Divergence of duplicate POMC genes in gilthead sea bream Sparus auratus. | - CCMAR -

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TitleDivergence of duplicate POMC genes in gilthead sea bream Sparus auratus.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsCardoso, JCR, Laiz-Carrion, R, Louro, B, Silva, N, Canario, AVM, Mancera, JMiguel, Power, DM
Year of Publication2011
JournalGen Comp Endocrinol
Volume173
Issue3
Date Published2011 Sep 15
Pagination396-404
ISSN1095-6840
KeywordsAmino Acid Sequence, Animals, Brain, Cloning, Molecular, Fish Proteins, Gene Duplication, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Pituitary Gland, Pro-Opiomelanocortin, Sea Bream, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, Protein
Abstract

Proopiomelanocorticotrophin (POMC) in vertebrates is produced in the pituitary gland and undergoes post-translational processing to give rise to a range of biologically active peptides. Teleosts possess 2-3 different POMC transcripts which have been proposed to have originated from a whole or partial genome duplication. In the present study 2 transcripts of gilthead sea bream POMC (sbPOMC-α1 and α2) were cloned and characterised. sbPOMC-α1 is expressed principally in the melanotroph cells of the pars intermedia (PI) and sbPOMC-α2 is expressed in the corticotroph cells of the rostral pars distalis and probably also in the PI. The 2 sbPOMC transcripts have a differential tissue distribution in extra-pituitary sites. An appraisal of POMC evolution indicates sbPOMCs belong to one of the two main clades that exist in teleosts and that overall a non conservative process of gene loss occurred in this infraclass.

DOI10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.001
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Alternate JournalGen. Comp. Endocrinol.
PubMed ID21147111
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