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Codon usage in Aspergillus nidulans

✍ Scribed by Lloyd, Andrew T. ;Sharp, Paul M.

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 725 KB
Volume: 230
Category: Article
ISSN: 0026-8925
DOI: 10.1007/bf00290679

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✦ Synopsis

Synonymous codon usage in genes from the ascomycete (filamentous) fungus Aspergillus nidulans has been investigated. A total of 45 gene sequences has been analysed. Multivariate statistical analysis has been used to identify a single major trend among genes. At one end of this trend are lowly expressed genes, whereas at the other extreme lie genes known or expected to be highly expressed. The major trend is from nearly random codon usage (in the lowly expressed genes) to codon usage that is highly biased towards a set of 19-20 "optimal" codons. The G + C content of the A. nidulans genome is close to 50%, indicating little overall mutational bias, and so the codon usage of lowly expressed genes is as expected in the absence of selection pressure at silent sites. Most of the optimal codons are C- or G- ending, making highly expressed genes more G + C-rich at silent sites.

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