Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3891
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Unraveling patterns of site-to-site synonymous rates variation and associated gene properties of protein domains and families
Authors: Dimitrieva, Slavica
Anisimova, Maria
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-3891
10.1371/journal.pone.0095034
Published in: PLOS ONE
Volume(Issue): 9
Issue: 6/e95034
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Language: English
Subject (DDC): 572: Biochemistry
Abstract: In protein-coding genes, synonymous mutations are often thought not to affect fitness and therefore are not subject to natural selection. Yet increasingly, cases of non-neutral evolution at certain synonymous sites were reported over the last decade. To evaluate the extent and the nature of site-specific selection on synonymous codons, we computed the site-to-site synonymous rate variation (SRV) and identified gene properties that make SRV more likely in a large database of protein-coding gene families and protein domains. To our knowledge, this is the first study that explores the determinants and patterns of the SRV in real data. We show that the SRV is widespread in the evolution of protein-coding sequences, putting in doubt the validity of the synonymous rate as a standard neutral proxy. While protein domains rarely undergo adaptive evolution, the SRV appears to play important role in optimizing the domain function at the level of DNA. In contrast, protein families are more likely to evolve by positive selection, but are less likely to exhibit SRV. Stronger SRV was detected in genes with stronger codon bias and tRNA reusage, those coding for proteins with larger number of interactions or forming larger number of structures, located in intracellular components and those involved in typically conserved complex processes and functions. Genes with extreme SRV show higher expression levels in nearly all tissues. This indicates that codon bias in a gene, which often correlates with gene expression, may often be a site-specific phenomenon regulating the speed of translation along the sequence, consistent with the co-translational folding hypothesis. Strikingly, genes with SRV were strongly overrepresented for metabolic pathways and those associated with several genetic diseases, particularly cancers and diabetes.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8297
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS)
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Dimitrieva, S., & Anisimova, M. (2014). Unraveling patterns of site-to-site synonymous rates variation and associated gene properties of protein domains and families. Plos One, 9(6/e95034). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3891
Dimitrieva, S. and Anisimova, M. (2014) ‘Unraveling patterns of site-to-site synonymous rates variation and associated gene properties of protein domains and families’, PLOS ONE, 9(6/e95034). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3891.
S. Dimitrieva and M. Anisimova, “Unraveling patterns of site-to-site synonymous rates variation and associated gene properties of protein domains and families,” PLOS ONE, vol. 9, no. 6/e95034, 2014, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3891.
DIMITRIEVA, Slavica und Maria ANISIMOVA, 2014. Unraveling patterns of site-to-site synonymous rates variation and associated gene properties of protein domains and families. PLOS ONE. 2014. Bd. 9, Nr. 6/e95034. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3891
Dimitrieva, Slavica, and Maria Anisimova. 2014. “Unraveling Patterns of Site-to-Site Synonymous Rates Variation and Associated Gene Properties of Protein Domains and Families.” Plos One 9 (6/e95034). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3891.
Dimitrieva, Slavica, and Maria Anisimova. “Unraveling Patterns of Site-to-Site Synonymous Rates Variation and Associated Gene Properties of Protein Domains and Families.” Plos One, vol. 9, no. 6/e95034, 2014, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3891.


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