Research Article

Variations in the Regulatory Region of Alpha S1-Casein Milk Protein Gene among Tropically Adapted Indian Native (Bos Indicus) Cattle

Table 1

Frequency of variations within the αS1-CN5' among Indian zebu cattle breeds in comparison with B. taurus (BTAU 4.0:6).

Sr. numberRegionPositionVariation AlleleAMC DEC GACGIC HAC KJC KYC MEC RAC RKCRSCSAC THCOverall frequency (= n/N)Potential TFBSNovel

1Promoter A/GG:10.11Yes
2′′ A/GG:0.510.16NF-kappaE1/c-MycYes
3′′ G/CC:1110.50.21Yes
4′′ T/GG:1110.50.21Yes
5′′ G/AA:10.05GATA-1Yes
6′′ T/CC:1111110.510.50.50.50.63GATA-1/NF-EYes
7′′ C/GG:10.05Yes
8′′ T/CC:110.5110.50.50.50.50.47Oct-1/POU3F2Yes
9′′ C/TT:10.05Yes
10′′ T/CC:110.11Yes
11′′ A/TT:11110.50.50.32MEF-2/YY1
12′′ T/GG:1110.16GATA-1Yes
13′′ C/TT:111110.510.50.50.53
14′′ T/CC:11110.50.50.50.50.50.47
15′′ G/AA:10.05Yes
16′′ C/TT:10.05AP-1Yes
17′′ C/TT:1110.16
18′′ T/AA:1110.511110.68
19′′ C/TT:11111110.63
20′′ G/AA:10.05POU1F1a/GRYes
21′′ C/TT:10.05Yes
22′′ A/GG:1110.50.50.50.32TMF
23′′ A/GG:110.50.50.21GAL4
24′′ A/CC:111110.50.50.50.50.50.53YY1/Oct-1
25′′ T/GG:10.05Yes
26′′ T/GG:10.05
27′′ T/(-)(-):10.50.50.50.21Yes
28′′ T/(-)(-):10.50.50.50.21Yes
29′′ G/(-)(-):0.50.05Yes
30′′ T/(-)(-):0.50.05Yes
31′′ A/GG:10.05HNF-1Yes
32′′ A/TT:10.05GRalpha/ARYes
33′′ C/AA:10.05GRalpha/ARYes
34′′ G/TT:10.05Yes
35′′ A/GG:110.16AP-1
36′′ G/AA:1110.50.21
37Exon-I T/CC:110.50.16
38Intron-I T/AA:10.05Gfi-1Yes
39 ′′ C/TT:11110.50.50.50.42Yes

Breed wise frequency:0.310.130.080.620.10.230.440.150.260.280.280.410.26

APromoter G/A
B′′ C/T
C′′ (-)/C
D′′ (-)/T

AMC: Amritmahal, DEC: Deoni, GAC: Gaolao, GIC: Gir, HAC: Haryana, KJC: Kankrej, KYC: Kangyam, MEC: Mewati, RAC: Rathi, RKC: Red Kandhari, RSC: Red Sindhi, SAC: Sahiwal, THC: Tharparkar, n: number of individuals with the variation, N: total number of animals studied.
*Variations reported in B. taurus [19] but not observed in the present study.