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The Enterprise, a massive transposon carrying Spok meiotic drive genes
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- Vogan, Aaron A. (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi,Johannesson's Lab
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- Ament-Velásquez, S. Lorena, Ph.D. 1988- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi,Johannesson's Lab
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- Bastiaans, Eric, 1980- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi,Wageningen University
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- Wallerman, Ola (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi
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- Saupe, Sven J. (author)
- CNRS Université de Bordeaux
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- Suh, Alexander (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi
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- Johannesson, Hanna (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi
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- 2021-04-19
- 2021
- English.
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In: Genome Research. - : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL). - 1088-9051 .- 1549-5469. ; 31:5, s. 789-798
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Abstract
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- The genomes of eukaryotes are full of parasitic sequences known as transposable elements (TEs). Most TEs studied to date are relatively small (50 — 12000 bp), but can contribute to very large proportions of genomes. Here we report the discovery of a giant tyrosine-recombinase-mobilized DNA transposon, Enterprise, from the model fungus Podospora anserina. Previously, we described a large genomic feature called the Spok block which is notable due to the presence of meiotic drive genes of the Spok gene family. The Spok block ranges from 110 kb to 247 kb and can be present in at least four different genomic locations within P. anserina, despite what is an otherwise highly conserved genome structure. We have determined that the reason for its varying positions is that the Spok block is not only capable of meiotic drive, but is also capable of transposition. More precisely, the Spok block represents a unique case where the Enterprise has captured the Spoks, thereby parasitizing a resident genomic parasite to become a genomic hyperparasite. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Enterprise (without the Spoks) is found in other fungal lineages, where it can be as large as 70 kb. Lastly, we provide experimental evidence that the Spok block is deleterious, with detrimental effects on spore production in strains which carry it. In contrast to the selfish role of the Enterprise in P. anserina, we speculate that the mobility of the Enterprise may also play an adaptive role in many other fungi, through the horizontal transfer of metabolic genes. This union of meiotic drivers and a transposon has created a selfish element of impressive size in Podospora, challenging our perception of how TEs influence genome evolution and broadening the horizons in terms of what the upper limit of transposition may be.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Spok
- Podospora
- Transposable elements
- Enterprise
- meiotic drive
- Fungi
- spore killing
- Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Genetics
- Biologi med inriktning mot evolutionär genetik
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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