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a closely related mollusc species in the databases. This is reflected in the number AZD3514 of different species that show sequence matches against our data. Table 1 comprises 39 BLAST sequence similarity results with the best matches originating from 33 species rang ing from hydrozoans and arthropods through to verte SKI II brates. To date there are only 25,032 nucleotide sequences, 195,275 ESTs, 14,507 proteins and 356 genes from the class Bivalvia in the public databases and these are dominated by entries from Mytilus and Crassostrea species. At the sub class level, the number of nucleotide and protein entries are 86 and 19 respectively, which is further reduced to 24 and 16 at the family level. The genbank non redundant database is one of the best annotated sources for comparative in silico gene analyses.
However, of potential use, in terms of EST verification and gene mining are other less well annotated sources of molluscan sequence NSC 14613 data, such as the sequenced genome of the gastropod snail and 454 data from Mytilus species, These comprise larger molluscan Extispicy datasets than found in genbank, but BLAST sequence similarity searches using a 1e 10 cut off value merely emphasized the evolutionary distance between the molluscs studied. For example, just over 2% of the Laternula contigs matched the ESTs and EST clusters produced from Lot tia, although this increased to 17. 5% against the Lottia fil tered gene set. Less than 1% of the Laternula contigs matched the Mytilus mantle specific 454 libraries and the 42,364 ESTs from M. californianus in GenBank. Hence there are no species closely related to L.
elliptica with large amounts of sequence data in the public domain and therefore our data significantly increases resources in this area and provides an important source of comparative data for other Molluscan species. Highly expressed sequences The most commonly expressed genes in the Laternula dataset comprise various functional classes, which is reflected in the NSC 14613 overall GO classifications, As stated previously, the edge of the mantle comprises three folds and the periostracum with the tissue for this tran scriptome analysis taken from a cross section across all layers. BLAST sequence similarity searches revealed a wide range of diverse functions among the most com monly expressed genes reflecting the complex contractile and secretory nature of this organ.
The mantle, whilst not a muscle per se, is contractile and hence AZD3514 many of the highly expressed sequences con sist of structural or muscle related genes, such as actin, collagen, troponin, calponin, adipose differentiation related protein and myosin, although some e. g. colla gen, may also be involved in shell synthesis, Interest ingly, the most commonly expressed sequence is that of a MAP kinase interacting serine threonine protein kinase, This gene is a transcriptional and translational regulator of mRNA, in particular acting via the phospho rylation of the elongation initiation factor, which is an important modulator of cell growth and prolifera tion, Studies in Aplysia NSC 14613 have shown Mnk1 to be a negative regulator of cap dependant translation in neu rons, whilst in other species it has also been shown to bind stress activated p38 and may play a role in response to environmental stress, The role of this gene in cell growth links with the identification of the B cell translo cation gene and the Y box factor homologue, indicating that the man tle is an area of continual growth.
AZD3514 From the above, the mantle is clearly a metabolically and transcriptionally active tissue. This is further exem plified by the presence of ATP synthases, an ADP ATP translocase, NADH ubiquinone oxidase, genes from the glycolysis pathway, ribosomal RNAs and arginine kinase. The NSC 14613 latter is a phosphagen kinase and these enzymes are prevalent in systems with fluctuating energy demands, acting as an energy buffering system and also as an energy shuttle delivering ATP generated by mitochondria to high energy requiring processes, such