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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 11, 220-230, Copyright © 1994 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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African trypanosome glucose transporter genes: organization and evolution of a multigene family

F Bringaud and T Baltz
Laboratoire Immunologie et Parasitologie Moleculaire, Universite Bordeaux II, URA-1637 CNRS, France.

Trypanosoma brucei brucei (EATRO-164) contains a tandem array of six genes encoding a glucose transporter, THT1 (trypanosome hexose transporter), followed by five genes encoding a second isoform, THT2. Two distinct clusters containing THT1 and THT2 genes have been identified in the EATRO-164 clone and in most other African trypanosome clones analyzed. Analysis of progeny from crosses between clones of T. b. brucei displaying polymorphism in THT1 copy number per cluster suggests that the two clusters of THT genes are present on homologous chromosomes. In addition, analysis of 30 African trypanosome clones revealed a high degree of polymorphism in THT1 copy number per cluster. Sequence comparison of five THT1 and two and one-half THT2 unit repeats, present within a 20-kb region, provided information about the genesis and evolution of the THT multigene family. The most divergent regions between THT1 and THT2 unit repeats probably arose from insertion of DNA fragments into an ancestral THT region. Genes of each of the different families are almost identical, and there are large regions of identity shared between THT1 and THT2 members. A mosaic copy containing most of a THT1 gene with the 3' extremity of a THT2 gene is found within the cluster. These results suggest that THT1 and THT2 arose by modification (insertion, mutation, or conversion) of duplicated ancestral genes. Functional constraints and homologous recombination may be evoked to explain the maintenance of the conserved sequences of THT1 and THT2.
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