PuSH - Publikationsserver des Helmholtz Zentrums München

Prade, V.M. ; Gundlach, H. ; Twardziok, S.O. ; Chapman, B.* ; Tan, C.S.* ; Langridge, P.* ; Schulman, A.H.* ; Stein, N.* ; Waugh, R.* ; Zhang, G.* ; Platzer, M.* ; Li, C.* ; Spannagl, M. ; Mayer, K.F.X.

The pseudogenes of barley.

Plant J. 93, 502-514 (2017)
Verlagsversion Postprint Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
Open Access Green
Pseudogenes have a reputation of being 'evolutionary relics' or 'junk DNA'. While they are well characterized in mammals, studies in more complex plant genomes have so far been hampered by the absence of reference genome sequences. Barley is one of the economically most important cereals and has a genome size of 5.1 Gb. With the first high-quality genome reference assembly available for a Triticeae crop, we conducted a whole-genome assessment of pseudogenes on the barley genome. We identified, characterized and classified 89 440 gene fragments and pseudogenes scattered along the chromosomes, with occasional hotspots and higher densities at the chromosome ends. Full-length pseudogenes (11 015) have preferentially retained their exon-intron structure. Retrotransposition of processed mRNAs only plays a marginal role in their creation. However, the distribution of retroposed pseudogenes reflects the Rabl configuration of barley chromosomes and thus hints at founding mechanisms. While parent genes related to the defense-response were found to be under-represented in cultivated barley, we detected several defense-related pseudogenes in wild barley accessions. The percentage of transcriptionally active pseudogenes is 7.2%, and these may potentially adopt new regulatory roles. The barley genome is rich in pseudogenes and small gene fragments mainly located towards chromosome tips or as tandemly repeated units. Our results indicate non-random duplication and pseudogenization preferences and improve our understanding of the dynamics of gene birth and death in large plant genomes and the mechanisms that lead to evolutionary innovations.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Web of Science
Times Cited
Scopus
Cited By
Altmetric
5.901
1.508
9
9
Tags
Anmerkungen
Besondere Publikation
Auf Hompepage verbergern

Zusatzinfos bearbeiten
Eigene Tags bearbeiten
Privat
Eigene Anmerkung bearbeiten
Privat
Auf Publikationslisten für
Homepage nicht anzeigen
Als besondere Publikation
markieren
Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Pseudogenes ; Barley ; Hordeum Vulgare ; Plants ; Gene Fragments ; Gene Evolution; Processed Pseudogenes; Signal-transduction; Human Genome; Plant-cells; Cd-hit; Gene; Dna; Identification; Evolutionary; Calcium
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2017
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2017
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0960-7412
e-ISSN 1365-313X
Zeitschrift Plant Journal, The
Quellenangaben Band: 93, Heft: 3, Seiten: 502-514 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Wiley
Verlagsort Hoboken
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Environmental Sciences
Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-503500-002
G-500390-001
Scopus ID 85040831382
PubMed ID 29205595
Erfassungsdatum 2018-01-29