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Balanced polymorphism at the Pgm-1 locus of the Pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana and its variant adaptability is only governed by two QE mutations at linked sites
Bioy, A.; Le Port, A.-S.; Sabourin, E.; Verheye, M.L.; Piccino, P.; Faure, B.; Hourdez, S.; Mary, J.; Jollivet, D. (2022). Balanced polymorphism at the Pgm-1 locus of the Pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana and its variant adaptability is only governed by two QE mutations at linked sites. Genes 13(2): 206. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes13020206
In: Genes. MDPI: Basel. e-ISSN 2073-4425
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Keywords
    Alvinella pompejana Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980 [WoRMS]; Alvinellidae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1986 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    phosphoglucomutase; balancing selection; thermal stability; gene; adaptive mutations; Alvinellidae

Authors  Top 
  • Bioy, A.
  • Le Port, A.-S.
  • Sabourin, E.
  • Verheye, M.L.
  • Piccino, P.
  • Faure, B.
  • Hourdez, S.
  • Mary, J.
  • Jollivet, D.

Abstract
    The polychaete Alvinella pompejana lives exclusively on the walls of deep-sea hydrothermal chimneys along the East Pacific Rise (EPR), and displays specific adaptations to withstand the high temperatures and hypoxia associated with this highly variable habitat. Previous studies have revealed the existence of a balanced polymorphism on the enzyme phosphoglucomutase associated with thermal variations, where allozymes 90 and 100 exhibit different optimal activities and thermostabilities. Exploration of the mutational landscape of phosphoglucomutase 1 revealed the maintenance of four highly divergent allelic lineages encoding the three most frequent electromorphs over the geographic range of A. pompejana. This polymorphism is only governed by two linked amino acid replacements, located in exon 3 (E155Q and E190Q). A two-niche model of selection, including ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ conditions, represents the most likely scenario for the long-term persistence of these isoforms. Using directed mutagenesis and the expression of the three recombinant variants allowed us to test the additive effect of these two mutations on the biochemical properties of this enzyme. Our results are coherent with those previously obtained from native proteins, and reveal a thermodynamic trade-off between protein thermostability and catalysis, which is likely to have maintained these functional phenotypes prior to the geographic separation of populations across the Equator about 1.2 million years ago.

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