Project description:Genomic surveys of yeast hybrid species isolated from the wild and from human-related environment, aimed at the reconstruction of the natural evolution of Saccharomyces spp. evolution
Project description:We developed an artificial genome evolution system, which we termed ‘TAQing’, by introducing multiple genomic DNA double-strand breaks using a heat-activatable endonuclease in mitotic yeast. The heat-activated endonuclease, TaqI, induced random DSBs, which resulted in diverse types of chromosomal rearrangements including translocations. Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis was performed with cell-fused Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains induced genome evolution by TAQing system. Some of copy number variations (CNVs) induced by massive genome rearrangements were detected in the TAQed yeast strains.
Project description:Diversification of histone variants is marked by the acquisition of distinct motifs and features through convergent evolution. H2A variants tend to be associated with defined domains of the genome. Specific features distinguish H2A variants in eukaryotes but whether evolution of these features predated the evolution of deposition mechanisms or vice-versa has remained unclear.In flowering plants, the variant H2A.W is tightly associated with heterochromatin. H2A.W evolved in land plants through acquisition of an extended C-terminal tail enriched with basic residues and a KSPK motif. Here, we used a synthetic approach in fission yeast, which lacks H2A.W and its dedicated deposition mechanism, to recapitulate the evolutionary steps that led to H2A.W and to assess the impact of the KSPK motif on heterochromatin composition and its properties. In conclusion, the acquisition of the KSPK motif in yeast promotes chromatin properties that are comparable to the properties and function of H2A.W in plant heterochromatin. Hence, the KSPK motif could have been selected before the evolution of direct heterochromatin deposition mechanisms. We propose that the acquisition of functional histone variant motifs can confer properties which affect only specific chromatin states, thereby driving the evolution of specific deposition mechanisms.
Project description:Diversification of histone variants is marked by the acquisition of distinct motifs and features through convergent evolution. H2A variants tend to be associated with defined domains of the genome. Specific features distinguish H2A variants in eukaryotes but whether evolution of these features predated the evolution of deposition mechanisms or vice-versa has remained unclear.In flowering plants, the variant H2A.W is tightly associated with heterochromatin. H2A.W evolved in land plants through acquisition of an extended C-terminal tail enriched with basic residues and a KSPK motif. Here, we used a synthetic approach in fission yeast, which lacks H2A.W and its dedicated deposition mechanism, to recapitulate the evolutionary steps that led to H2A.W and to assess the impact of the KSPK motif on heterochromatin composition and its properties. In conclusion, the acquisition of the KSPK motif in yeast promotes chromatin properties that are comparable to the properties and function of H2A.W in plant heterochromatin. Hence, the KSPK motif could have been selected before the evolution of direct heterochromatin deposition mechanisms. We propose that the acquisition of functional histone variant motifs can confer properties which affect only specific chromatin states, thereby driving the evolution of specific deposition mechanisms.
2020-08-23 | GSE152081 | GEO
Project description:Adaptive Laboratory Evolution of Yeast