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Table 3 Rapidly evolving sex-associated genes in the global model, and/or in the branch delineating Neurospora intermedia

From: Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi

Gene

One ratio dN/dS

Putative function/Conserved domains

E-valuea

NCU01720b

0.583

Glycosyl hydrolase catalytic core protein

2e-49

NCU02916

0.233

Endoglucanase II, glycosyl hydrolase family 61

1e-94

NCU03013b

0.386

Anchored cell wall protein-10, Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase

2e-44

NCU03584b

0.176

Polyketide synthase

0

NCU03861

0.245

Glutaminase A

0

NCU04034

0.261

Hypothetical protein, 4 transmembrane domains

-

NCU04628

0.442

C2H2-type zinc finger domain protein

6e-44

NCU04645

0.178

Hypothetical protein, DUF124 domain-containing protein

5e-45

NCU04730

0.168

Post-transcriptional silencing protein QDE-2

0

NCU05191

0.252

Hypothetical protein, signal peptide, 2 transmembrane domains, GPI-anchor

-

NCU05861

0.161

NF-X1 finger and DNA/RNA helicase domain protein

0

NCU06387b

0.531

Hypothetical protein

-

NCU07311b

0.379

Hypothetical protein, signal peptide, 3 transmembrane domains

-

NCU07743

0.244

Taurine catabolism dioxygenase TauD

1e-81

NCU07888

0.198

Pleckstrin homology domain-containing protein

2e-40

NCU08435

0.379

RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

0

NCU08986

0.257

Hypothetical protein

-

NCU09099

0.267

Hypothetical protein, signal peptide, GPI-anchor

-

NCU09357c

0.349

ATPase, DNA/RNA helicase, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay protein

0

NCU09575

0.180

Sterol esterase

0

  1. a E-value originate from BLASTP analysis of NCBI nr database, or from the SMART protein analysis tool. E-values > 1e-10 are not reported.
  2. b Candidate genes selected for further examination for site-specific positive selection by sequencing and analysis of additional heterothallic species of Neurospora.
  3. c This gene only had a significantly higher than mean dN/dS for the branch delineating N. intermedia.