Table 1.
Characteristics of the vertebrate nuclear regions that exhibit the greatest level of homology with the gau region
| Vertebrate species | Chrom. number | Chromosome position of the gau ORF (101 codons) | Sequence of the possible start codon | Positions of the stop codons | % identities of nuclear nucleic acid sequences/mt-gau region Number of indel(s)/mt-gau region | % identities of nuclear nucleic acid sequence/mt-cox1 gene Number of indel(s)/mt-cox1 gene | Transcriptional data of the gau nuclear region according to Ensembl.org |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Homo sapiens | 1 | 557002-556700 | ATG | 94 (TAG) 101 (TAG) | 97.0% no indel |
98.6% 1 indel |
In the cDNA (Acc. n° ENST00000391564) of an unprocessed pseudogene (no protein product). Orientation of gau vs this transcript: - |
| Human Homo sapiens | 14 | 32023072-32023374 | ATA | 94 (TAG) 101 (TAG) | 90.8% no indel | 67.2% 29 indels |
In the intron of the cDNA (Acc. n° ENST00000280979) encoding the Protein Kinase A-anchoring protein 6) (PRKA6). Orientation vs transcript: + |
| Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes | 2a | 51807478-51807780 | ATA | 52(TGA) 94(TAG) 101 (TAA) | 82.5% no indel | 62.7% 30 indels |
In the intron of 5 cDNAs of the same gene (Acc. n° ENSPTRT00000012096, ENSPTRT00000058923, ENSPTRT00000058924, ENSPTRT00000064068, ENSPTRT00000066428, ENSPTRT00000067456) encoding unknown protein. Orientation of gau vs these transcripts: - |
| Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes | 8 | 47845028-47844726 | ATA | 92(TGA) 94(TAA) 101 (TAG) | 88.8% no indel |
80.9% 6 indels |
Non transcripted region |
| Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus | 2a | 60553759-60553457 | ATA | 101 (TAA) | 83.5% no indel |
64.9% 37 indels |
In the intron of the cDNA (Acc. n° ENSPPYT00000014418) encoding the Neurexin-1-alpha Precursor (Neurexin I-alpha). Orientation of gau vs this transcript: - |
| Macaque Macaca mulatta | 1 | 108934996-108934700 | ATA | no | 95.2% no indel |
95.2% no indel (partial sequence) |
Non transcripted region |
| Macaque Macaca mulatta | 2 | 12317948-123179188 | ATA | no | 96.4% | 77.5% 19 indels (partial sequence) | Non transcripted region |
| Macaque Macaca mulatta | 6(a) | 30942119-30941823 | ATA | no | 95.7% no indel | 68.9% indels (partial sequence) | Non transcripted region |
| Macaque Macaca mulatta | 6(b) | 50452034-50451738 | ATA | no | 97.0% | 67.3% 31 indels (partial sequence) | In the intron of two cDNAs of the same gene (Acc. n° ENSMMUT00000002475, ENSMMUT00000002476) encoding the Integrin alpha-1 Precursor. Orientation of gau vs these transcripts: - |
| Horse Equus caballus | 27 | 5204837-5205139 | ATT | 50 (TGA) | 87.8% no indel | 88.9% no indel | Non transcripted region |
| Dog Canis familiaris | 16 | 9457729-9458031 | ATG | no | 83.5% no indel | 74.7% 15 indels (partial sequence) | Non transcripted region |
| Cow Bos taurus | 10 | 4584422-4584126 | ATA | no | 88.1% | 87.6% 4 indels | In the intron of a cDNA (Acc. n° ENSBTAT00000020753) encoding an unknown protein. Orientation of gau vs this transcript: + |
| Mouse Mus musculus | 2 | 22444482-22444784 | ATT | 50(TGA) 79(TGA) 101 (TAG) | 97.7% no indel | 97.6% no indel | In the intron of the cDNA (Acc. n° ENSMUST00000044749) encoding the Myosin IIIA. Orientation of gau vs this transcript: + |
Sequences extracted from ensemble.org. The deduced amino acid sequences are shown in Figure 2.