Annotation and expression of carboxylesterases in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Comparison of the gene number for COEs in B. mori, D. melanogaster, Ap. Mellifera and An. gambiae

Class/clades	B. mori	D. melanogaster	Ap. mellifera	An. gambiae
intracellular catalytic class
A clade, α-esterase	42	1	0	0
B clade, α-esterase	13	0	8	0
C clade, α-esterase	0	12	0	16
secreted catalytic class
D clade, JHE	4	0	1	4
E clade, integument esterase	2	3	1	0
F clade, JHE	0	2	0	5
G clade, β-esterase	2	3	3	5
H clade, uncharacterized	1	1	1	1
I clade, glutactin	0	4	0	9
neurodevelopmental class
J clade, AChE	2	1	2	2
K clade, uncharacterized	1	1	1	1
L clade, gliotactin	1	1	1	1
M clade, neuroligin	6	4	5	5
N clade, neurotactin	2	2	1	2
total	76	35	24	51

Note: Classification of An. gambiae COEs was based on Oakeshott et al. (2005) [5] and Claudianos et al. (2006) [25]. Genes in clade D for An. gambiae were the uncharacterized proteins.

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