A highly polymorphic caprine keratin-associated protein gene identified and its effect on cashmere traits

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Five keratin-associated protein 6 genes (KRTAP6) have been identified in sheep and variation in some KRTAP6 has been associated with wool fiber diameter-related traits, but none of these homologues have been identified in goats. In this study, we reported the identification of the sheep KRTAP6-5 homologue on goat chromosome 1 and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-single strand conformation polymorphism analysis in 300 Longdong cashmere goats revealed the existence of 12 variant sequences. Both coding region and 3'UTR of the putative caprine KRTAP6-5 displayed a biggest sequence similarity to ovine KRTAP6-5 gene. This suggested that the gene represents caprine KRTAP6-5 sequences, and these sequences composed 23 genotypes, which was the most polymorphism gene in KRTAPs that have been studied. Among these sequences, 15 nucleotide substitutions and a 24-bp insertion/detection were identified. Variation in goat KRTAP6-5 was associated with variation in mean-fiber diameter, suggesting that KRTAP6-5 is worthy of further study in the context of variation in cashmere traits.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

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Journal of animal science - 99(2021), 9 vom: 01. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Shaobin [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Qiming [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Fangfang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiqing [VerfasserIn]
He, Zhaohua [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiu [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Yuzhu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

68238-35-7
Goat
Journal Article
Keratin-associated protein KAP6-5 gene
Keratins
Mean-fiber diameter
PCR-SSCP
Variation

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Date Completed 17.09.2021

Date Revised 11.08.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jas/skab233

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329141708