Ancient Genomic Architecture for Mammalian Olfactory Receptor Clusters

 

 

 

 

Ronny Aloni, Tsviya Olender and Doron Lancet

Genome Biology, 2006 Oct 1;7(10):R88  

 

 

CLIC is CLuster In Conservation- a set of multi-species conserved gene arrays.

 

 

We developed a new and general tool for genome-wide definition of genomic gene clusters conserved in multiple species. Syntenic Orthologs, defined as gene pairs showing conservation of both genomic location and coding sequence, were subjected to a graph theory algorithm for discovering CLICs (clusters in conservation). When applied to ORs (olfactory receptors) in five mammals, including the marsupial opossum, more than 90% of the OR  genes were found within a framework of 48 multi-species CLICs, invoking a general conservation of gene order and composition.

 

These CLICs demonstrate that most of the mammalian olfactory receptor clusters

have a common ancestry, preceding the split between marsupials and placental mammals.

 

List of all multi-species CLICs

 

CLIC number

Human

Mouse

Rat

Dog

Opossum

clusters

n genes

clusters

n genes

clusters

n genes

clusters

n genes

clusters

n genes

CLIC #1

-

0

chr4@117.8

15

chr5@139.3

15

chr15@3.3

4

s13629@2.4

6

CLIC #2

chr1@111.1

1

chr3@106.6

1

chr2@202.2

1

chr6@42.7

1

s13511@1.9

1

CLIC #3

chr1@144.1

2

chr3@96.9

1

chr2@192.2

2

chr17@60.7

4

s19281@0.7

3

CLIC #4

chr1@155.4 chr1@156.2

31

chr1@173 chr1@174.2

21

chr13@89.5 chr13@90.2

28

chr38@19.8

27

s15142@1.8 s16926@0.2 s19280@0.6

31

CLIC #5

chr1@244.6

56

chr11@58.4 chr11@59.3 chr16@18.2 chr7@80.4

49

chr10@44.6 chr10@45.9 chr11@83.7 chr1@142.7

79

chr14@4.6 chr16@4.4 chr8@3.6

53

s13645@0.9

18

CLIC #6

-

0

chr6@73.8

1

chr4@107

1

-

0

-

0

CLIC #7

chr2@240.7

4

chr1@92.4

8

chr9@92

11

chr25@53.2

16

-

0

CLIC #8

-

0

chr14@12.8

3

chr15@12.5

3

-

0

-

0

CLIC #9

chr3@99.5

18

chr16@58.1

28

chr11@42.2

36

chr33@8.3

11

s12721@4.5

12

CLIC #10

-

0

chr11@50.8

7

chr10@36.6

10

chr11@9.2

2

-

0

CLIC #11

chr5@180.1 chr5@180.6

5

chr11@49.1

16

chr10@34.3 chr10@34.9

19

-

0

s16810@0.6

5

CLIC #12

chr6@28.1 chr6@28.5 chr6@29.4

34

chr13@20.9 chr17@35.5

63

chr17@50.6 chr17@51.3 chr20@0.8

85

chr35@28.1 chr35@29.2

10

s14804@0.5

27

CLIC #13

chr7@4.9

1

chr5@142.2

1

-

0

chr6@14.9

1

-

0

CLIC #14

chr7@141

4

chr6@40.7

1

chr4@68.4

2

chr16@13

3

-

0

CLIC #15

chr7@142.3

4

chr6@41.9

1

-

0

chr16@12.4

3

s12761@0.2

10

CLIC #16

chr7@142.7 chr7@143.3

21

chr6@43

23

chr4@70.9

20

chr16@11.7

19

s12761@1.3

24

CLIC #17

chr9@35.9

7

chr4@43.7

6

chr5@60.2

8

chr11@53.8

8

-

0

CLIC #18

-

0

chr13@62.6

2

chr17@5.5

2

-

0

-

0

CLIC #19

chr9@104.5

12

chr4@52.8

5

chr5@70.2

11

chr11@61.9

12

s18607@0.4

22

CLIC #20

chr9@111.2

1

chr4@58.7

1

chr5@76.8

1

chr11@67.4

1

-

0

CLIC #21

chr9@122.5

15

chr2@36.7

34

chr3@16

39

chr9@52.6

8

s15087@1.4

18

CLIC #22

chr10@45.1

2

chr6@117 chr7@134.8

25

chr1@200.6 chr4@153.1

38

chr28@5.3

5

s13575@1.4

36

CLIC #23

chr11@5.2

103

chr7@97.5 chr7@99.1

146

chr1@161.7

149

chr21@30.7

111

s15168@3.2 s16805@1.4

149

CLIC #24

chr11@6.8

8

chr7@100.9

24

chr1@164.2

31

chr21@32.6

24

-

0

CLIC #25

chr11@7.8

8

chr7@102.3

41

chr1@166

47

chr21@33.7

9

-

0

CLIC #26

chr11@48.4 chr11@50 chr11@51.3 chr11@55.7

146

chr2@87.6

251

chr3@71.6

300

chr18@50.7

144

s13644@1 s18549@1.3 s19209@1.4

281

CLIC #27

chr11@57.7 chr11@59.1

42

chr19@12.1

76

chr1@215.2 chr1@216.5

66

chr18@47.9 chr18@48.7

40

s12795@1.2 s12795@2.8 s12795@3.4

111

CLIC #28

chr11@74.5

3

chr7@93.8

2

chr1@157.2

3

chr21@26.5

4

-

0

CLIC #29

chr11@123.6

44

chr9@38.9

112

chr8@39.3 chr8@41 chr8@42.7

139

chr5@13.2

44

s18579@6.8 s18622@0.4

77

CLIC #30

chr12@47.1

8

chr15@98.4

7

chr7@137.2

8

chr27@9.2

22

-

0

CLIC #31

chr12@54.1

28

chr10@129.3

58

chr7@5.4

194

chr10@19.4 chr10@3.1 chr27@3.2 chr3@34.2

49

s12526@0.2 s15221@0.8

82

CLIC #32

chr14@19.5 chr15@100.2 chr15@19.8

46

chr14@45.4 chr2@111.3

64

chr15@26.3 chr3@97.3

68

chr15@20.4 chr30@3.3

39

s11704@0.4 s19262@7

74

CLIC #33

chr14@20.2

1

-

0

chr15@27.1

1

chr15@20.9

1

-

0

CLIC #34

chr14@20.7

1

chr14@47.1

1

chr15@27.5

1

-

0

-

0

CLIC #35

chr14@21.2

5

chr14@47.5

6

chr15@27.9

7

chr15@21.6

2

s19262@4.7

8

CLIC #36

chr14@22.2

2

chr14@48.8

1

chr15@32.4

1

-

0

s19262@3.2

7

CLIC #37

-

0

chr7@78.7

2

chr1@141.2

1

-

0

-

0

CLIC #38

chr16@3.3

3

chr16@3.4

4

chr10@12.4

26

chr6@39.5

2

s15093@0.9

1

CLIC #39

chr17@3.1

16

chr11@73.6

43

chr10@61

49

chr9@39.8

15

-

0

CLIC #40

chr17@53.6

2

chr11@87.6

3

chr10@76.2

3

chr9@25.4

3

s13263@12.4

2

CLIC #41

chr19@8.7

1

-

0

-

0

chr20@56.1

1

-

0

CLIC #42

chr19@9.2

10

chr9@19.4

43

chr8@16.2 chr8@18.1

74

chr20@54.4

20

-

0

CLIC #43

-

0

chr8@84.5

1

chr19@23.2

1

-

0

-

0

CLIC #44

-

0

chr8@82.8

1

chr19@26.3

1

-

0

-

0

CLIC #45

chr19@14.9

14

chr10@78.9

8

chr7@12.4

16

chr20@50.3

41

s11688@0.2

11

CLIC #46

chr19@15.9

6

chr8@71.2

3

chr16@18.2

1

chr20@49.3

16

s11661@2.3

16

CLIC #47

chr19@62

1

chr7@5.7

8

chr1@65.8

7

chr1@104

5

-

0

CLIC #48

chrX@130.3

9

chrX@44.5 chrX@44.9

3

chrX@136.4 chrX@137.1

5

chrX@105.6

3

s11989@0.2

9

 

 

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