| Title: | Comparative genomic analysis of carboxylesterase genes in Tenebrio molitor and other four tenebrionids |
| Author(s): | Yang YL; Li X; Wang J; Song QS; Stanley D; Wei SJ; Zhu JY; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China. Institute of Alpine Economic Plant, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Lijiang, China. Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. USDA/ARS Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China. Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China" |
| Journal Title: | Arch Insect Biochem Physiol |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-6327 (Electronic) 0739-4462 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Carboxylesterases (COEs) have various functions in wide taxons of organisms. In insects, COEs are important enzymes involved in the hydrolysis of a variety of ester-containing xenobiotics, neural signal transmission, pheromone degradation, and reproductive development. Understanding the diversity of COEs is basic to illustrate their functions. In this study, we identified 53, 105, 37, and 39 COEs from the genomes of Tenebrio molitor, Asbolus verucosus, Hycleus cichorii, and H. phaleratus in the superfamily of Tenebrionidea, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that 234 COEs from these four species and those reported in Tribolium castaneum (63) could be divided into 12 clades and three major classes. The alpha-esterases significantly expanded in T. molitor, A. verucosus, and T. castaneum compared to dipteran and hymenopteran insects. In T. molitor, most COEs showed tissue and stage-specific but not a sex-biased expression. Our results provide insights into the diversity and evolutionary characteristics of COEs in tenebrionids, and lay a foundation for the functional characterization of COEs in the yellow mealworm" |
| Keywords: | Animals Carboxylesterase/genetics Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/genetics/metabolism Esters Genomics Larva/metabolism Pheromones/metabolism Phylogeny *Tenebrio/genetics/metabolism Tenebrio molitor carboxylesterase expression profiling genome molecular evolut; |
| Notes: | "MedlineYang, Yan-Lin Li, Xun Wang, Jun Song, Qi-Sheng Stanley, David Wei, Shu-Jun Zhu, Jia-Ying eng Yunnan Provincial High-Level Talents Introduction Program to SJW/ Yunnan Provincial High-Level Talents Support Program/ 32060126/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 2022/09/17 Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2022 Nov; 111(3):e21967. doi: 10.1002/arch.21967. Epub 2022 Sep 15" |
