Affiliation:
1. University of Copenhagen
2. University of Western Australia
Abstract
Abstract
Databases of genome sequences are growing exponentially, but, in some cases, assembly is incomplete and genes are poorly annotated. For evolutionary studies, it is of interest to identify all members of a given gene family in a genome. In this work, we developed a method for identifying most, if not all, members of a gene family from a raw genomes in which assembly is of low quality, using the P-type ATPase superfamily as an example. The method is based on the translation of an entire genome in all six reading frames and the co-occurrence of two family-specific sequence motifs that are in close proximity to each other. To test the method's usability, we first used it to identify P-type ATPase members in the high-quality annotated genome of barley (Hordeum vulgare). Subsequently, after successfully identifying plasma membrane H+-ATPase family members (P3A ATPases) in various plant genomes of varying quality, we tested the hypothesis that the number of P3A ATPases correlates with the ability of the plant to tolerate saline conditions. In 19 genomes of glycophytes and halophytes, the total number of P3A ATPase genes was found to vary from 7 to 22. Taken together, the method developed proved useful for identification of P-type ATPase family members in raw genomes that are poorly assembled.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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