Actinia tenebrosa
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PROVIDER: PRJNA350366 | ENA |
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Project description:The draft genome of Actinia tenebrosa reveals insights into toxin evolution
| PRJNA505921 | ENA
Project description:Serine proteases play pivotal roles in normal physiology and a spectrum of patho-physiological processes. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in the discovery and design of potent serine protease inhibitors for therapeutic applications. This led to concerted efforts to discover versatile and robust molecular scaffolds for inhibitor design. This investigation is a bioprospecting study that aims to isolate and identify protease inhibitors from the cnidarian Actinia tenebrosa. The study isolated two Kunitz-type protease inhibitors with very similar sequences but quite divergent inhibitory potencies when assayed against bovine trypsin, chymostrypsin, and a selection of human sequence-related peptidases. Homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of these inhibitors in complex with their targets were carried out and, collectively, these methodologies enabled the definition of a versatile scaffold for inhibitor design. Thermal denaturation studies showed that the inhibitors were remarkably robust. To gain a fine-grained map of the residues responsible for this stability, we conducted in silico alanine scanning and quantified individual residue contributions to the inhibitor's stability. Sequences of these inhibitors were then used to search for Kunitz homologs in an A. tenebrosa transcriptome library, resulting in the discovery of a further 14 related sequences. Consensus analysis of these variants identified a rich molecular diversity of Kunitz domains and expanded the palette of potential residue substitutions for rational inhibitor design using this domain.
| S-EPMC6950308 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Actinia tenebrosa Transcriptome or Gene expression
| PRJNA295912 | ENA
Project description:Sea anemones have a wide array of toxic compounds (peptide toxins found in their venom) which have potential uses as therapeutics. To date, the majority of studies characterizing toxins in sea anemones have been restricted to species from the superfamily, Actinioidea. No highly complete draft genomes are currently available for this superfamily, however, highlighting our limited understanding of the genes encoding toxins in this important group. Here we have sequenced, assembled, and annotated a draft genome for Actinia tenebrosa. The genome is estimated to be approximately 255 megabases, with 31,556 protein-coding genes. Quality metrics revealed that this draft genome matches the quality and completeness of other model cnidarian genomes, including Nematostella, Hydra, and Acropora. Phylogenomic analyses revealed strong conservation of the Cnidaria and Hexacorallia core-gene set. However, we found that lineage-specific gene families have undergone significant expansion events compared with shared gene families. Enrichment analysis performed for both gene ontologies, and protein domains revealed that genes encoding toxins contribute to a significant proportion of the lineage-specific genes and gene families. The results make clear that the draft genome of A. tenebrosa will provide insight into the evolution of toxins and lineage-specific genes, and provide an important resource for the discovery of novel biological compounds.
| S-EPMC6802032 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Phylum Cnidaria is the oldest extant venomous group and is defined by the presence of nematocysts, specialised organelles responsible for venom production and delivery. While nematocysts and toxin peptides are distributed across the entire animal, nematocyst and venom profiles have been shown to differ across morphological structures in actiniarians. In this study, we explore the relationship between patterns of toxin expression and the ecological roles of discrete anatomical structures in Telmatactis stephensoni. Specifically, using a combination of proteomic and transcriptomic approaches, we examined whether there is a direct correlation between the functional similarity of regions and the similarity of their associated toxin expression profiles. We report that the regionalisation of toxin production is consistent with the partitioning of the ecological roles of venom across envenomating structures, and that three major functional regions are present in T. stephensoni— tentacles, epidermis and gastrodermis. Additionally, we find that structures which serve similar functions not only have comparable toxin profiles but also similar nematocyst types. There was no overlap in the toxins identified using proteomics and transcriptomics, however, the expression patterns of specific milked venom peptides were conserved across RNA-seq and mass spectrometry imaging datasets. Furthermore, based on our data, it appears that acontia of T. stephensoni may be transcriptionally inactive and only mature nematocyst are present in the distal portions of the threads. Overall, we find that the venom profile of different anatomical regions in sea anemones varies according to its ecological functions.
2022-05-30 | PXD029717 | Pride
Project description:Actinia tenebrosa breed:rec ecotype Genome sequencing
| PRJNA489329 | ENA
Project description:Venome derived from secreted venom of the sea anemone, Calliactis polypus.Keywords: LC-MSMS, toxin, milked, Cnidaria, Actiniaria
2024-07-13 | PXD045890 | Pride
Project description:Actinia tenebrosa isolate:PJP-AT-01 Genome sequencing and assembly
| PRJNA820492 | ENA