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Abstract

Background: Transposable-element mediated chromosomal rearrangements require the involvement of two transposons and two double-strand breaks (DSB) located in close proximity. In radiobiology, DSB proximity is also a major factor contributing to rearrangements. However, the whole issue of DSB proximity remains virtually unexplored.Results: Based on DNA sequencing analysis we show that the genomes of 2 derived mutations, Arrufatina (sport) and Nero (irradiation), share a similar 2 Mb deletion of chromosome 3. A 7 kb Mutator like element found in Clemenules was present in Arrufatina in inverted orientation flanking the 5' end of the deletion. The Arrufatina Mule displayed "dissimilar" 9-bp target site duplications separated by 2 Mb. Fine-scale single nucleotide variant analyses of the deleted fragments identified a TTC-repeat sequence motif located in the center of the deletion responsible of a meiotic crossover detected in the citrus reference genome.Conclusions: Taken together, this information is compatible with the proposal that in both mutants, the TTC-repeat motif formed a triplex DNA structure generating a loop that brought in close proximity the originally distinct reactive ends. In Arrufatina, the loop brought the Mule ends nearby the 2 distinct insertion target sites and the inverted insertion of the transposable element between these target sites provoked the release of the in-between fragment. This proposal requires the involvement of a unique transposon and sheds light on the unresolved question of how two distinct sites become located in close proximity. These observations confer a crucial role to the TTC-repeats in fundamental plant processes as meiotic recombination and chromosomal rearrangements.

Keywords

Double-strand breaks; Crossover hot spot; Structural variations; Transposable-element

Published in

BMC Genomics
2015, volume: 16, article number: 69

SLU Authors

  • Hueso Estornell, Leandro

    • Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA)

UKÄ Subject classification

Biochemistry
Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Biology

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1280-3

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/85278