title: Molecular phylogeny of C1 inhibitor depicts two immunoglobulin-like domains fusion in fishes and ray-finned fishes specific intron insertion after separation from zebrafish.
abstract: C1 inhibitor (C1IN) is a multi-facet serine protease inhibitor in the plasma cascades, inhibiting several proteases, notably, regulates both complement and contact system activation. Despite huge advancements in the understanding of C1IN based on biochemical properties and its roles in the plasma cascades, the phylogenetic history of C1IN remains uncharacterized. To date, there is no comprehensive study illustrating the phylogenetic history of C1IN. Herein, we explored phylogenetic history of C1IN gene in vertebrates. Fishes have C1IN with two immunoglobulin like domains attached in the N-terminal region. The RCL regions of CIIN from fishes and tetrapod genomes have variations at the positions P2 and P1'. Gene structures of C1IN gene from selected ray-finned fishes varied in the Ig domain region with creation of novel intron splitting exon Im2 into Im2a and Im2b. This intron is limited to ray-finned fishes with genome size reduced below 1 Gb. Hence, we suggest that genome compaction and associated double-strand break repairs are behind this intron gain. This study reveals the evolutionary history of C1IN and confirmed that this gene remains the same locus for ∼450 MY in 52 vertebrates analysed, but it is not found in frogs and lampreys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: akumar@bot.uni-kiel.de.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Molecular Physiology, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Sandeep J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sarde
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goswami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D050718:Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D050718:Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein; D007136:Immunoglobulins
keywords: C1 inhibitor; Group V4; Intron gain; Phylogenetic analysis; Serpin G1; Synteny