Abstract
A novel myoD paralogue was characterised in Salmo salar (smyoD1c) and S. trutta (btmyoD1c). SmyoD1c had 78.2/ 90.6% protein sequence identity to smyoD1a/smyoD1b, respectively. Each paralogue was differentially expressed throughout somitogenesis. In adult fish, smyoD1a was the predominant gene expressed in fast muscle, whereas smyoD1c was 2-3 times upregulated in slow muscle compared to smyoD1a/1b. A maximum likelihood analysis indicated that myoD1c arose by duplication of myoD1b after the salmonid tetraploidization. Another myoD paralogue (myoD2) is present in at least some teleosts, reflecting a more ancient genome duplication. To accommodate these findings we propose a simplified teleost-myoD nomenclature. (c) 2006 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4996-5002 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 580 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Sept 2006 |
Keywords
- myogenic regulatory factors
- teleost fish
- genome evolution
- IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION
- MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD
- SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT
- MUSCLE
- ZEBRAFISH
- EVOLUTION
- SLOW
- EXPRESSION
- SOFTWARE
- FAMILY