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Homology modeling revealed more than 20,000 rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) secondary structures 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
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Structural genomics meets phylogenetics and vice versa: Knowing rRNA secondary structures is a prerequisite for constructing rRNA alignments for inferring phylogenies, and inferring phylogenies is a precondition to understand the evolution of such rRNA secondary structures. Here, both scientific worlds go together. The rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region is a widely used phylogenetic marker. Because of its high variability at the sequence level, correct alignments have to take into account structural information. In this study, we examine the extent of the conservation in structure. We present (1) the homology modeled secondary structure of more than 20,000 ITS2 covering about 14,000 species; (2) a computational approach for homology modeling of rRNA structures, which additionally can be applied to other RNA families; and (3) a database providing about 25,000 ITS2 sequences with their associated secondary structures, a refined ITS2 specific general time reversible (GTR) substitution model, and a scoring matrix, available at http://its2.bioapps.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de. 相似文献
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Paramecium aurelia revisited 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Coleman AW 《The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology》2005,52(1):68-77
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Ribosomal DNA and ITS-2 sequence comparisons as a tool for predicting genetic relatedness 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14
The determination of the secondary structure of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions separating nuclear ribosomal
RNA genes of Chlorophytes has improved the fidelity of alignment of nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences from related organisms.
Application of this information to sequences from green algae and plants suggested that a subset of the ITS-2 positions is
relatively conserved. Organisms that can mate are identical at all of these 116 positions, or differ by at most, one nucleotide
change. Here we sequenced and compared the ITS-1 and ITS-2 of 40 green flagellates in search of the nearest relative to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The analysis clearly revealed one unique candidate, C. incerta. Several ancillary benefits of the analysis included the identification of mislabelled cultures, the resolution of confusion
concerning C. smithii, the discovery of misidentified sequences in GenBank derived from a green algal contaminant, and an overview of evolutionary
relationships among the Volvocales, which is congruent with that derived from rDNA gene sequence comparisons but improves
upon its resolution. The study further delineates the taxonomic level at which ITS sequences, in comparison to ribosomal gene
sequences, are most useful in systematic and other studies.
Received: 14 February 1997 / Accepted: 28 March 1997 相似文献
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The 9S RNA precursor of Escherichia coli 5S RNA has three structural domains: implications for processing. 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
J Christiansen 《Nucleic acids research》1988,16(15):7457-7476
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Hui Yao Jingyuan Song Chang Liu Kun Luo Jianping Han Ying Li Xiaohui Pang Hongxi Xu Yingjie Zhu Peigen Xiao Shilin Chen 《PloS one》2010,5(10)
Background
The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA is regarded as one of the candidate DNA barcodes because it possesses a number of valuable characteristics, such as the availability of conserved regions for designing universal primers, the ease of its amplification, and sufficient variability to distinguish even closely related species. However, a general analysis of its ability to discriminate species in a comprehensive sample set is lacking.Methodology/Principal Findings
In the current study, 50,790 plant and 12,221 animal ITS2 sequences downloaded from GenBank were evaluated according to sequence length, GC content, intra- and inter-specific divergence, and efficiency of identification. The results show that the inter-specific divergence of congeneric species in plants and animals was greater than its corresponding intra-specific variations. The success rates for using the ITS2 region to identify dicotyledons, monocotyledons, gymnosperms, ferns, mosses, and animals were 76.1%, 74.2%, 67.1%, 88.1%, 77.4%, and 91.7% at the species level, respectively. The ITS2 region unveiled a different ability to identify closely related species within different families and genera. The secondary structure of the ITS2 region could provide useful information for species identification and could be considered as a molecular morphological characteristic.Conclusions/Significance
As one of the most popular phylogenetic markers for eukaryota, we propose that the ITS2 locus should be used as a universal DNA barcode for identifying plant species and as a complementary locus for CO1 to identify animal species. We have also developed a web application to facilitate ITS2-based cross-kingdom species identification (http://its2-plantidit.dnsalias.org). 相似文献16.
Helices are the most common elements of RNA secondary structure. Despite intensive investigations of various types of RNAs, the evolutionary history of the formation of new helices (novel helical structures) remains largely elusive. Here, by studying the nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2), a fast-evolving part of the eukaryotic nuclear ribosomal operon, we identify two possible types of helix formation: one type is “dichotomous helix formation”—transition from one large helix to two smaller helices by invagination of the apical part of a helix, which significantly changes the shape of the original secondary structure but does not increase its complexity (i.e., the total length of the RNA). An alternative type is “lateral helix formation”—origin of an extra helical region by the extension of a bulge loop or a spacer in a multi-helix loop of the original helix, which does not disrupt the pre-existing structure but increases RNA size. Moreover, we present examples from the RNA sequence literature indicating that both types of helix formation may have implications for RNA evolution beyond ITS2. 相似文献
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Patrick P. Edger Michelle Tang Kevin A. Bird Dustin R. Mayfield Gavin Conant Klaus Mummenhoff Marcus A. Koch J. Chris Pires 《PloS one》2014,9(7)
The internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene cluster, termed ITS1 and ITS2, are the most frequently used nuclear markers for phylogenetic analyses across many eukaryotic groups including most plant families. The reasons for the popularity of these markers include: 1.) Ease of amplification due to high copy number of the gene clusters, 2.) Available cost-effective methods and highly conserved primers, 3.) Rapidly evolving markers (i.e. variable between closely related species), and 4.) The assumption (and/or treatment) that these sequences are non-functional, neutrally evolving phylogenetic markers. Here, our analyses of ITS1 and ITS2 for 50 species suggest that both sequences are instead under selective constraints to preserve proper secondary structure, likely to maintain complete self-splicing functions, and thus are not neutrally-evolving phylogenetic markers. Our results indicate the majority of sequence sites are co-evolving with other positions to form proper secondary structure, which has implications for phylogenetic inference. We also found that the lowest energy state and total number of possible alternate secondary structures are highly significantly different between ITS regions and random sequences with an identical overall length and Guanine-Cytosine (GC) content. Lastly, we review recent evidence highlighting some additional problematic issues with using these regions as the sole markers for phylogenetic studies, and thus strongly recommend additional markers and cost-effective approaches for future studies to estimate phylogenetic relationships. 相似文献
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Goertzen LR Cannone JJ Gutell RR Jansen RK 《Molecular phylogenetics and evolution》2003,29(2):216-234
An RNA secondary structure model is presented for the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) based on comparative analysis of 340 sequences from the angiosperm family Asteraceae. The model based on covariation analysis agrees with structural features proposed in previous studies using mainly thermodynamic criteria and provides evidence for additional structural motifs within ITS1 and ITS2. The minimum structure model suggests that at least 20% of ITS1 and 38% of ITS2 nucleotide positions are involved in base pairing to form helices. The sequence alignment enabled by conserved structural features provides a framework for broadscale molecular evolutionary studies and the first family-level phylogeny of the Asteraceae based on nuclear DNA data. The phylogeny based on ITS sequence data is very well resolved and shows considerable congruence with relationships among major lineages of the family suggested by chloroplast DNA studies, including a monophyletic subfamily Asteroideae and a paraphyletic subfamily Cichorioideae. Combined analyses of ndhF and ITS sequences provide additional resolution and support for relationships in the family. 相似文献