title: Polymorphism, linkage mapping and expression pattern of the porcine skeletal muscle glycogen synthase (GYS1) gene.
abstract: The glycogen synthase gene (GYS1), which encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for glycogen synthesis of skeletal muscle, is a promising candidate gene for traits related to skeletal muscle in pigs. In this study, a G/A single nucleotide polymorphism in GYS1 intron 7 detected as a FokI PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) showed allele frequency differences among five Chinese indigenous pig breeds and three western commercial pig breeds. Linkage analysis assigned the gene GYS1 to marker interval SW1302-SW1473 on SSC6 in a three-generation Meishan X Large White reference family. The results of association analysis and interval mapping suggested that the FokI PCR-RFLP polymorphism might be linked with the quantitative trait loci affecting carcass traits detected on SSC6 in the F2 intercross pedigree. The reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction revealed that the porcine GYS1 gene was expressed in spleen, lung, liver, kidney, small intestine, skeletal muscle, heart and stomach, with the highest expression in skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D017931:DNA Primers; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013045:Species Specificity; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006006:Glycogen Synthase