PMID:3328816
| Citation |
Sharp, PM and Li, WH (1987) The rate of synonymous substitution in enterobacterial genes is inversely related to codon usage bias. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:222-30 |
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| Abstract |
Genes sequences from Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and other members of the Enterobacteriaceae show a negative correlation between the degree of synonymous-codon usage bias and the rate of nucleotide substitution at synonymous sites. In particular, very highly expressed genes have very biased codon usage and accumulate synonymous substitutions very slowly. In contrast, there is little correlation between the degree of codon bias and the rate of protein evolution. It is concluded that both the rate of synonymous substitution and the degree of codon usage bias largely reflect the intensity of selection at the translational level. Because of the high variability among genes in rates of synonymous substitution, separate molecular clocks of synonymous substitution might be required for different genes. |
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| Keywords |
Biological Evolution; Codon; Enterobacteriaceae/genetics; Escherichia coli/genetics; Genes, Bacterial; RNA, Messenger; Salmonella typhimurium/genetics |
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