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Repertoire of Protein Kinases Encoded in the Genome of Takifugu rubripes

Rakshambikai, R and Yamunadevi, S and Anamika, K and Tyagi, N and Srinivasan, N (2012) Repertoire of Protein Kinases Encoded in the Genome of Takifugu rubripes. In: COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS, 2012 .

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/258284

Abstract

Takifugu rubripes is teleost fish widely used in comparative genomics to understand the human system better due to its similarities both in number of genes and structure of genes. In this work we survey the fugu genome, and, using sensitive computational approaches, we identify the repertoire of putative protein kinases and classify them into groups and subfamilies. The fugu genome encodes 519 protein kinase-like sequences and this number of putative protein kinases is comparable closely to that of human. However, in spite of its similarities to human kinases at the group level, there are differences at the subfamily level as noted in the case of KIS and DYRK subfamilies which contribute to differences which are specific to the adaptation of the organism. Also, certain unique domain combination of galectin domain and YkA domain suggests alternate mechanisms for immune response and binding to lipoproteins. Lastly, an overall similarity with the MAPK pathway of humans suggests its importance to understand signaling mechanisms in humans. Overall the fugu serves as a good model organism to understand roles of human kinases as far as kinases such as LRRK and IRAK and their associated pathways are concerned.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
Publisher: HINDAWI PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Additional Information: Copyright for this article belongs to the authors of the article
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited: 04 Jul 2012 12:52
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2012 12:52
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44776

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