schneeberger K Spannagl M Wang X Yang L Nasrallah ME Bergelson J Carrington JC Gaut BS Schmutz J Mayer KF Van de Peer Y Grigoriev IV Nordborg M Weigel D Guo YL 《Nature genetics》2011,43(5):476-481
We report the 207-Mb genome sequence of the North American Arabidopsis lyrata strain MN47 based on 8.3× dideoxy sequence coverage. We predict 32,670 genes in this outcrossing species compared to the 27,025 genes in the selfing species Arabidopsis thaliana. The much smaller 125-Mb genome of A. thaliana, which diverged from A. lyrata 10 million years ago, likely constitutes the derived state for the family. We found evidence for DNA loss from large-scale rearrangements, but most of the difference in genome size can be attributed to hundreds of thousands of small deletions, mostly in noncoding DNA and transposons. Analysis of deletions and insertions still segregating in A. thaliana indicates that the process of DNA loss is ongoing, suggesting pervasive selection for a smaller genome. The high-quality reference genome sequence for A. lyrata will be an important resource for functional, evolutionary and ecological studies in the genus Arabidopsis. 相似文献
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Norman PJ Abi-Rached L Gendzekhadze K Korbel D Gleimer M Rowley D Bruno D Carrington CV Chandanayingyong D Chang YH Crespí C Saruhan-Direskeneli G Fraser PA Hameed K Kamkamidze G Koram KA Layrisse Z Matamoros N Milà J Park MH Pitchappan RM Ramdath DD Shiau MY Stephens HA Struik S Verity DH Vaughan RW Tyan D Davis RW Riley EM Ronaghi M Parham P 《Nature genetics》2007,39(9):1092-1099
Interactions of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I ligands diversify natural killer cell responses to infection. By analyzing sequence variation in diverse human populations, we show that the KIR3DL1/S1 locus encodes two lineages of polymorphic inhibitory KIR3DL1 allotypes that recognize Bw4 epitopes of protein">HLA-A and HLA-B and one lineage of conserved activating KIR3DS1 allotypes, also implicated in Bw4 recognition. Balancing selection has maintained these three lineages for over 3 million years. Variation was selected at D1 and D2 domain residues that contact HLA class I and at two sites on D0, the domain that enhances the binding of KIR3D to HLA class I. HLA-B variants that gained Bw4 through interallelic microconversion are also products of selection. A worldwide comparison uncovers unusual KIR3DL1/S1 evolution in modern sub-Saharan Africans. Balancing selection is weak and confined to D0, KIR3DS1 is rare and KIR3DL1 allotypes with similar binding sites predominate. Natural killer cells express the dominant KIR3DL1 at a high frequency and with high surface density, providing strong responses to cells perturbed in Bw4 expression. 相似文献