Genome Research (2005): Comparison of Splice Sites in Mammals and Chicken

Genome Research (2005): Comparison of Splice Sites in Mammals and ChickenGenome Research (2005): Comparison of Splice Sites in Mammals and Chicken

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Comparison of Splice Sites in Mammals and Chicken

J. F. Abril, R. castelo, and R. Guigó *.


Genome Research, 15(1):111-119, January 3, 2005.

[PubMed] [Abstract] [Full Text] [Datasets]

[Published online before print in Dec 2004]


* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Contact Author. Ph: +34 93 225 7567.
 

Contents

Summary

We have carried out an initial analysis of the dynamics of the recent evolution of the splice sites sequences on a large collection of human, rodent (mouse and rat), and chicken introns. Our results indicate that the sequences of splice sites are largely homogeneous within tetrapoda. We have also found that orthologous splice signals between human and rodents and within rodents are more conserved than unrelated splice sites, but the additional conservation can be explained mostly by background intron conservation. In contrast, additional conservation over background is detectable in orthologous mammalian and chicken splice sites. Our results also indicate that the U2 and U12 intron classes seem to have evolved independently since the split of mammals and birds; we have not been able to find a convincing case of interconversion between these two classes in our collections of orthologous introns. Similarly, we have not found a single case of switching between AT-AC and GT-AG subtypes within U12 introns, suggesting that this event has been a rare occurrence in recent evolutionary times. Switching between GT-AG and the non-canonical GC-AG U2 subtypes, on the contrary, does not appear to be unusual; in particular, T to C mutations appear to be relatively well tolerated in GT-AG introns with very strong donor sites.

UCSC Initial RefSeq Datasets

 

RefSeq Identifiers from Filtered Sets

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Hsap UCSC_200307 21744 20894 18117 15159 10757 7799 17939 15066 10316 7443 21091
Mmus UCSC_200310mm 17988 16126 14432 13677 9765 9010 14175 13461 9078 8364 16192
Rnor UCSC_200306rn 4798 4134 3454 3347 2201 2094 3368 3275 1947 1854 4536
Ggal UCSC_200402 1496 1085 - - - - - - - - 1367
Hsap UCSC_20030410 19174 18337 18145 18067 10486 10408 18014 17901 9988 9875 18226
Mmus UCSC_200302mm 13406 11161 10503 10404 7397 7298 10371 10255 6908 6792 12511
Rnor UCSC_200301rn 4219 3372 3070 3049 2102 2081 3017 2991 1893 1867 4002

 

Click on numbers from above having a link to get the corresponding selection:
 1.- Total RefSeqs
 2.- (1) without Stop codons in frame when translating from genomic
 3.- (2) + (identity(aa)>95% + gap(aa)<6) or (identity(RNA)>95% + gap(RNA)<16)
 4.- (2) + (identity(aa)>95% + gap(aa)<6)
 5.- (2) + (identity(RNA)>95% + gap(RNA)<16)
 6.- (2) + (identity(aa)>95% + gap(aa)<6) and (identity(RNA)>95% + gap(RNA)<16)
 7.- (2) + (mismatch(aa)<4 + gap(aa)<6) or (mismatch(RNA)<10 + gap(RNA)<16)
 8.- (2) + (mismatch(aa)<4 + gap(aa)<6)
 9.- (2) + (mismatch(RNA)<10 + gap(RNA)<16)
10.- (2) + (mismatch(aa)<4 + gap(aa)<6) and (mismatch(RNA)<10 + gap(RNA)<16)
11.- Unique ID

 

Sequence Files for All RefSeq Genes: Exons, Introns, CDS and Splice Sites.

Based on   All Exons All Introns All CDSs   Splice Sites  
refgenes.txt SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) EXONIC INTRONIC
 
Hsap UCSC200307 19M 3.7M 362M 4.9M 11M 4.8M 19M 17M
Mmus UCSC200310 15M 2.8M 211M 3.6M 8.5M 3.7M 15M 14M
Rnor UCSC200306 4.0M 878K 70M 1.1M 2.6M 1.1M 4.7M 4.4M
Ggal UCSC200402 1.2M 260K 13M 325K 772K 328K 1.4M 1.3M
 
Hsap UCSC200304 16M 3.3M 304M 4.3M 9.3M 4.3M 17M 16M
Mmus UCSC200302 10M 2.1M 141M 2.7M 6.4M 2.7M 12M 11M
Rnor UCSC200301 3.4M 751K 55M 1M 2.3M 962K 4.0M 3.7M
 

This table shows the file sizes of the gzipped files in each category.
Click on file size numbers to retrieve the corresponding file.

RefSeq U2/U12 Intron Major Classes

Summary of U2/U12 Intron Major Classes on RefSeq Filtered Set 1 (Total RefSeqs)

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 189656 1529 34 2248 128 2 9 8 12430 109 13 134 355 1 139 19 206814
Mmus UCSC200310 125587 1015 21 2407 88 0 7 9 9557 66 10 130 254 1 91 15 139258
Rnor UCSC200306 38601 289 14 1236 20 0 1 1 3038 19 4 77 69 0 20 4 43393
Ggal UCSC200402 11073 77 5 736 7 0 1 0 676 6 0 27 17 0 5 2 12632
 
Hsap UCSC200304 162740 1254 28 2273 115 0 9 6 10846 91 13 126 302 1 108 19 177931
Mmus UCSC200302 92487 721 16 3740 69 0 6 9 7027 46 5 192 196 1 67 9 104591
Rnor UCSC200301 32378 253 13 1589 18 0 1 2 2604 17 3 82 60 0 20 3 37043
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

 

 

Search parameters:

 

donor_pattern = /^ATCCT[CT]/
acceptor_max_mismatch_number = 1
acceptor_pattern = /TCCTT[AG]AC/

 

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 190632 1536 34 2249 128 2 9 8 11454 102 13 133 355 1 139 19 206814
Mmus UCSC200310 126409 1021 21 2408 89 0 7 9 8735 60 10 129 253 1 91 15 139258
Rnor UCSC200306 38848 289 14 1238 20 0 1 1 2791 19 4 75 69 0 20 4 43393
Ggal UCSC200402 11150 78 5 736 7 0 1 0 599 5 0 27 17 0 5 2 12632
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

 

 

Search parameters:

 

donor_pattern = /^ATCCT[CT]/
acceptor_max_mismatch_number = 2
acceptor_pattern = /TCCTT[AG]AC/

 

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 108118 973 21 1571 34 0 3 3 93968 665 26 811 449 3 145 24 206814
Mmus UCSC200310 69628 567 13 1647 22 0 1 2 65516 514 18 890 320 1 97 22 139258
Rnor UCSC200306 20943 168 9 855 4 0 0 0 20696 140 9 458 85 0 21 5 43393
Ggal UCSC200402 6444 49 4 600 0 0 0 0 5305 34 1 163 24 0 6 2 12632
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

 

 

Search parameters:

 

donor_pattern = /^ATCCT[CT]/
acceptor_max_mismatch_number = 2
acceptor_pattern = /TCCTT[AG]AC/
Extra constraints:

 

branchpoint_distance_from_acceptor = [ -20 .. -5 ]
branchpoint_sequence_matches_to = [ /..A.$/ || /.A..$/ ]

 

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 182013 1471 31 2127 51 0 3 4 20073 167 16 255 432 3 145 23 206814
Mmus UCSC200310 120700 968 20 2316 32 0 1 2 14444 113 11 221 310 1 97 22 139258
Rnor UCSC200306 37208 275 14 1204 8 0 0 0 4431 33 4 109 81 0 21 5 43393
Ggal UCSC200402 10698 76 5 733 2 0 0 0 1051 7 0 30 22 0 6 2 12632
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

U2/U12 Pictograms

 

 
CLASS DONOR SITES ACCEPTOR SITES
 
GT-AG REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
GC-AG REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
U12 REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
BRANCH
POINT
REFSEQ
Sequences :  PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 

U2/U12 Splice Sites Datasets

 

Summary of U2 Intron Major Classes on RefSeq Orthologous Set (Paper Table 3)

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 31425 218 3 29 27 0 0 2 2055 12 0 7 4 0 1 0 33783
Mmus UCSC200310 28168 207 2 70 23 0 0 0 2231 14 1 9 2 0 0 0 30727
Rnor UCSC200306 10019 64 4 23 5 0 0 1 835 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 10965
 
Hsap UCSC200304 31626 220 3 28 27 0 0 2 2068 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 33994
Mmus UCSC200302 28810 212 2 41 24 0 0 0 2270 14 0 7 3 0 0 0 31383
Rnor UCSC200301 10209 65 4 7 5 0 0 1 841 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 11145
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

 

Summary of U12 Intron Major Classes on RefSeq Orthologous Set

    U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX GTAG GCAG ATAC XXXX  
 
Hsap UCSC200307 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 7 0 1 1 65 0 31 0 117
Mmus UCSC200310 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 2 1 71 0 27 1 114
Rnor UCSC200306 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 9 0 39
 
Hsap UCSC200304 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 7 0 1 1 67 0 31 0 118
Mmus UCSC200302 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 2 1 73 0 28 1 116
Rnor UCSC200301 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 9 0 39
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.

 

Orthologous U2/U12 Splice Sites

 

Chicken Orthologous for Human/Mouse/Rat U12 Splice Sites

x Gg200402       U2 Both Sites   U12 Donor Site   U12 Acceptor Site   U12 Both Sites   TOTAL  
  Exon-
erate
Genic
CDS
GT
AG
GC
AG
AT
AC
XX
XX
GT
AG
GC
AG
AT
AC
XX
XX
GT
AG
GC
AG
AT
AC
XX
XX
GT
AG
GC
AG
AT
AC
XX
XX
 
 
Hs200307/Mm200310/Rn200306 TBL FA GFF 1 2 0 27 9 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 29 0 8 2 89
Hs200304/Mm200302/Rn200301 TBL FA GFF 1 2 0 28 9 0 0 0 5 2 0 6 30 0 8 3 94
 

Click on numbers of the column TOTAL to retrieve the table with the splice sites info.
 

Exonerate parameters:

 

--query NNN.u12.exoncdspairs.fa
 
(where NNN was hsap.gp200307mmus.gp200310rnor.gp200306 
hsap.gp200304mmus.gp200302, or rnor.gp200301
)
--target chromfa/chrNNN.fa (where NNN is a chicken chromosome number from this table)
--softmasktarget  
--model coding2genome  
--proteinsubmat blosum62  

Alignments Summaries for the Orthologous U12 Splice Sites Comparison

Orthologous Intron IDs

Hsap/Mmus/Rnor

Hsap/Mmus

Hsap/Rnor

Mmus/Rnor

Hsap/Ggal

Mmus/Ggal

Rnor/Ggal

Orthologous Introns IDs

Hsap/Mmus/Rnor/Ggal

Orthologous Splice Sites Alignments
(Raw text)

Hsap/Mmus/Rnor TBL ALN
Hsap/Mmus/Rnor/Ggal TBL ALN
Species Code   Alignments Summary  
 
Hsap/Mmus 1100 PS PDF
Hsap/Rnor 1010 PS PDF
Mmus/Rnor 0110 PS PDF
Hsap/Mmus/Rnor 1110 PS PDF
 
Hsap/Mmus/Ggal 1101 PS PDF
Hsap/Rnor/Ggal 1011 PS PDF
Mmus/Rnor/Ggal 0111 PS PDF
Hsap/Mmus/Rnor/Ggal * 1111 PS PDF
 
*) This summary is shown in the figure below.

 

Orthologous Human/Mouse/Rat U12 Introns Alignments against Chicken.


Figure versions in:  JPG /  PNG /  PS /  PDF

Comparative Pictograms

Sequence Files for Comparative Analysis of Splice Sites.

        Site Sequences  
Species Data Sets Donors

(-3/GT/+4)
  Acceptors

(-18/AG/+3)
 
H.sapiens seq.gz dat.gz dat.gz
M.musculus seq.gz dat.gz dat.gz
R.norvegicus seq.gz dat.gz dat.gz
G.gallus seq.gz dat.gz dat.gz
D.rerio fasta.gz dat.gz dat.gz
D.melanogaster fasta.gz dat.gz dat.gz
 

 

Comparative Pictograms for Donor and Acceptor Splice Sites.

 
Species Donor Sites Acceptor Sites
 
M.musculus
R.norvegicus

PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS

PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
H.sapiens
M.musculus
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
H.sapiens
R.norvegicus
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
H.sapiens
G.gallus
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
H.sapiens
D.rerio
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 
H.sapiens
D.melanogaster
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
PWM



PWM :  JPG /  PNG /  PS
 

Sequence Conservation

To perform the following analyses we started from a set of human, mouse, rat and chicken, reliable 1:1:1:1 orthologs, kinly provided by Peer Bork and Ivica Letunic as part of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium (ICGSC) collaborations. From that set we produced the file linked below, containing the 1:1:1:1 orthologous introns for which the donor and acceptor sites used in the conservation analysis were retrieved.

orthointrons_sites.hmrg.tbl contains 6524 orthologous introns.

 

Sequence Files for All UCSC Ensembl Genes: Exons, Introns, CDS and Splice Sites.

Based on   All Exons All Introns All CDSs   Splice Sites  
ensgenes.txt SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) SEQ(fasta) SEQ(content) EXONIC INTRONIC
 
Hsap UCSC200307 22M 5.0M 507M 6.2M 24M 6.2M 22M 20M
Mmus UCSC200310 20M 4.2M 293M 5.1M 21M 5.3M 19M 18M
Rnor UCSC200306 13M 3.7M 234M 4.4M 14M 4.1M 17M 15M
Ggal UCSC200402 13M 4.1M 180M 4.7M 14M 4.6M 18M 16M
 

This table shows the file sizes of the gzipped files in each category.
Click on file size numbers to retrieve the corresponding file.

 

Sequence Datasets for Donor and Acceptor Orthologous Splice Sites.

    Donor Sites   Acceptor Sites  
Species Orthologous

Pairs
Identity

Summary
  Random

Pairs
Identity

Summary
Orthologous

Pairs
Identity

Summary
  Random

Pairs
Identity

Summary
 
M.musculus / R.norvegicus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
H.sapiens / M.musculus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
H.sapiens / R.norvegicus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
H.sapiens / G.gallus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
G.gallus / M.musculus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
G.gallus / R.norvegicus TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET TBL SET
 
Human/mouse/rat/chicken orthologous introns file: TBL

 

Conservation Plot from Identity Summaries for Orthologous Splice Sites.


Figure versions in:  JPG /  PNG /  PS

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