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PRINT: ISSN 2221-1896
ONLINE : ISSN 2223-0343
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Bioinformatics analysis of beta-casein gene in some
selected mammalian species
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Vincent S.T.1*, Momoh O.M.1
and Yakubu, A.2 |
1Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology,
College of Animal Science, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue
State, Nigeria; 2Department os Animal Science, Faculty of
Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus,
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
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Abstract |
This study investigates
in silico the genetic diversity of CSN2 on its evolutionary and
differentiation within and among species and also examines the attendant
effects of polymorphism on the functionality of CSN2. A total of 22 CNS2
gene sequences with corresponding amino acids belonging to 8 species
[cattle (3), buffalo (3), camel (3), goat (3), horse (1), rabbit (3),
rat (3) and mice (3) were retrieved from Genbank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).
All sequences were trimmed to equal length (501bp) corresponding
to the same region. Sequences alignment, translation and comparison were
done with ClustalW using IUB substitution matrix, gap open penalty of 15
and gap extension penalty of 6.66. The alignment revealed high
polymorphism of CNS2 sequences within and among species. The Dxy
inferred using p-distance revealed a maximum value of 0.68 between horse
and goat and a minimum value of 0.03 between cattle and buffalo. The
hypothesis of strict neutral evolution was rejected for both genes as
P<0.05 for species. Also allelic sequence
evolution was entirely driven by positive selection.
In silico functional analysis of non-synonymous mutations using
PANTHER revealed that, for CSN2, 11 of the amino acid substitutions in
the peptide binding region (cattle 5, goat 3 and sheep 1) did not impair
protein function. However, 3 substitutions in cattle were predicted to
be harmful to protein function, also 2 potentially deleterious
SNPs; 1 (Glu36Lys) for cattle and 1
(Leu206Pro) for horse were found. The NJ phylogeny revealed
trans-species evolution however, UPGMA tree topology was species-wise.
In conclusion, all identified deleterious SNPs should be taken into
account while selecting a stock for milk production.
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Keywords:
Polymorphism,
Beta-casein, In silico, synonymous substitution, non-synonymous
substitution |
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To cite this article:
Vincent ST, Momoh OM and
Yakubu A, 2014.
Bioinformatics analysis of beta-casein gene in some selected mammalian
species.
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(10): 564-570. |
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