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ArticleScientific reports2023

Co-evolution of large inverted repeats and G-quadruplex DNA in fungal mitochondria may facilitate mitogenome stability: the case of Malassezia.

Anastasia C Christinaki, Bart Theelen, Alkmini Zania, Selene Dall' Acqua Coutinho, Javier F Cabañes, Teun Boekhout, Vassili N Kouvelis

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Anastasia C Christinaki *Section of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Athens, Greece.
Bart Theelen *Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Alkmini ZaniaSection of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Athens, Greece.
Selene Dall' Acqua CoutinhoLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Veterinary Medicine, Paulista University, São Paulo, Brazil.
Javier F CabañesVeterinary Mycology Group, Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Teun BoekhoutWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Vassili N KouvelisSection of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Athens, Greece. kouvelis@biol.uoa.gr.
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NLKing Saud University · SANational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversidade Paulista · BRUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitogenomes are essential due to their contribution to cell respiration. Recently they have also been implicated in fungal pathogenicity mechanisms. Members of the basidiomycetous yeast genus Malassezia are an important fungal component of the human skin microbiome, linked to various skin diseases, bloodstream infections, and they are increasingly implicated in gut diseases and certain cancers. In this study, the comparative analysis of Malassezia mitogenomes contributed to phylogenetic tree construction for all species. The mitogenomes presented significant size and gene order diversity which correlates to their phylogeny. Most importantly, they showed the inclusion of large inverted repeats (LIRs) and G-quadruplex (G4) DNA elements, rendering Malassezia mitogenomes a valuable test case for elucidating the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for this genome diversity. Both LIRs and G4s coexist and convergently evolved to provide genome stability through recombination. This mechanism is common in chloroplasts but, hitherto, rarely found in mitogenomes.

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Genome, MitochondrialG-QuadruplexesMalasseziaDNAHumansMitochondriaPhylogenyDNA

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