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GAGE基因家族的分子进化特征的研究
引用本文:诸奇赟,刘洋,朱乃硕.GAGE基因家族的分子进化特征的研究[J].遗传,2007,29(5):559-564.
作者姓名:诸奇赟  刘洋  朱乃硕
作者单位:复旦大学生命科学学院分子免疫学实验室,上海,200433
基金项目:国家自然科学基金(编号:30471906)资助项目~~
摘    要:GAGE基因通常表达于睾丸组织和部分恶性肿瘤组织中, 被认为可能是理想的癌症诊断的标记和治疗的靶位。我们对GAGE基因家族作了生物信息学分析, 发现它们在X染色体上串联成簇排列, 为灵长类所独有, 各拷贝序列趋异度很低。在人类有15个以上的拷贝, 在黑猩猩和猕猴分别有3个和4个。对GAGE基因家族构建进化树, 并估算了复制事件发生的时间, 结果显示在近400万年内陆续发生。用两种方法计算了GAGE各拷贝间的Ka/Ks值, 结果为显著大于1, 表明该基因家族受到正选择作用。这些结果提示该基因可能与灵长类的特征有关, 其在进化上的地位和在配子发育和肿瘤发生中承担的功能值得深入研究。

关 键 词:GAGE基因  灵长类  复制  正选择
文章编号:10.1360/yc-007-0559
收稿时间:2006-09-22
修稿时间:09 22 2006 12:00AM

Molecular evolution of GAGE gene family
ZHU Qi-Yun,LIU Yang,ZHU Nai-Shuo.Molecular evolution of GAGE gene family[J].Hereditas,2007,29(5):559-564.
Authors:ZHU Qi-Yun  LIU Yang  ZHU Nai-Shuo
Institution:Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Abstract:The gene family GAGE is characterized to be expressed in testis and a portion of tumors, which is considered to be a candidate for diagnostic marker and immunotherapy target. The present study revealed that GAGE gene is unique to primate lineage. At least 15 duplicates with low divergence were found to be clustered in human X chromosome, while chimpanzee and macaque has 3 and 4 in a similar manner. The phylogenetic tree for the duplicates was constructed and the age of the duplication events was estimated, which was ranged from 4 million years ago to present. The Ka/Ks value of the duplicates was significantly greater than 1, indicating that GAGE family is under positive selection. Based on this study, GAGE may contribute to the characteristics of primate species, and the role of GAGE gene in evolution and in the genesis of gametid and tumor deserves further investigation.
Keywords:GAGE gene  primate  duplication  positive selection
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