OMIA:002431-9694 : Coat colour, pseudomelanistic in Panthera tigris (tiger)

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) (MIM number): 610046 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2021

Species-specific description: Sagar et al. (2021) described pseudomelanism as "A rare pattern variant, distinguished by pattern elements that are broadened and fused together, has also been observed in natural and captive tiger populations. Such tigers are sometimes called black tigers . . . , but the melanistic appearance is a consequence of expanded pattern elements rather than a uniformly darkened color".

Inheritance: Sagar et al. (2021): "Pseudomelanism in tigers is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait as predicted from the captive pseudomelanistic tigers' pedigree".

Molecular basis: Sagar et al. (2021): "Whole-genome data and pedigree-based association analyses from captive tigers revealed that pseudomelanism cosegregates with a conserved and functionally important coding alteration [p.H454Y] in Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep), a gene responsible for similar traits in other felid species." The gene name "Taqpep" has been replaced by laeverin with symbol LVRN.

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Prevalence: Sagar et al. (2021): "Noninvasive sampling of tigers revealed a high frequency of the Taqpep p.H454Y mutation in Similipal (12 individuals, allele frequency = 0.58) and absence from all other tiger populations (395 individuals). . . . Simulations were consistent with founding events and drift as possible drivers for the observed stark difference of allele frequency."

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
LVRN laeverin Panthera tigris A1 NC_056660.1 (94143440..94221513) LVRN Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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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 Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
1348 Pseudomelamism LVRN missense Naturally occurring variant PanTig1.0 A1 c.1360C>T p.H454Y Sagar et al. (2021): "[Assembly PanTig1.0(GCF_000464555.1)]. . . . (Taqpep c.1360C > T); XP_007086933.1) of the protein (Taqpep p.H454Y)" 2021 34518374

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:002431-9694: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2021 Sagar, V., Kaelin, C.B., Natesh, M., Reddy, P.A., Mohapatra, R.K., Chhattani, H., Thatte, P., Vaidyanathan, S., Biswas, S., Bhatt, S., Paul, S., Jhala, Y.V., Verma, M.M., Pandav, B., Mondol, S., Barsh, G.S., Swain, D., Ramakrishnan, U. :
High frequency of an otherwise rare phenotype in a small and isolated tiger population. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34518374. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025273118.

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  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 22 Sep 2021
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 28 Feb 2024