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ArticleScientific reports2017

Extreme anoxia tolerance in crucian carp and goldfish through neofunctionalization of duplicated genes creating a new ethanol-producing pyruvate decarboxylase pathway.

Cathrine E Fagernes, Kåre-Olav Stensløkken, Åsmund K Røhr, Michael Berenbrink, Stian Ellefsen, Göran E Nilsson

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cathrine E FagernesDepartment of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-3412-0927
Kåre-Olav StensløkkenInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, N-0372, Oslo, Norway.
Åsmund K RøhrDepartment of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316, Oslo, Norway.
Michael BerenbrinkInstitute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, United Kingdom.
Stian EllefsenThe Lillehammer Research Center for Medicine and Exercise Physiology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, N-2604, Lillehammer, Norway.
Göran E NilssonDepartment of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316, Oslo, Norway. g.e.nilsson@ibv.uio.no.
University of Oslo · NOUniversity of Inland Norway · NOUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Without oxygen, most vertebrates die within minutes as they cannot meet cellular energy demands with anaerobic metabolism. However, fish of the genus Carassius (crucian carp and goldfish) have evolved a specialized metabolic system that allows them to survive prolonged periods without oxygen by producing ethanol as their metabolic end-product. Here we show that this has been made possible by the evolution of a pyruvate decarboxylase, analogous to that in brewer's yeast and the first described in vertebrates, in addition to a specialized alcohol dehydrogenase. Whole-genome duplication events have provided additional gene copies of the pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex that have evolved into a pyruvate decarboxylase, while other copies retained the essential function of the parent enzymes. We reveal the key molecular substitution in duplicated pyruvate dehydrogenase genes that underpins one of the most extreme hypoxic survival strategies among vertebrates and that is highly deleterious in humans.

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Genes, DuplicateAdaptation, PhysiologicalAlcohol DehydrogenaseAmino Acid SequenceAnaerobiosisAnimalsCarpsEthanolFish ProteinsGoldfishHypoxiaOxygenPyruvate DecarboxylaseSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionAlcohol DehydrogenaseEthanolFish ProteinsOxygenPyruvate Decarboxylase

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PMID28801642
PMCPMC5554223
OpenAlexW2744240621

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