PUBLICATION
Genomic organization of nucleolin gene in carp fish: evidence for several genes
- Authors
- Quezada, C., Navarro, C., San Martín, R., Alvarez, M., Molina, A., and Vera, M.I.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-081114-26
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- Biological research 39(2): 353-65 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Molina, Alfredo
- Keywords
- nucleolin, nucleolus, U snoRNAs, rRNA 18S, carp fish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Carps/genetics*
- Gene Library
- Genome/genetics*
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphoproteins/genetics*
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Small Nucleolar/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 16874410 Full text @ Biol. Res.
Citation
Quezada, C., Navarro, C., San Martín, R., Alvarez, M., Molina, A., and Vera, M.I. (2006) Genomic organization of nucleolin gene in carp fish: evidence for several genes. Biological research. 39(2):353-65.
Abstract
The protein nucleolin, functionally involved in the main steps of ribosome biogenesis, is codified by a single copy gene in mammals. Here we report that at least three different genes codify for this protein in carp fish (Cyprinus carpio). This is the first description of the genomic organization of nucleolin in a teleost. The carp nucleolin gene includes 8.8 kb and contains 16 exons. Promoter cis regulatory elements are similar to constitutive genes, i.e., a putative TATA box, three G/C boxes, and three pyrimidine-rich boxes. As in other species, carp nucleolin gene introns host three snoRNA codifying sequences: U23 from the H/ACA family and two C/D box snoRNAs, U20 and U82. Both U20 and U82 span a complementary sequence with carp 18S rRNA. Additionally, we identified two cDNAs coding for nucleolin, confirming the existence of several nucleolin genes in carp. Amino acid-derived sequence from carp cDNAs differ from mammal protein because they span additional acidic domains at the amino end, whose functional significance remains unclear. We performed amino acid sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses showing that the three isoforms of carp nucleolin, which we describe herein, cluster in two groups. cNUC1 probably diverges from cNUC2 and cNUC3 as result of ancestral fish-specific genome duplication, indeed C. carpio is a tetraploid fish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping