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Putative extremely high rate of proteome innovation in lancelets might be explained by high rate of gene prediction errors

Banyai, L. and Patthy, László (2016) Putative extremely high rate of proteome innovation in lancelets might be explained by high rate of gene prediction errors. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6. p. 30700. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

A recent analysis of the genomes of Chinese and Florida lancelets has concluded that the rate of creation of novel protein domain combinations is orders of magnitude greater in lancelets than in other metazoa and it was suggested that continuous activity of transposable elements in lancelets is responsible for this increased rate of protein innovation. Since morphologically Chinese and Florida lancelets are highly conserved, this finding would contradict the observation that high rates of protein innovation are usually associated with major evolutionary innovations. Here we show that the conclusion that the rate of proteome innovation is exceptionally high in lancelets may be unjustified: the differences observed in domain architectures of orthologous proteins of different amphioxus species probably reflect high rates of gene prediction errors rather than true innovation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia
R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2016 14:35
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2016 14:35
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/40242

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