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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 16, 793-805, Copyright © 1999 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution


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The age and evolution of non-LTR retrotransposable elements

HS Malik, WD Burke and TH Eickbush
Department of Biology, University of Rochester, New York 14627, USA.

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis was conducted of non-long- terminal-repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons based on an extended sequence alignment of their reverse transcriptase (RT) domain. The 440 amino acid positions used included a region proposed to be similar to the "thumb" of the right-handed RT structure found in retroviruses. All identified non-LTR elements could be grouped into 11 distinct clades. Using the rates of sequence change derived from studies of the vertical inheritance of R1 and R2 elements in arthropods as a comparison, we found no evidence for the horizontal transmission of non-LTR elements. Assuming vertical descent, the phylogeny suggested that non-LTR elements are as old as eukaryotes, with each of the 11 clades dating back to the Precambrian era. The analysis enabled us to propose a simple chronology for the acquisition of different enzymatic domains in the evolution of the non-LTR class of retrotransposons. The first non- LTR elements were sequence specific by virtue of a restriction-enzyme- like endonuclease located downstream of the RT domain. Evolving from this original group were elements (eight clades) that acquired an apurinic-apyrimidic endonuclease-like domain upstream of the RT domain. Finally, four of these clades have inherited an RNase H domain downstream of the RT domain. The phylogenies of the AP endonuclease and RNase H domains were also determined for this report and are consistent with the monophyletic acquisition of these domains. These studies represent the most comprehensive effort to date to trace the evolution of a major class of transposable elements.
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PNAS, March 18, 2003; 100(6): 3363 - 3368.
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K. K. Kojima and H. Fujiwara
Evolution of Target Specificity in R1 Clade Non-LTR Retrotransposons
Mol. Biol. Evol., March 1, 2003; 20(3): 351 - 361.
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V. O. Kolosha and S. L. Martin
High-affinity, Non-sequence-specific RNA Binding by the Open Reading Frame 1 (ORF1) Protein from Long Interspersed Nuclear Element 1 (LINE-1)
J. Biol. Chem., February 28, 2003; 278(10): 8112 - 8117.
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D. Bachtrog
Accumulation of Spock and Worf, Two Novel Non-LTR Retrotransposons, on the Neo-Y Chromosome of Drosophila miranda
Mol. Biol. Evol., February 1, 2003; 20(2): 173 - 181.
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V. V. Kapitonov and J. Jurka
The Esterase and PHD Domains in CR1-Like Non-LTR Retrotransposons
Mol. Biol. Evol., January 1, 2003; 20(1): 38 - 46.
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S. Rashkova, S. E. Karam, R. Kellum, and M.-L. Pardue
Gag proteins of the two Drosophila telomeric retrotransposons are targeted to chromosome ends
J. Cell Biol., November 7, 2002; 159(3): 397 - 402.
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GeneticsHome page
C. E. Perez-Gonzalez and T. H. Eickbush
Rates of R1 and R2 Retrotransposition and Elimination From the rDNA Locus of Drosophila melanogaster
Genetics, October 1, 2002; 162(2): 799 - 811.
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A. Bibillo and T. H. Eickbush
High Processivity of the Reverse Transcriptase from a Non-long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon
J. Biol. Chem., September 13, 2002; 277(38): 34836 - 34845.
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I. Ovchinnikov, A. Rubin, and G. D. Swergold
Tracing the LINEs of human evolution
PNAS, August 6, 2002; 99(16): 10522 - 10527.
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M. Olivares, J. L. Garcia-Perez, M. C. Thomas, S. R. Heras, and M. C. Lopez
The Non-LTR (Long Terminal Repeat) Retrotransposon L1Tc from Trypanosoma cruzi Codes for a Protein with RNase H Activity
J. Biol. Chem., July 26, 2002; 277(31): 28025 - 28030.
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E. Casacuberta and M.-L. Pardue
Coevolution of the Telomeric Retrotransposons Across Drosophila Species
Genetics, July 1, 2002; 161(3): 1113 - 1124.
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C. Neuveglise, H. Feldmann, E. Bon, C. Gaillardin, and a. S. Casaregola
Genomic Evolution of the Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons in Hemiascomycetous Yeasts
Genome Res., June 1, 2002; 12(6): 930 - 943.
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M. Plohl, E. Prats, A. Martinez-Lage, A. Gonzalez-Tizon, J. Mendez, and L. Cornudella
Telomeric Localization of the Vertebrate-type Hexamer Repeat, (TTAGGG)n, in the Wedgeshell Clam Donax trunculus and Other Marine Invertebrate Genomes
J. Biol. Chem., May 24, 2002; 277(22): 19839 - 19846.
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W. D. Burke, H. S. Malik, S. M. Rich, and T. H. Eickbush
Ancient Lineages of Non-LTR Retrotransposons in the Primitive Eukaryote, Giardia lamblia
Mol. Biol. Evol., May 1, 2002; 19(5): 619 - 630.
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S. Casaregola, C. Neuveglise, E. Bon, and C. Gaillardin
Ylli, a Non-LTR Retrotransposon L1 Family in the Dimorphic Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Mol. Biol. Evol., May 1, 2002; 19(5): 664 - 677.
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S. Rashkova, S. E. Karam, and M.-L. Pardue
Element-specific localization of Drosophila retrotransposon Gag proteins occurs in both nucleus and cytoplasm
PNAS, March 19, 2002; 99(6): 3621 - 3626.
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I. Ogiwara, M. Miya, K. Ohshima, and N. Okada
V-SINEs: A New Superfamily of Vertebrate SINEs That Are Widespread in Vertebrate Genomes and Retain a Strongly Conserved Segment within Each Repetitive Unit
Genome Res., February 1, 2002; 12(2): 316 - 324.
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A. Bird
DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory
Genes & Dev., January 1, 2002; 16(1): 6 - 21.
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I. R. Arkhipova and H. G. Morrison
From the Cover: Three retrotransposon families in the genome of Giardia lamblia: Two telomeric, one dead
PNAS, December 4, 2001; 98(25): 14497 - 14502.
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E. M. Ostertag and H. H. Kazazian Jr.
Twin Priming: A Proposed Mechanism for the Creation of Inversions in L1 Retrotransposition
Genome Res., December 1, 2001; 11(12): 2059 - 2065.
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S. Boissinot and A. V. Furano
Adaptive Evolution in LINE-1 Retrotransposons
Mol. Biol. Evol., December 1, 2001; 18(12): 2186 - 2194.
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N. Lovsin, F. Gubensek, and D. Kordi
Evolutionary Dynamics in a Novel L2 Clade of Non-LTR Retrotransposons in Deuterostomia
Mol. Biol. Evol., December 1, 2001; 18(12): 2213 - 2224.
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A. Lenoir, L. Lavie, J.-L. Prieto, C. Goubely, J.-C. Cote, T. Pelissier, and J.-M. Deragon
The Evolutionary Origin and Genomic Organization of SINEs in Arabidopsis thaliana
Mol. Biol. Evol., December 1, 2001; 18(12): 2315 - 2322.
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V. Zupunski, F. Gubensek, and D. Kordi
Evolutionary Dynamics and Evolutionary History in the RTE Clade of Non-LTR Retrotransposons
Mol. Biol. Evol., October 1, 2001; 18(10): 1849 - 1863.
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