Sharp P M, Tuohy T M, Mosurski K R
Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 Jul 11;14(13):5125-43. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.13.5125.
Codon usage data has been compiled for 110 yeast genes. Cluster analysis on relative synonymous codon usage revealed two distinct groups of genes. One group corresponds to highly expressed genes, and has much more extreme synonymous codon preference. The pattern of codon usage observed is consistent with that expected if a need to match abundant tRNAs, and intermediacy of tRNA-mRNA interaction energies are important selective constraints. Thus codon usage in the highly expressed group shows a higher correlation with tRNA abundance, a greater degree of third base pyrimidine bias, and a lesser tendency to the A+T richness which is characteristic of the yeast genome. The cluster analysis can be used to predict the likely level of gene expression of any gene, and identifies the pattern of codon usage likely to yield optimal gene expression in yeast.
已收集了110个酵母基因的密码子使用数据。对相对同义密码子使用情况的聚类分析揭示了两组不同的基因。一组对应于高表达基因,并且具有更为极端的同义密码子偏好。所观察到的密码子使用模式与以下预期一致:如果需要匹配丰富的tRNA,并且tRNA-mRNA相互作用能量的中间性是重要的选择限制因素。因此,高表达组中的密码子使用与tRNA丰度具有更高的相关性,具有更大程度的第三位碱基嘧啶偏向性,并且向酵母基因组特有的A+T丰富度的倾向较小。聚类分析可用于预测任何基因的可能基因表达水平,并识别可能在酵母中产生最佳基因表达的密码子使用模式。