Journal Article

Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A-fumigatus and A-oryzae

University of Liverpool, Department of Molecular Genetics ; The Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Cuomo, Christina, Peñalva, Miguel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Doonan, John, Busch, Silke, Oregon Health and Science University [Portland] (OHSU), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jurka, Jerzy, Fischer, Reinhard, Su-In, Lee, Batzoglou, Serafim, Calvo, Sarah, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas ; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC), National Institute of Technology [Patna] (NIT), Li-Jun, Ma, Machida, Masayuki, Clutterbuck, John, Birren, Bruce, Department of Plant Pathology ; University of Kentucky (UK), Sachs, Matthew, Draht, Oliver, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute [Cambridge], Wortman, Jennifer, University of Idaho [Moscow], Caddik, Mark, Advanced Industrial Science and technology (AIST) ; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Osmani, Stephen, Scazzocchio, Claudio, Paoletti, Mathieu, Miller, Bruce, Bastürkmen, Meray, Depa

2005

Overview

The aspergilli comprise a diverse group of filamentous fungi spanning over 200 million years of evolution. Here we report the genome sequence of the model organism Aspergillus nidulans, and a comparative study with Aspergillus fumigatus, a serious human pathogen, and Aspergillus oryzae, used in the production of sake, miso and soy sauce. Our analysis of genome structure provided a quantitative evaluation of forces driving long-term eukaryotic genome evolution. It also led to an experimentally validated model of mating-type locus evolution, suggesting the potential for sexual reproduction in A. fumigatus and A. oryzae. Our analysis of sequence conservation revealed over 5,000 non-coding regions actively conserved across all three species. Within these regions, we identified potential functional elements including a previously uncharacterized TPP riboswitch and motifs suggesting regulation in filamentous fungi by Puf family genes. We further obtained comparative and experimental evidence indicating widespread translational regulation by upstream open reading frames. These results enhance our understanding of these widely studied fungi as well as provide new insight into eukaryotic genome evolution and gene regulation.

• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group,CCSD,Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing
• Subject: Aspergillus fumigatus / Aspergillus fumigatus - genetics / Aspergillus fumigatus - physiology / Aspergillus nidulans / Aspergillus nidulans - genetics / Aspergillus nidulans - physiology / Aspergillus nidulellus / Aspergillus oryzae / Aspergillus oryzae - genetics / Aspergillus oryzae - physiology / Base Sequence / Biological and medical sciences / Cellular Biology / Comparative analysis / Comparative studies / Consensus Sequence - genetics / Conserved Sequence - genetics / Evolution / Evolution, Molecular / Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology / Fungi / gene expression regulation / Genes, Mating Type, Fungal - genetics / Genes. Genome / genome / Genome, Fungal - genetics / Genomics / Humanities and Social Sciences / Humans / Life Sciences / loci / mating type loci / Molecular and cellular biology / Molecular genetics / Molecular Sequence Data / multidisciplinary / nucleotide sequences / open reading frames / Open Reading Frames - genetics / Pathogens / Phylogeny / Proteome - genetics / Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid - genetics / Science / Science (multidisciplinary) / Sequence Analysis, DNA / sequence conservation / sexual reproduction / Synteny - genetics
• ISBN: 0002341115, 9780002341110