OMIA:001445-9135 : Feather colour, dilution, MLPH-related in Serinus canaria (common canary)

In other species: chicken , common quail , Japanese quail

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 609227 (trait) , 606526 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases:

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2023

Cross-species summary: Known as lavender feather colour

Species-specific description: Bovo et al. (2023): "exploited whole genome sequencing (WGS) datasets produced from five canary lines or populations (Black Frosted Yellow, Opal, Onyx, Opal × Onyx and Mogno, some of which carrying different putative dilute alleles), complemented with other WGS datasets retrieved from previous studies, to identify candidate genes that might explain pigmentation variability across canary breeds and varieties. ... We identified signatures of selection in genomic regions harbouring genes involved in carotenoid-derived pigmentation variants (CYP2J19, EDC, BCO2 and SCARB1), confirming the results reported by previous works, and identified several other signatures of selection in the correspondence of melanogenesis-related genes (AGRP, ASIP, DCT, EDNRB, KITLG, MITF, MLPH, SLC45A2, TYRP1 and ZEB2). Two putative causative mutations were identified in the MLPH gene that may explain the Opal and Onyx dilute mutant alleles."

Molecular basis: Bovo et al. (2023): "By investigating the MLPH gene sequence from the generated whole genome sequencing datasets, we identified two putative causative mutations of the dilute canary variants. A missense mutation (NW_022042652.1:g.66497548C>T; ... ), causing the p.R111K substitution at the protein level (XM_009088195.3; XP_009086443.1), was fixed in the Onyx canaries and had an estimated frequency of 0.58 in the Opal × Onyx DNA pool ... , close to the expected frequency of 50% based on fact that the crossbred canaries might have received a copy of the mutated allele from the Onyx parent and a wild-type form at this position from the other parental variety. ... The second mutation was a deletion of seven nucleotides (NW_022042652.1:g.66493407_66493413del; ...), causing a frameshift of the reading frame and then the constitution of a premature stop codon that truncates the 676 residue wild-type protein at residue 236 (p.A237fs; XP_009086443.1). This deletion was fixed in both Opal and Mogno canaries. Again, in the Opal × Onyx DNA pool, its frequency was close to the expected 1:1 ratio of the two parental alleles ... . This is again consistent with the fact that Opal and Onix carried two different MLPH alleles. As Opal and Mogno canaries carried the same allele at the MLPH gene, their phenotypic differences might be due to other modifier loci."

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

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
MLPH melanophilin Serinus canaria NW_026108147.1 (3101930..3076890) MLPH 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
1561 Feather colour, Opal / Mogno MLPH deletion, small (<=20) Naturally occurring variant NW_022042652.1 g.66493407_66493413del p.(A237fs) XP_009086443.1 2023 37194440
1560 Feather colour, Onyx MLPH missense Naturally occurring variant NW_022042652.1 g.66497548C>T p.(R111K) XM_009088195.3; XP_009086443.1 2023 37194440

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:001445-9135: 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.

2023 Bovo, S., Ribani, A., Utzeri, V.J., Taurisano, V., Bertarini, G., Fontanesi, L. :
Whole genome sequencing identifies candidate genes and mutations that can explain diluted and other colour varieties of domestic canaries (Serinus canaria). Anim Genet 54:510-525, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37194440. DOI: 10.1111/age.13331.
2008 Perez-Beato, O. :
Fundamentals of color genetics in canaries. RoseDog Books. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: , 2008.

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