A possible role of exon-shuffling in the evolution of signal peptides of human proteins |
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Authors: | Vibranovski Maria Dulcetti Sakabe Noboru Jo de Souza Sandro José |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Computational Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sao Paulo Branch, Rua Prof. Antonio Prudente 109, CEP 01509-010, S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | It was recently shown that there is a predominance of phase 1 introns near the cleavage site of signal peptides encoded by human genes. It was suggested that this biased distribution was due to intron insertion at AGmid R:G proto-splice sites. However, we found that there is no disproportional excess of AGmid R:G that would support insertion at proto-splice sites. In fact, all nGmid R:G sites are enriched in the vicinity of the cleavage site. Additional analyses support an alternative scenario in which exon-shuffling is largely responsible for such excess of phase 1 introns. |
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Keywords: | Proto-splice site Exon-shuffling Signal peptide Phase 1 introns |
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