Comparative sequence analyses reveal sites of ancestral chromosomal fusions in the Indian muntjac genome

Table 3 Known genes near Indian muntjac chromosome fusion sites

Name	Telomeric side*	Function^†	Centromeric side^‡	Function^†
IMFS1	Syntrophin beta1, component	Cytoskeleton	cyclin FLJ40432^¶	Cell cycle
	Sntb1		AK024850^¶	Part of frizzled 5
			Frizzled 5, Fzd5	Signal transduction
IMFS2	None	NA	cyclin FLJ40432^¶	Cell cycle
			AK024850⁵	Part of frizzled 5
			BX538248	Unknown
IMFS3	FLJ40227^§	Unknown	None	NA
	AK125751^§	Unknown
	Dual specificity protease 22, Dsp22	Protein tyrosine/serine/threonine phosphatase activity
	Interferon regulatory factor 4, Irf4	Transcriptional activator (multiple myeloma oncogene 1)
	Exocyst complex component 2, Exoc2	Transport
IMFS4	Nuclear transcription factor, X-box binding-like, Nfxl1	Transcription factor	BX538248	Unknown
	Cyclic nucleotide gated channel alpha 1, Cnga1	Potassium ion transport
	NIPA-like domain containing 1, Npal1	Unknown
	Tyrosine kinase, Txk	Tyrosine protein kinase, transcription factor
	Tyrosine-protein kinease, Tec	Tyrosine protein kinase, signaling
IMFS5	None	NA	None	NA
IMFS6	ZNF cluster	Transcription factors	None	NA
	Cytochrome P450 2E1, Cyp2e1	Metabolism
IMFS7	Glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol-anchor biosynthesis, Gpi7^¶	Biosynthesis	None	NA

*Proximal side of telomeric-satellite I junction (Figure 3). ^†The functionality of these genes has not been verified; table could include pseudogenes and gene fragments. ^‡Distal side of the telomeric-satellite I junction (Figure 3), including duplicated segments. ^§Predicted gene (UCSC Genome Browser [71]). ^¶Provisional gene (UCSC Genome Browser). NA, not applicable.

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