Bovine κ-casein gene promoter haplotypes with potential implications for milk protein expression

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Abstract

Genetic analysis of the κ-casein gene (CSN3) promoter regions of 42 cattle representing 9 different breeds revealed that 2 distinct haplotypes (A and B) exist at this locus, differing from each other by single base changes at positions -514 (T/G), -426 (T/C), and -384 (T/C), where haplotype A has bases T, T, and T and haplotype B has bases G, C, and C. The AA and AB haplotypes were found to occur at a higher frequency in the animals tested, with 69.0 and 21.4% being homozygous and heterozygous, respectively. The sequences that include these polymorphisms are potentially important in transcriptional regulation of the κ-casein gene, because they contain putative sites for binding of many transcription factors. Linkage disequilibrium between the κ-casein promoter haplotype and either one of the 2 major κ-casein coding sequence haplotypes was not evident. The A allele is dominant in all groups (dairy, beef, and dual purpose) with an allele frequency of 80% and is higher among high-yielding dairy animals (88.9%) than among beef animals (75%). The AB haplo-type is comparatively rare in the dairy cattle (11.1%) compared with both beef and dual-purpose animals. The BB haplotype, though rare overall (9.5%), is much higher in dual-purpose animals (18.8%) than dairy (5.6%) animals. In contrast, the B allele is much more representative of the κ-casein promoters from other ruminants. © American Dairy Science Association, 2007.

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Keating, A. F., Davoren, P., Smith, T. J., Ross, R. P., & Cairns, M. T. (2007). Bovine κ-casein gene promoter haplotypes with potential implications for milk protein expression. Journal of Dairy Science, 90(9), 4092–4099. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2006-687

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