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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-10
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The acquisition of autosomal fertility genes has been proposed to be an important process in human Y chromosome evolution. For example, the Y-linked fertility factor DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia) appears to have arisen after the transposition and tandem amplification of the autosomal DAZH gene. The Drosophila melanogaster Y chromosome contains tandemly repeated Su(Ste) units that are thought to affect male fertility as suppressors of the homologous X-linked Stellate repeats. Here we report the detection of a testis-expressed autosomal gene, SSL [Su(Ste)-like], that appears to be an ancestor of the Y-linked Su(Ste) units. SSL encodes a casein kinase 2 (CK2) beta-subunit-like protein. Its putative ORF shares extensive (45%) homology with the genuine beta-subunit of CK2 and retains the conserved C-terminal and Glu/Asp-rich domains that are essential for CK2 holoenzyme regulation. SSL maps within region 60D1-2 of D. melanogaster and D. simulans polytene chromosomes. We present evidence that SSL was derived from the genuine betaCK2 gene by reverse transcription. This event resulted in the loss of the first three introns in the coding region of the SSL ancestor gene. Evolutionary analysis indicates that SSL has evolved under selective pressure at the translational level. Its sequence, especially in the 3' region, is much closer to the Y-linked Su(Ste) tandem repeats than to the betaCK2 gene. These results suggest that the acquisition of testis-specific autosomal genes may be important for the evolution of Drosophila as well as human Y chromosomes.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6297-302
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Casein Kinase II, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:9177211-Y Chromosome
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Acquisition and amplification of a testis-expressed autosomal gene, SSL, by the Drosophila Y chromosome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 123182, Kurchatov Square 46, Russia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't