Comparative genomic analyses reveal evidence for adaptive A-to-I RNA editing in insect Adar gene

Although A-to-I RNA editing leads to similar effects to A-to-G DNA mutation, nonsynonymous RNA editing (recoding) is believed to confer its adaptiveness by 'epigenetically' regulating proteomic diversity in a temporospatial manner, avoiding the pleiotropic effect of genomic mutations. Recent discoveries on the evolutionary trajectory of Ser>Gly auto-editing site in insect Adar gene demonstrated a selective advantage to having an editable codon compared to uneditable ones. However, apart from pure observations, quantitative approaches for justifying the adaptiveness of individual RNA editing sites are still lacking. We performed a comparative genomic analysis on 113 Diptera species, focusing on the Adar Ser>Gly auto-recoding site in Drosophila. We only found one species having a derived Gly at the corresponding site, and this occurrence was significantly lower than genome-wide random expectation. This suggests that the Adar Ser>Gly site is unlikely to be genomically replaced with G during evolution, and thus indicating the advantage of editable status over hardwired genomic alleles. Similar trends were observed for the conserved Ile>Met recoding in gene Syt1. In the light of evolution, we established a comparative genomic approach for quantitatively justifying the adaptiveness of individual editing sites. Priority should be given to such adaptive editing sites in future functional studies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

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Epigenetics - 19(2024), 1 vom: 31. März, Seite 2333665

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Caiqing [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Song, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Li [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Wanzhi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hu [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Yuange [VerfasserIn]

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A-to-I RNA editing
Adaptive
Adar
Adar protein, Drosophila
Adenosine Deaminase
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
EC 3.5.4.4
Insect
Journal Article
Ser>Gly auto-recoding

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Date Completed 26.03.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15592294.2024.2333665

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370153685