Adaptation of codon and amino acid use for translational functions in highly expressed cricket genes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For multicellular organisms, much remains unknown about the dynamics of synonymous codon and amino acid use in highly expressed genes, including whether their use varies with expression in different tissue types and sexes. Moreover, specific codons and amino acids may have translational functions in highly transcribed genes, that largely depend on their relationships to tRNA gene copies in the genome. However, these relationships and putative functions are poorly understood, particularly in multicellular systems.

Results

Here, we studied codon and amino acid use in highly expressed genes from reproductive and nervous system tissues (male and female gonad, somatic reproductive system, brain and ventral nerve cord, and male accessory glands) in the cricket Gryllus b

SUBMITTER: Whittle CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022432 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature