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Extension of MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K06767
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

KATOH Kazutaka  大阪大学, 微生物病研究所, 准教授 (70378868)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords配列アラインメント / 計算サービス / コロナウイルス / 分子進化 / Sequence alignment / 環境DNAメタバーコーディング / T細胞受容体 / ゲノムアラインメント / 行動分析 / ゲノム比較 / 文字列の比較 / データベース / 正の淘汰 / 多重配列アラインメント / ロングリードシークエンサ / 巨大アラインメント / 新型シークエンサー / ウイルスゲノム
Outline of Research at the Start

DNAやタンパク質の一次配列上で由来を同じくする部分を推定することを配列アラインメントという。多数本の配列アライメントを多重配列アラインメントという。これは進化解析や機能解析の基礎となる技術であり、申請者の開発したMAFFTプログラムが現在広く普及している。実際に役立っている例として、ヒトに感染する新型コロナウイルスがどの動物に由来したかを調べる時にもMAFFTプログラムが用いられている。本研究ではこのプログラムを継続的に開発する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The primary objective of this project was to enhance the functionality of the multiple sequence alignment program MAFFT. However, considerable effort was redirected during the research period to support sequence analyses of the coronavirus in response to the global outbreak. New options of the MAFFT program, suitable for constructing the GISAID EpiCoV database, were developed and provided at the request of the relevant personnel. In addition, the sequence alignment service operated at Osaka University was extended to make these options available for such analyses.
In parallel, support was also provided for a variety of other analyses. These included comparative analyses between sequences derived from extinct species and those of extant species, and modifications of the program for applications in behavior analysis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

計画段階では、本研究で開発した多重配列アラインメント手法を用いて種々の分子生物学的解析を支援し、それらを通じて研究成果を社会に還元することを目指していた。しかし、コロナウイルスの解析に開発手法が広く使われた結果、当初の計画以上に直接的かつ短期間の内に成果を実用に供することができた。例えば、SARS-CoV-2の起源を探る多数の研究 (Lu et al. 2020; Zhou et al 2020など) においてMAFFTによるアラインメントに基づく系統樹推定が頻繁に用いられた。さらに、大阪大学で行っているアラインメント計算サービスを通じて、大規模感染に対処する多数の研究者を直接支援した。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Minho(ポルトガル)

    • Country Name
      PORTUGAL
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Minho
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard Univ(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      Harvard Univ
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of North Texas(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of North Texas
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard Univ(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      Harvard Univ
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Minho(ポルトガル)

    • Country Name
      PORTUGAL
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Minho
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of North Texas(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of North Texas
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Minho(ポルトガル)

    • Country Name
      PORTUGAL
    • Counterpart Institution
      University of Minho
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard Univ(米国)

    • Country Name
      U.S.A.
    • Counterpart Institution
      Harvard Univ
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Benchmarking the discrimination power of commonly used markers and amplicons in marine fish (e)DNA (meta)barcoding2024

    • Author(s)
      Fontes Joao T.、Katoh Kazutaka、Pires Rui、Soares Pedro、Costa Filipe O.
    • Journal Title

      Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

      Volume: 8 Pages: e128646

    • DOI

      10.3897/mbmg.8.128646

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa2024

    • Author(s)
      Edwards Scott V.、Cloutier Alison、Cockburn Glenn、Driver Robert、Grayson Phil、Katoh Kazutaka、Baldwin Maude W.、Sackton Timothy B.、Baker Allan J.
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 10 Pages: eadj6823

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.adj6823

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] An engineered ACE2 decoy neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and confers protection against infection in vivo2022

    • Author(s)
      Ikemura Nariko、Taminishi Shunta、Inaba Tohru、Arimori Takao、Motooka Daisuke、Katoh Kazutaka、Kirita Yuhei、Higuchi Yusuke、Li Songling、Suzuki Tatsuya、Itoh Yumi、Ozaki Yuki、Nakamura Shota、Matoba Satoaki、Standley Daron M.、Okamoto Toru、Takagi Junichi、Hoshino Atsushi
    • Journal Title

      Science Translational Medicine

      Volume: 14 Pages: eabn7737

    • DOI

      10.1126/scitranslmed.abn7737

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The evolution of structural genomics2022

    • Author(s)
      Standley Daron M.、Nakanishi Tokuichiro、Xu Zichang、Haruna Soichiro、Li Songling、Nazlica Sedat Aybars、Katoh Kazutaka
    • Journal Title

      Biophysical Reviews

      Volume: 14 Pages: 1247~1253

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12551-022-01031-8

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Amino Acid Specificity of Ancestral Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Prior to the Last Universal Common Ancestor Commonote commonote2022

    • Author(s)
      Furukawa Ryutaro、Yokobori Shin-ichi、Sato Riku、Kumagawa Taimu、Nakagawa Mizuho、Katoh Kazutaka、Yamagishi Akihiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Molecular Evolution

      Volume: 90 Pages: 73-94

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00239-021-10043-z

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants follow a historical pattern recorded in outgroups infecting non-human hosts2021

    • Author(s)
      Katoh Kazutaka、Standley Daron M.
    • Journal Title

      Communications Biology

      Volume: 4 Pages: 1134

    • DOI

      10.1038/s42003-021-02663-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Deciphering the origin of Aspergillus flavus NRRL21882, the active biocontrol agent of Afla‐Guard(R)2021

    • Author(s)
      Chang P.‐K.、Chang T.D.、Katoh K.
    • Journal Title

      Letters in Applied Microbiology

      Volume: 722231 Pages: 509~516

    • DOI

      10.1111/lam.13433

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Long-read sequencing identifies the pathogenic nucleotide repeat expansion in RFC1 in a Japanese case of CANVAS2020

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Haruko、Doi Hiroshi、Mitsuhashi Satomi、Miyatake Satoko、Katoh Kazutaka、Frith Martin C.、Asano Tetsuya、Kudo Yosuke、Ikeda Takuya、Kubota Shun、Kunii Misako、Kitazawa Yu、Tada Mikiko、Okamoto Mitsuo、Joki Hideto、Takeuchi Hideyuki、Matsumoto Naomichi、Tanaka Fumiaki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Genetics

      Volume: 65 Pages: 475~480

    • DOI

      10.1038/s10038-020-0733-y

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A pipeline for complete characterization of complex germline rearrangements from long DNA reads2020

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuhashi Satomi、Ohori Sachiko、Katoh Kazutaka、Frith Martin C.、Matsumoto Naomichi
    • Journal Title

      Genome Medicine

      Volume: 12 Pages: 67

    • DOI

      10.1186/s13073-020-00762-1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Long-read DNA sequencing fully characterized chromothripsis in a patient with Langer-Giedion syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome-42020

    • Author(s)
      Lei Ming、Liang Desheng、Yang Yifeng、Mitsuhashi Satomi、Katoh Kazutaka、Miyake Noriko、Frith Martin C.、Wu Lingqian、Matsumoto Naomichi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Genetics

      Volume: 65 Pages: 667~674

    • DOI

      10.1038/s10038-020-0754-6

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Flexible, Functional, and Familiar: Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Evolution2020

    • Author(s)
      Saputri Dianita S.、Li Songling、van Eerden Floris J.、Rozewicki John、Xu Zichang、Ismanto Hendra S.、Davila Ana、Teraguchi Shunsuke、Katoh Kazutaka、Standley Daron M.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Microbiology

      Volume: 11 Pages: 2112

    • DOI

      10.3389/fmicb.2020.02112

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] lamassemble: Multiple Alignment and Consensus Sequence of Long Reads2020

    • Author(s)
      Frith Martin C.、Mitsuhashi Satomi、Katoh Kazutaka
    • Journal Title

      Multiple Sequence Alignment (Methods in Molecular Biology)

      Volume: 2231 Pages: 135~145

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-1-0716-1036-7_9

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Analysis of Protein Intermolecular Interactions with MAFFT-DASH2020

    • Author(s)
      Rozewicki John、Li Songling、Katoh Kazutaka、Standley Daron M.
    • Journal Title

      Multiple Sequence Alignment (Methods in Molecular Biology)

      Volume: 2232 Pages: 163~177

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-1-0716-1036-7_11

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 非生物学的データのアラインメント2024

    • Author(s)
      加藤和貴
    • Organizer
      遺伝研研究集会 生命科学を支える分子系統学 2024
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Annotation of VDJ genes in TCR loci on eutherian genome2023

    • Author(s)
      加藤和貴, Zhou Hao, Daron M Standley
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会第25回年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Off-plan use of technology2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Katoh
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会第 24 回年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Multiple sequence alignments for predicting antigen-antibody interactions2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Katoh
    • Organizer
      Simons Institute Workshop "Computational Challenges in Very Large-Scale 'Omics'"
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 抗原抗体複合体予測における多重配列アラインメントの利用について2022

    • Author(s)
      加藤和貴
    • Organizer
      遺伝研研究会「生命科学を支える分子系統学」
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Multiple Sequence Alignment (Methods in Molecular Biology)2021

    • Author(s)
      Katoh, Kazutaka (Ed.)
    • Total Pages
      321
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      978-1-0716-1035-0
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 多重配列アラインメントサービス

    • URL

      mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] MAFFT alignment server

    • URL

      https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] MAFFT multiple sequence alginment program

    • URL

      https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 多重配列アラインメント計算サービス

    • URL

      https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2026-01-16  

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