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dc.contributor.authorMauer, Katharina-
dc.contributor.authorHellmann, Sören Lukas-
dc.contributor.authorGroth, Marco-
dc.contributor.authorFröbius, Andreas C.-
dc.contributor.authorZischler, Hans-
dc.contributor.authorHankeln, Thomas-
dc.contributor.authorHerlyn, Holger-
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T08:25:38Z-
dc.date.available2020-07-13T08:25:38Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/4969-
dc.description.abstractThorny-headed worms (Acanthocephala) are endoparasites exploiting Mandibulata (Arthropoda) and Gnathostomata (Vertebrata). Despite their world-wide occurrence and economic relevance as a pest, genome and transcriptome assemblies have not been published before. However, such data might hold clues for a sustainable control of acanthocephalans in animal production. For this reason, we present the first draft of an acanthocephalan nuclear genome, besides the mitochondrial one, using the fish parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Palaeacanthocephala) as a model. Additionally, we have assembled and annotated the transcriptome of this species and the proteins encoded. A hybrid assembly of long and short reads resulted in a near-complete P. laevis draft genome of ca. 260 Mb, comprising a large repetitive portion of ca. 63%. Numbers of transcripts and translated proteins (35,683) were within the range of other members of the Rotifera-Acanthocephala clade. Our data additionally demonstrate a significant reorganization of the acanthocephalan gene repertoire. Thus, more than 20% of the usually conserved metazoan genes were lacking in P. laevis. Ontology analysis of the retained genes revealed many connections to the incorporation of carotinoids. These are probably taken up via the surface together with lipids, thus accounting for the orange coloration of P. laevis. Furthermore, we found transcripts and protein sequences to be more derived in P. laevis than in rotifers from Monogononta and Bdelloidea. This was especially the case in genes involved in energy metabolism, which might reflect the acanthocephalan ability to use the scarce oxygen in the host intestine for respiration and simultaneously carry out fermentation. Increased plasticity of the gene repertoire through the integration of foreign DNA into the nuclear genome seems to be another underpinning factor of the evolutionary success of acanthocephalans. In any case, energy-related genes and their proteins may be considered as candidate targets for the acanthocephalan control.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin Mainzde
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rightsCC BY*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc570 Biowissenschaftende_DE
dc.subject.ddc570 Life sciencesen_GB
dc.titleThe genome, transcriptome, and proteome of the fish parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala)en_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-4966-
jgu.type.dinitypearticle-
jgu.type.versionPublished versionde
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 10 Biologiede
jgu.organisation.number7970-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titlePLOS ONEde
jgu.journal.volume15de
jgu.journal.issue6de
jgu.pages.alternativee0232973de
jgu.publisher.year2020-
jgu.publisher.namePLOSde
jgu.publisher.placeSan Francisco, California, USde
jgu.publisher.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232973de
jgu.publisher.issn1932-6203de
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode570de
jgu.publisher.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0232973
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
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