論文

査読有り
2016年8月

A Novel Approach to Helicobacter pylori Pan-Genome Analysis for Identification of Genomic Islands

PLOS ONE
  • Ikuo Uchiyama
  • ,
  • Jacob Albritton
  • ,
  • Masaki Fukuyo
  • ,
  • Kenji K. Kojima
  • ,
  • Koji Yahara
  • ,
  • Ichizo Kobayashi

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開始ページ
e0159419
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0159419
出版者・発行元
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

Genomes of a given bacterial species can show great variation in gene content and thus systematic analysis of the entire gene repertoire, termed the pan-genome, is important for understanding bacterial intra-species diversity, population genetics, and evolution. Here, we analyzed the pan-genome from 30 completely sequenced strains of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori belonging to various phylogeographic groups, focusing on 991 accessory (not fully conserved) orthologous groups (OGs). We developed a method to evaluate the mobility of genes within a genome, using the gene order in the syntenically conserved regions as a reference, and classified the 991 accessory OGs into five classes: Core, Stable, Intermediate, Mobile, and Unique. Phylogenetic networks based on the gene content of Core and Stable classes are highly congruent with that created from the concatenated alignment of fully conserved core genes, in contrast to those of Intermediate and Mobile classes, which show quite different topologies. By clustering the accessory OGs on the basis of phylogenetic pattern similarity and chromosomal proximity, we identified 60 co-occurring gene clusters (CGCs). In addition to known genomic islands, including cag pathogenicity island, bacteriophages, and integrating conjugative elements, we identified some novel ones. One island encodes TerY-phosphorylation triad, which includes the eukaryote-type protein kinase/phosphatase gene pair, and components of type VII secretion system. Another one contains a reverse-transcriptase homolog, which may be involved in the defense against phage infection through altruistic suicide. Many of the CGCs contained restriction-modification (RM) genes. Different RM systems sometimes occupied the same (orthologous) locus in the strains. We anticipate that our method will facilitate pangenome studies in general and help identify novel genomic islands in various bacterial species.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159419
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27504980
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000381374200008&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0159419
  • ISSN : 1932-6203
  • PubMed ID : 27504980
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000381374200008

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