Systematic identification of cis-regulatory variants that cause gene expression differences in a yeast cross

© 2020, Renganaath et al..

Sequence variation in regulatory DNA alters gene expression and shapes genetically complex traits. However, the identification of individual, causal regulatory variants is challenging. Here, we used a massively parallel reporter assay to measure the cis-regulatory consequences of 5832 natural DNA variants in the promoters of 2503 genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We identified 451 causal variants, which underlie genetic loci known to affect gene expression. Several promoters harbored multiple causal variants. In five promoters, pairs of variants showed non-additive, epistatic interactions. Causal variants were enriched at conserved nucleotides, tended to have low derived allele frequency, and were depleted from promoters of essential genes, which is consistent with the action of negative selection. Causal variants were also enriched for alterations in transcription factor binding sites. Models integrating these features provided modest, but statistically significant, ability to predict causal variants. This work revealed a complex molecular basis for cis-acting regulatory variation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

eLife - 9(2020) vom: 12. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Renganaath, Kaushik [VerfasserIn]
Chong, Rockie [VerfasserIn]
Day, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Kosuri, Sriram [VerfasserIn]
Kruglyak, Leonid [VerfasserIn]
Albert, Frank W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA, Fungal
EQTL
Evolution
Gene regulation
Genetic variation
Genetics
Genomics
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S. cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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Date Completed 22.03.2021

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Electronic

GEO: GSE155944

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.62669

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317471716