OMIA:001602-93934 : Feather colour, yellow in Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail) |
In other species: chicken , Chestnut-bellied monarch
Categories: Pigmentation phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 611742 (trait) , 600201 (gene)
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Disease-related: no
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2008
Species-specific symbol: Y
Inheritance: "An allelic series of variants at the autosomal yellow (Y) locus, which involves the ASIP gene on quail chromosome 20, has been identified in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): recessive black and yellow alleles, three alleles (fawn, fawn-2 and beige) that result in three similar phenotypes and the wild-type allele (WT)" Robic et al. (2019), citing Tsudzuki (2008)
Molecular basis: Hiraqaki et al. (2008) reported "deletion of 8 bases was found in the ASIP gene in the Y*RB [recessive black] allele, causing a frameshift that changed the last six amino acids, including a cysteine residue, and removed the normal stop codon." Nadeau et al. (2008) "characterized the genetic basis of the homozygous lethal Japanese quail yellow mutation as a >90-kb deletion upstream of ASIP. This deletion encompasses almost the entire coding sequence of two upstream loci, RALY and EIF2B, and places ASIP expression under control of the RALY promoter, leading to the presence of a novel transcript." Aiming "to characterize the large deletion that causes the yellow phenotype and to describe the fawn-2/beige mutation, which we hypothesized to be due to a structural modification representing a single allele", Robic et al. (2019) "sequenced four individuals i.e. one homozygous beige, one homozygous fawn-2 and two yellow, and compared the data with the recently available Coturnix japonica 2.0 quail annotated reference genome." These authors characterised the yellow variant first described by Nadeau et al. (2008) as "a complex mutation that involves a 141,162-bp long deletion." They also reported that "For the fawn-2/beige phenotype, we identified a 71-kb tandem duplication that comprises one unchanged copy of ASIP and one copy present in the ITCH-ASIP fusion gene, which leads to a transcript coding for a normal ASIP protein."
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASIP | agouti signaling protein | Coturnix japonica | 20 | NC_029535.1 (1441582..1422403) | ASIP | Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene |
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| OMIA Variant ID | Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Type of Variant | Source of Genetic Variant | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1075 | Feather colour, fawn-2/beige | ASIP | Y^f2 | duplication | Naturally occurring variant | 20 | Robic et al. (2019) concluded "that fawn-2 and beige are the same allele, and that it is caused by a 70,895-bp tandem duplication . . . [with breakpoints] (NC-029535 [1,371,395(or 98)–1,442,295 (or 98)]) . . . located downstream of the ITCH exon 1 and upstream of the ASIP exon e4 (5′ UTR). . . . The 70,895 bp of the duplicated region include the entire AHCY gene on one strand, and parts of the ASIP and ITCH genes on the other strand." | 2019 | 30987584 | |||||||
| 504 | Feather colour, recessive black | ASIP | rb | deletion, small (<=20) | Naturally occurring variant | 20 | c.373_380del | "A deletion of 8 bases was found in the ASIP gene" | 2008 | 18287406 | ||||||
| 654 | Feather colour, lethal yellow | ASIP | Y | deletion, gross (>20) | Naturally occurring variant | 20 | g.1463709_1604872del | Nadeau et al. (2008): "a >90-kb [141162bp] deletion upstream of ASIP" | 2008 | 18287407 | The g. coordinates were provided by Robic et al. (2019) |
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2021). OMIA:001602-93934: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2019 | Li, Y.X., Zhang, X.H., Pang, Y.Z., Qi, Y.X., Zhao, S.J. : |
| Construction of MC1R and ASIP eukaryotic expression vector and its regulation of plumage color in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). J Poult Sci 56:84-90, 2019. Pubmed reference: 32055201. DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0180058. | |
| Robic, A., Morisson, M., Leroux, S., Gourichon, D., Vignal, A., Thebault, N., Fillon, V., Minvielle, F., Bed'Hom, B., Zerjal, T., Pitel, F. : | |
| Two new structural mutations in the 5' region of the ASIP gene cause diluted feather color phenotypes in Japanese quail. Genet Sel Evol 51:12, 2019. Pubmed reference: 30987584. DOI: 10.1186/s12711-019-0458-6. | |
| 2013 | Zhang, X.H., Pang, Y.Z., Zhao, S.J., Xu, H.W., Li, Y.L., Xu, Y., Guo, Z., Wang, D.D. : |
| The relationship of plumage colours with MC1R (Melanocortin 1 Receptor) and ASIP (Agouti Signaling Protein) in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Br Poult Sci 54:306-11, 2013. Pubmed reference: 23639082. DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2013.780122. | |
| 2009 | Minvielle, F., Cecchi, T., Passamonti, P., Gourichon, D., Renieri, C. : |
| Plumage colour mutations and melanins in the feathers of the Japanese quail: a first comparison. Anim Genet 40:971-4, 2009. Pubmed reference: 19496774. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01929.x. | |
| 2008 | Hiragaki, T., Inoue-Murayama, M., Miwa, M., Fujiwara, A., Mizutani, M., Minvielle, F., Ito, S. : |
| Recessive black is allelic to the yellow plumage locus in Japanese quail and associated with a frameshift deletion in the ASIP gene. Genetics 178:771-5, 2008. Pubmed reference: 18287406. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.077040. | |
| Nadeau, N.J., Minvielle, F., Ito, S., Inoue-Murayama, M., Gourichon, D., Follett, S.A., Burke, T., Mundy, N.I. : | |
| Characterization of Japanese quail yellow as a genomic deletion upstream of the avian homolog of the mammalian ASIP (agouti) gene. Genetics 178:777-86, 2008. Pubmed reference: 18287407. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.077073. | |
| Tsudzuki, M. : | |
| Mutations of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) and recent advances of molecular genetics for this species. Journal of Poultry Science 45:159-179, 2008. | |
| 2007 | Minvielle, F., Gourichon, D., Ito, S., Inoue-Murayama, M., Rivière, S. : |
| Effects of the dominant lethal yellow mutation on reproduction, growth, feed consumption, body temperature, and body composition of the Japanese quail. Poult Sci 86:1646-50, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17626808. |
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