| Literature DB >> 17986323 |
Stéphane De Mita1, Sylvain Santoni, Joëlle Ronfort, Thomas Bataillon.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The NODULATION RECEPTOR KINASE (NORK) gene encodes a Leucine-Rich Repeat (LRR)-containing receptor-like protein and controls the infection by symbiotic rhizobia and endomycorrhizal fungi in Legumes. The occurrence of numerous amino acid changes driven by directional selection has been reported in this gene, using a limited number of messenger RNA sequences, but the functional reason of these changes remains obscure. The Medicago genus, where changes in rhizobial associations have been previously examined, is a good model to test whether the evolution of NORK is influenced by rhizobial interactions.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17986323 PMCID: PMC2247475 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-210
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Evol Biol ISSN: 1471-2148 Impact factor: 3.260
Figure 1Phylogenetic tree of . A. The topology is from ref. [18]. The pattern of rhizobial specificity in extant species as well as reconstruction of ancestral states is from ref. [13]. The numbered branch labels indicate branch where most likely shifts in rhizobial specificity occurred. B. Phylogram with branch lengths estimated with the codon model (model M8). The numbered branches are those used for testing positive selection (1–5: same as in Figure 1A; 6: noticed for having an unexpected length). Asterisks indicate branches with an ω significantly higher than in the rest of the tree. The scale for branch length represents 0.1 nucleotide substitution per codon.
Codon based tests of positive selection assuming site variation of ω
| Null model | Positive selection model | |
| Model name [35, 36] | M8A | M8 |
| Transition/transversion ratio | 2.17 | 2.37 |
| Parameter | 3.16 | 0.96 |
| Parameter | 20.25 | 3.30 |
| Frequency of additional class | 0.19 ( | 0.10 ( |
| 1 (fixed) | 2.24 | |
| Number of free parameters | 4 | 5 |
| Log-likelihood | -7119.01 | -7091.80 |
| Likelihood ratio | 54.44 | |
Figure 2Prediction of the non-synonymous to synonymous substitution rates ratio (. Sites are numbered with respect to the reference sequence of Medicago truncatula A17 (accession number CAD10809). INS: with respect to this reference sequence, two sites have been inserted between sites 240 and 241 and are not numbered in this figure. GAP: the positions 330 to 342 are missing and the numbering jumps from 329 to 343. The dotted line represents ω = 1. Arrowheads: candidate sites for positive selection. Shaded frames: LRRs (solvent-exposed β sheets are marked by darker frames).
Tests of positive selection in specific branches
| Branch with free | np | Log-L | LR | Test | ||||
| None (null model) | 2.32 | 0.37 | None | 2 | -7298.06 | |||
| 1 ( | 2.31 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 3 | -7298.06 | 0.00 | > 0.50 | - |
| 2 (main group) | 2.31 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 3 | -7298.06 | 0.00 | > 0.50 | - |
| 3 ( | 2.31 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 3 | -7298.06 | 0.00 | > 0.50 | - |
| 4 ( | 2.32 | 0.37 | 1.13 | 3 | -7295.41 | 5.30* | < 0.05 | |
| 5 ( | 2.31 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 3 | -7295.91 | 4.30* | < 0.05 | - |
| 6 (group | 2.32 | 0.36 | 1.90 | 3 | -7294.82 | 6.47* | < 0.05 |
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κ: transition/transversion ratio; np: number of free parameters; Log-L: log-likelihood; LR: likelihood ratio; *: P < 0.05; P: P-value.