Uridylate kinase as a New Phylogenetic Molecule for Procaryotes

  • Lee, Dong-Geun (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Silla University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Ok (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Silla University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hwa (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Silla University)
  • Published : 2003.10.22

Abstract

For the phylogenetic analysis of procaryotes, 16S rRNA gene has been used. In spite of it's common use, so high conservative of 16S rRNA gene limited resolving power, hence other molecule was applied in this study and the result was compared with that of 16S rRNA. COG (Clusters of Orthologous of protein) algorithm revealed that three COGs were only detected in 42 procaryotes ; transcription elongation factor (COG0195), bacterial DNA primase (COG0358) and uridylate kinase (COG0528). Uridylate kinase gene was selected owing to the similarity and one single copy number in each genome. Phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene and uridylate kinase showed similarities and differences. Uridylate kinase may help the problem of very high conservative of 16S rRNA gene in rhylogenetic analysis and it would help to access more accurate discrimination and phylogenetic analysis of bacteria.

원핵생물 (procaryote)의 분류에 16S rRNA 유전자가 많이 이용되어 있으나 제한된 해상력과 유전자의 수에 차이가 있는 등의 문제가 있어 이를 보완할 수 있는 새로운 생체분자를 찾고 그 분류 결과는 16S rRNA의 결과와 비교하였다. COG(clusters of orthologous of protein) 알고리즘으로 42종의 원핵생물 (procaryote)에서만 발견되는 transcription elongation factor (COG0195), bacterial DNA primase (COG0358) 그리고 uridylate kinase (COG0528)를 구하였다. 이중 유사도와 유전자수를 바탕으로 새로운 분류의 키로 uridylate kinase를 설정하여 분석한 결과 16S rRNA 유전자 결과와 유사점과 차이점을 보여, uridylate kinase를 이용한 분류가 16S rRNA 유전자를 이용한 분류의 문제점을 보완하여 원핵생물의 정확한 분류에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

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