title: Neighboring genes show interchromosomal colocalization after their separation.
abstract: The order of genes on eukaryotic chromosomes is nonrandom. Some neighboring genes show order conservation among species, while some neighboring genes separate during evolution. Here, we investigated whether neighboring genes show interactions after their separation. We found that neighboring gene pairs tend to show interchromosomal colocalization (i.e., nuclear colocalization) in the species in which they separate. These nuclear colocalized separated neighboring gene pairs 1) show neighborhood conservation in more species, 2) tend to be regulated by the same transcription factor, and 3) tend to be regulated by the same histone modification. These results suggest a mechanism by which neighboring genes could retain nuclear proximity after their separation.
authors: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors: Zhiming
authors: Z
authors: Dai
authors: Yuanyan
authors: Y
authors: Xiong
authors: Xianhua
authors: X
authors: Dai
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D023061:Gene Order; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
keywords: gene order; neighboring genes; nuclear colocalization