Validation of the male-specific ORF of the paternally-transmitted mtDNA in Mytilus edulis as a protein-coding gene.
Gene
; 879: 147586, 2023 Aug 30.
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ABSTRACT
There appears to be an additional set of sex-specific mtDNA-encoded proteins in bivalve species with doubly uniparental mitochondrial inheritance that may be involved in the transmission of the female and male mitogenomes. In the marine mussel Mytilus edulis, the translation of the female-specific open reading frame (F-ORF) was demonstrated but the translation of the male-specific ORF (M-ORF) remains to be shown. Here we validate the male-specific ORF of the paternal mitogenome in M. edulis as a protein-coding gene. The M-ORF protein was detected only in male gonads and localized in sperm mitochondria and acrosome, suggesting that it is involved in a key sperm function in Mytilus edulis.
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Assunto principal:
Bivalves
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Mytilus
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Mytilus edulis
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article