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Mol Reprod Dev
2023 May 01;905:310-322. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23684.
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Functional annotation of a hugely expanded nanos repertoire in Lytechinus variegatus, the green sea urchin.
Pieplow C
,
Wessel G
.
Abstract
Nanos genes encode essential RNA-binding proteins involved in germline determination and germline stem cell maintenance. When examining diverse classes of echinoderms, typically three, sometimes four, nanos genes are present. In this analysis, we identify and annotate nine nanos orthologs in the green sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus (Lv). All nine genes are transcribed and grouped into three distinct classes. Class one includes the germline Nanos, with one member: Nanos2. Class two includes Nanos3-like genes, with significant sequence similarity to Nanos3 in the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Sp), but with wildly variable expression patterns. The third class includes several previously undescribed nanos zinc-finger genes that may be the result of duplications of Nanos2. All nine nanos transcripts occupy unique genomic loci and are expressed with unique temporal profiles during development. Importantly, here we describe and characterize the unique genomic location, conservation, and phylogeny of the Lv ortholog of the well-studied Sp Nanos2. However, in addition to the conserved germline functioning Nanos2, the green sea urchin appears to be an outlier in the echinoderm phyla with eight additional nanos genes. We hypothesize that this expansion of nanos gene members may be the result of a previously uncharacterized L1-class transposon encoded on the opposite strand of a nanos2 pseudogene present on chromosome 12 in this species. The expansion of nanos genes described here represents intriguing insights into germline specification and nanos evolution in this species of sea urchin.
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