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Gene structure, regulatory control, and evolution of black widow venom latrotoxins.


ABSTRACT: Black widow venom contains ?-latrotoxin, infamous for causing intense pain. Combining 33 kb of Latrodectus hesperus genomic DNA with RNA-Seq, we characterized the ?-latrotoxin gene and discovered a paralog, 4.5 kb downstream. Both paralogs exhibit venom gland specific transcription, and may be regulated post-transcriptionally via musashi-like proteins. A 4 kb intron interrupts the ?-latrotoxin coding sequence, while a 10 kb intron in the 3' UTR of the paralog may cause non-sense-mediated decay. Phylogenetic analysis confirms these divergent latrotoxins diversified through recent tandem gene duplications. Thus, latrotoxin genes have more complex structures, regulatory controls, and sequence diversity than previously proposed.

SUBMITTER: Bhere KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4253598 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gene structure, regulatory control, and evolution of black widow venom latrotoxins.

Bhere Kanaka Varun KV   Haney Robert A RA   Ayoub Nadia A NA   Garb Jessica E JE  

FEBS letters 20140912 21


Black widow venom contains α-latrotoxin, infamous for causing intense pain. Combining 33 kb of Latrodectus hesperus genomic DNA with RNA-Seq, we characterized the α-latrotoxin gene and discovered a paralog, 4.5 kb downstream. Both paralogs exhibit venom gland specific transcription, and may be regulated post-transcriptionally via musashi-like proteins. A 4 kb intron interrupts the α-latrotoxin coding sequence, while a 10 kb intron in the 3' UTR of the paralog may cause non-sense-mediated decay.  ...[more]

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