Composition and Codon Usage Pattern Results in Divergence of the Zinc Binuclear Cluster (Zn(II)(2)Cys(6)) Sequences among Ascomycetes Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Bansal, Shilpi and Mallikarjuna, Mallana Gowdra and Balamurugan, Alexander and Nayaka, S. Chandra and Prakash, Ganesan (2022) Composition and Codon Usage Pattern Results in Divergence of the Zinc Binuclear Cluster (Zn(II)(2)Cys(6)) Sequences among Ascomycetes Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Journal of Fungi, 8 (11). ISSN 2309-608X

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Abstract

Zinc binuclear cluster proteins (ZBC; Zn(II)(2)Cys(6)) are unique to the fungi kingdom and associated with a series of functions, viz., the utilization of macromolecules, stress tolerance, and most importantly, host-pathogen interactions by imparting virulence to the pathogen. Codon usage bias (CUB) is the phenomenon of using synonymous codons in a non-uniform fashion during the translation event, which has arisen because of interactions among evolutionary forces. The Zn(II)(2)Cys(6) coding sequences from nine Ascomycetes plant pathogenic species and model system yeast were analysed for compositional and codon usage bias patterns. The clustering analysis diverged the Ascomycetes fungi into two clusters. The nucleotide compositional and relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis indicated GC biasness toward Ascomycetes fungi compared with the model system S. cerevisiae, which tends to be AT-rich. Further, plant pathogenic Ascomycetes fungi belonging to cluster-2 showed a higher number of GC-rich high-frequency codons than cluster-1 and was exclusively AT-rich in S. cerevisiae. The current investigation also showed the mutual effect of the two evolutionary forces, viz. natural selection and compositional constraints, on the CUB of Zn(II)(2)Cys(6) genes. The perseverance of GC-rich codons of Zn(II)(2)Cys(6) in Ascomycetes could facilitate the invasion process. The findings of the current investigation show the role of CUB and nucleotide composition in the evolutionary divergence of Ascomycetes plant pathogens and paves the way to target specific codons and sequences to modulate host-pathogen interactions through genome editing and functional genomics tools.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ascomycetes; codon usage bias; fungi; compositional constraints; host-pathogen interaction; natural selection; zinc binuclear cluster family
Subjects:	B Life Science > Biotechnology
Divisions:	Department of > Biotechnology
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:34
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:34
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/17710

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