Evolutionary dynamics of transcriptional and translational regulation in yeast

All living organisms respond to environmental stimuli by modulating the activity of different genes. This response can occur across many locations throughout the cell such as at the level of transcription, translation, and even post-translational modifications. Some of this variation between species...

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Autor: Blevins, William Robert
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/668337
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668337
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Yeast
S. cerevisiae
De novo genes
Phylostratigraphy
Oxidative stress
RNA-seq
Ribo-seq
Llevat
Gens de novo
Estrès oxidatiu
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Sumario:All living organisms respond to environmental stimuli by modulating the activity of different genes. This response can occur across many locations throughout the cell such as at the level of transcription, translation, and even post-translational modifications. Some of this variation between species is attributable to the presence or absence of lineage-specific genes. The birth of new genes via de novo emergence from previously non-genic DNA is predicted to contribute significantly to this diversity. To explore this question, we generated high-depth transcriptomic data for 11 species of yeast, as well as ribosome profiling and proteomics data for Saccharomyces cerevisiae in rich media and oxidative stress conditions. We identified 213 putative de novo genes in S. cerevisiae; over a third of them are translated, and approximately half of them overlap more ancient genes on the antisense strand. We found that a significant fraction of S. cerevisiae genes (~5%) have emerged de novo over the past 20 million years.