title: Evolutionary expansion of nematode-specific glycine-rich secreted peptides.
abstract: Genome-wide comparisons across 10 species from algae Guillardia theta to mammal human indicated that Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae were highly enriched for glycine-rich secreted peptides (GRSPs) (110 GRSPs in C. elegans and 93 in C. briggsae) in this study. Chromosomal mapping showed that most GRSPs were clustered on the two nematode genomes [103 (93.64%) in C. elegans and 82 (88.17%) in C. briggsae], which could be divided into 18 cluster units in C. elegans and 13 in C. briggsae, respectively. Except for four C. elegans GRSPs clusters without matching clusters in C. briggsae, all other GRSPs clusters had paired synteny block between the two nematode genomes. Analyzing transcriptome datasets quantified by microarray indicated extensive genome-wide co-expression of GRSPs clusters after C. elegans infections. Highly homologous coding sequences and conserved exon-intron structures indicated that GRSPs tight clusters were likely derived from local DNA duplications. Phylogenetic conservation of synteny blocks between their genomes, co-expression of GRSPs clusters after C. elegans infections, and strong purifying selections of coding sequences may indicate evolutionary constraints acting on C. elegans to guarantee that C. elegans could mount rapid systematic responses to infections by co-expression, co-regulation, and co-functionality of GRSPs clusters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, PR China. Electronic address: yingmuying@ncu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Muying
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, PR China.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Experimental Center for Medical Teaching of Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, PR China.
authors.forename: Lehan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000235:genetics; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics; D044785:Cryptophyta / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D011506:Proteins
keywords: Co-expressed gene cluster; Conserved synteny block; Glycine-rich secreted peptide; Nematode infections