Title
Trnadb-Ce 2011: Trna Gene Database Curated Manually By Experts
Abstract
We updated the tRNADB-CE by analyzing 939 complete and 1301 draft genomes of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, 171 complete virus genomes, 121 complete chloroplast genomes and approximately 230 million sequences obtained by metagenome analyses of 210 environmental samples. The 287 102 tRNA genes in total, and thus two times of the tRNA genes compiled previously, are compiled, in which sequence information, clover-leaf structure and results of sequence similarity and oligonucleotide-pattern search can be browsed. In order to pool collective knowledge with help from any experts in the tRNA research field, we included a column to which comments can be added on each tRNA gene. By compiling tRNAs of known prokaryotes with identical sequences, we found high phylogenetic preservation of tRNA sequences, especially at a phylum level. Furthermore, a large number of tRNAs obtained by metagenome analyses of environmental samples had sequences identical to those found in known prokaryotes. The identical sequence group, therefore, can be used as phylogenetic markers to clarify the microbial community structure of an ecosystem. The updated tRNADB-CE provided functions, with which users can obtain the phylotype-specific markers (e.g. genus-specific markers) by themselves and clarify microbial community structures of ecosystems in detail. tRNADB-CE can be accessed freely at http://trna.nagahama-i-bio.ac.jp.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1093/nar/gkq1007
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
genomics,genes,phylogeny,metagenomics
Genome,Shotgun sequencing,Gene,Biology,Transfer RNA,Metagenomics,Genomics,Genetics,GenBank,Molecular biology,Database,Codon usage bias
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39
Database issue
0305-1048
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.76
7
Authors
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takashi Abe1405.52
Toshimichi Ikemura27916.80
Junichi Sugahara371.23
Akio Kanai481.72
Yasuo Ohara5294.60
Hiroshi Uehara6164.29
Makoto Kinouchi7102.35
Shigehiko Kanaya824923.88
Yuko Yamada981.53
Akira Muto10101.90
Hachiro Inokuchi1181.53