Helitrons, the Eukaryotic Rolling-circle Transposable Elements

Microbiology Spectrum
Jainy Thomas, Ellen J Pritham

Abstract

Helitrons, the eukaryotic rolling-circle transposable elements, are widespread but most prevalent among plant and animal genomes. Recent studies have identified three additional coding and structural variants of Helitrons called Helentrons, Proto-Helentron, and Helitron2. Helitrons and Helentrons make up a substantial fraction of many genomes where nonautonomous elements frequently outnumber the putative autonomous partner. This includes the previously ambiguously classified DINE-1-like repeats, which are highly abundant in Drosophila and many other animal genomes. The purpose of this review is to summarize what we have learned about Helitrons in the decade since their discovery. First, we describe the history of autonomous Helitrons, and their variants. Second, we explain the common coding features and difference in structure of canonical Helitrons versus the endonuclease-encoding Helentrons. Third, we review how Helitrons and Helentrons are classified and discuss why the system used for other transposable element families is not applicable. We also touch upon how genome-wide identification of candidate Helitrons is carried out and how to validate candidate Helitrons. We then shift our focus to a model of transposition and the...Continue Reading

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