title: Variability of milk fat globule membrane protein gene between cattle and riverine buffalo.
abstract: A study on butyrophilin (BTN) gene was conducted to detect variability at nucleotide level between cattle and buffalo. Hae III PCR-RFLP was carried out in crossbred cattle and it revealed polymorphism at this locus. Three genotypes namely, AA, BB and AB and two alleles were observed with frequencies 0.78, 0.17, 0.04 and 0.87, 0.13, respectively. The sequences of different cattle, buffalo and sheep breeds have been reported in the EMBL gene bank with accession numbers: AY491468 to AY491475. The nucleotides, which have been substituted from allele A to B, were found to be C to G (71st nucleotide), C to T (86th nucleotide), A to T (217th nucleotide), G to A (258th nucleotide), A to C (371st nucleotide) and C to T (377th nucleotide). The nucleotide substitution at 71st, 86th and 377th position of the fragment were expected to be a silent mutation where as nucleotide changes at 217th, 258th and 371st positions were expected to be substituted by lysine with arginine, valine with isoleucine and leucine with proline in allele B. The differences of nucleotides and amino acids between cattle, buffalo and sheep breeds have been revealed and on the basis of nucleotide as well as protein variability the phylogenetic diagram have been developed indicating closeness between cattle and buffalo.
authors.affiliation: Animal Genetics Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP 243122, India. tarun@ivri.up.nic.in
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Feroz D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dayal
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Arjava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000235:genetics*; D000071797:Butyrophilins; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000071797:Butyrophilins; D017931:DNA Primers; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins