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    An association analysis between a missense polymorphism at the pig PCSK9 gene and serum lipid and meat quality traits in Duroc pigs

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    A genome-wide association analysis in a Duroc pig population allowed us detecting a genomic region on pig chromosome 6 (141–147 Mb) that was associated with serum cholesterol (CHOL), triglyceride (TRIG) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) concentrations. This region contains the proprotein convertase subtilisin-like kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene (SSC6, 145 Mb), which has a key role in the regulation of CD36, LDL receptor and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) receptor levels. In the current work, we have genotyped by pyrosequencing a missense PCSK9 c.1222G>A mutation (E408K) in 273 Duroc pigs. The performance of an association analysis with the GEMMA software did not reveal any association between PCSK9 genotype and serum lipid concentrations, evidencing that this polymorphism is not the causal mutation of the CHOL, TRIG, and LDL SSC6 QTL. However, we detected an association, that was highly significant at the nominal level, between PCSK9 genotype and palmitelaidic content at the gluteus medius muscle (P-value = 0.008). There is evidence that PCSK9 induces the degradation of CD36, a key long-chain fatty acid transporter, and that it may decrease the uptake of palmitate. However, the E408K polymorphism analysed in the current work is not predicted to be deleterious, suggesting that the associations found are probably due to the linkage of this polymorphism with a causal mutation yet to be found.This work has been funded by grant AGL201022208-C02 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). We also acknowledge the support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for the Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa 2016–2019 (SEV-2015-0533) grant awarded to the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics.Peer reviewe

    Organic-inorganic hybrid crystals, (2,4,6-CH 3 PyH) 3 Sb 2 Cl 9 and (2,4,6-CH 3 PyH) 3 Bi 2 Cl 9 . Crystal structure characterization and tunneling of CH 3 groups studied by 1 H NMR and neutron spectroscopy

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    The crystal structures of (2,4,6-CH3PyH)3Sb2Cl9 (TMPCA) and (2,4,6-CH3PyH)3Bi2Cl9 (TMPCB) (Py – pyridine) have been determined at 100 K by the single crystal X-ray diffraction method. TMPCA and TMPCB crystallize in the monoclinic C2/c and triclinic P1 polar space group, respectively. In both cases the asymmetric part is comprised of three nonequivalent 2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium cations and a discrete M2Cl93− anion. The Bi2Cl93− moiety forms a face-sharing bi-octahedron, whereas in a case of Sb2Cl93− we deal with two pyramids connected by a corner. The inelastic neutron scattering spectra (INS) were recorded for TMPCA at low temperatures (4–50 K). Two peaks on each side of the central elastic line have been observed at ca. 4.8 and 2.9 μeV, the high energy peak exhibits an excitation energy value equal to ca. 6 meV. For TMPCA and TMPCB the 1H NMR spin–lattice relaxation times, T1, have been measured in the temperature region 15–410 K. The flattening of the T1 (spin–lattice) vs. reciprocal temperature, 1/T, dependence between 30 K and 15 K indicates the incoherent tunneling effect of the methyl group being treated as the quantum rotor. The conclusions drawn from the 1H NMR results as regards to the tunneling of the CH3 groups in the pyridinium cations are consistent with the tunneling peaks observed in the INS spectra
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