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J Mol Evol
1987 Jan 01;251:37-45. doi: 10.1007/BF02100039.
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The sequence of a sea urchin muscle actin gene suggests a gene conversion with a cytoskeletal actin gene.
Crain WR
,
Boshar MF
,
Cooper AD
,
Durica DS
,
Nagy A
,
Steffen D
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We report the nucleotide sequence of the single muscle actin gene of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Comparison of the protein-coding sequence of this muscleactin gene (pSpG28) with that of two linked sea urchin cytoskeletal actin genes (pSpG17 and CyIIa) reveals a region of exceptional sequence conservation from codon 61 through codon 120. Furthermore, when silent nucleotide changes are compared, the conservation of this region is still evident (7.9% silent site differences in the conserved region vs 43.3% silent site differences in the rest of the gene when pSpG28 and CyIIa are compared), indicating that the conservation is not due to particularly stringent selection on the portion of the protein encoded by this region of the genes. These observations suggest that a gene conversion has occurred between the muscle actin gene and a cytoskeletal actin gene recently in the evolution of the sea urchin genome. Gene conversion between nonallelic actin genes may thus play a role in maintaining the homogeneity of this highly conserved gene family.
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