Identification of Nucleotide Substitutions Necessary for Trans-Activation of Mariner Transposable Elements in Drosophila: Analysis of Naturally Occurring Elements
AUTOR(ES)
Maruyama, K.
RESUMO
Six copies of the mariner element from the genomes of Drosophila mauritiana and Drosphila simulans were chosen at random for DNA sequencing and functional analysis and compared with the highly active element Mos1 and the inactive element peach. All elements were 1286 base pairs in length, but among them there were 18 nucleotide differences. As assayed in Drosophila melanogaster, three of the elements were apparently nonfunctional, two were marginally functional, and one had moderate activity that could be greatly increased depending on the position of the element in the genome. Both molecular (site-directed mutagenesis) and evolutionary (cladistic analysis) techniques were used to analyze the functional effects of nucleotide substitutions. The nucleotide sequence of the element is the primary determinant of function, though the activity level of elements is profoundly influenced by position effects. Cladistic analysis of the sequences has identified a T -> A transversion at position 1203 (resulting in a Phe -> Leu amino acid replacement in the putative transposase) as being primarily responsible for the low activity of the barely functional elements. Use of the sequences from the more distantly related species, Drosophila yakuba and Drosophila teissieri, as outside reference species, indicates that functional mariner elements are ancestral and argues against their origination by a novel mutation or by recombination among nonfunctional elements.
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