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- Title
No Evidence that Selection on Synonymous Codon Usage Affects Patterns of Protein Evolution in Bacteria.
- Authors
Moutinho, Ana Filipa; Eyre-Walker, Adam
- Abstract
Bias in synonymous codon usage has been reported across all kingdoms of life. Evidence suggests that codon usage bias is often driven by selective pressures, typically for translational efficiency. These selective pressures have been shown to depress the rate at which synonymous sites evolve. We hypothesize that selection on synonymous codon use could also slow the rate of protein evolution if a non-synonymous mutation changes the codon from being preferred to unpreferred. We test this hypothesis by looking at patterns of protein evolution using polymorphism and substitution data in two bacterial species, Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pneumoniae. We find no evidence that non-synonymous mutations that change a codon from being unpreferred to preferred are more common than the opposite. Overall, selection on codon bias seems to have little influence over non-synonymous polymorphism or substitution patterns.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL evolution; BACTERIAL proteins; STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae; GENE conversion; ESCHERICHIA coli; NATURAL selection; GENETIC code
- Publication
Genome Biology & Evolution, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1759-6653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gbe/evad232