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Theoretical prediction and experimental verification of protein-coding genes in plant pathogen genome Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58.


ABSTRACT: Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58 is a Gram-negative soil bacterium capable of inducing tumors (crown galls) on many dicotyledonous plants. The genome of A. tumefaciens strain C58 was re-annotated based on the Z-curve method. First, all the 'hypothetical genes' were re-identified, and 29 originally annotated 'hypothetical genes' were recognized to be non-coding open reading frames (ORFs). Theoretical evidence obtained from principal component analysis, clusters of orthologous groups of proteins occupation, and average length distribution showed that these non-coding ORFs were highly unlikely to encode proteins. Results from the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments on three different growth stages of A. tumefaciens C58 confirmed that 23 (79%) of the identified non-coding ORFs have no transcripts in these growth stages. In addition, using theoretical prediction, 19 potential protein-coding genes were predicted to be new protein-coding genes. Fifteen (79%) of these genes were verified with RT-PCR experiments. The RT-PCR experimental results confirmed the reliability of our theoretical prediction, indicating that false-positive prediction and missing genes always exist in the annotation of A. tumefaciens C58 genome. The improved annotation will serve as a valuable resource for the research of the lifestyle, metabolism, and pathogenicity of A. tumefaciens C58. The re-annotation of A. tumefaciens C58 can be obtained from http://211.69.128.148/Atum/.

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3439454 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Theoretical prediction and experimental verification of protein-coding genes in plant pathogen genome Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58.

Wang Qian Q   Lei Yang Y   Xu Xiwen X   Wang Gejiao G   Chen Ling-Ling LL  

PloS one 20120911 9


Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58 is a Gram-negative soil bacterium capable of inducing tumors (crown galls) on many dicotyledonous plants. The genome of A. tumefaciens strain C58 was re-annotated based on the Z-curve method. First, all the 'hypothetical genes' were re-identified, and 29 originally annotated 'hypothetical genes' were recognized to be non-coding open reading frames (ORFs). Theoretical evidence obtained from principal component analysis, clusters of orthologous groups of protei  ...[more]

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