Loss of Gene Cluster for Sunscreen Biosynthesis (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Loss of Gene Cluster for Sunscreen Biosynthesis

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The Marine Genomics Unit determined that the striped catfish lost the ability to make the vertebrate sunscreen compound gadusol (a) due to losing the EEVS and MT-Ox genes from its genome (b). These results replicate findings in the Japanese puffer and West African Coalacanth, which also lack the ability to produce gadusol.

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