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Table 17 Reproductive physiology and vitellogenesis

From: Unscrambling butterfly oogenesis

apolipophorin-III (apoLp-III)

Y

homologous to Bombyx juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase-like protein 3 (jheh-lp3)

Y

apolipophorin precursor; Drosophila CG11064 (apoLp; apolp1/2)

Y

homologous to Bombyx juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase-like protein 5 (jheh-lp5)

Y

lipophorin receptor (Lpr1/2)

Y

juvenile hormone binding protein; homologous to Drosophila CG1532 (JHbp)

Y

arylphorin (subunit beta); sex-specific storage-protein 2 (hex2; sp2)

Y

juvenile hormone binding protein (hemolymph) (hJHbp)

Y

vitellogenin (protein cleaved into vitellin light chain (vl), vitellin light chain rare isoform, vitellin heavy chain rare isoform and vitellin heavy chain (vh)) (Vg; Vtg)

Y

cytosolic juvenile hormone binding protein 36 KDa subunit (cJHbp)

Y

vitellogenin receptor; yolkless (yl; VgR)

Y

takeout (to)

Y

spherulin-2a (similar to Plodia interpunctella yp4)(yp4)

Y

similar to niemann-pick type c-2; ecdysteroid-regulated 16 kDa protein precursor (npc2a; esr16)

Y

chico (chico; IRS)

Y

ecdysone-induced protein 63e (Eip63E; cdc2-63E)

N

Bombyxin genes(bbxA1; bbxA3)

Y

similar to sgt1 protein homolog ecdysoneless (ecd)

Y

insulin-like receptor (InR)

Y

cytochrome p450 (E-class, group I) protein disembodied (dib; cyp302a1)

N

ribosomal protein l10a (rpl10ab )

Y

halfway; singed wings (hfw; swi)

Y

60s ribosomal protein l10; qm protein homolog (qm)

Y

clathrin light chain (chc)

Y

string of pearls; ribosomal protein s2 (sop; rp2)

Y

clathrin heavy chain (clc)

Y

resistance to juvenile hormone; methoprene-tolerant (met)

Y

ced-6 (ced-6)

Y

ultraspiracle; rxr type hormone receptor (usp; cf1)

Y

wnt receptor l(2)43Ea boca (boca)

Y

ecdysone receptor (EcR)

Y

jagunal (jagn)

Y

start1 (start1)

Y

exocyst complex component sec5 (sec5)

Y

defective in the avoidance of repellents dare; adrenodoxin reductase (dare)

Y

exocyst complex component sec6 (sec6)

Y

ecdysone-induced protein 74 (E74)

N

protein phosphatase 2a regulatory subunit b’; widerborst (wdb; PP2Ab’)

Y

ecdysone-induced protein 75b (75a,b,c and d) (E75)

Y

protein phosphatase 2a regulatory subunit b 55kDa; twins (PP2Ab55kDa)

Y

homologous to Bombyx mori c-cbl-associated protein (cap) transcript variant a (bmcap-a)

Y

protein phosphatase 2a regulatory subunit b gamma (PP2Agamma)

Y

follicle specific protein (fsp-I)

N

protein phosphatase 2a regulatory subunit a (65 kDa); homologous to Drosophila protein phosphatase 2a at 29b (PP2Aa)

Y

similar to Bombyx mori egg-specific protein (LOC693022) (ESP)

N

microtubule star; protein phosphatase 2a catalytic subunit c (mts; PP2Ac)

Y

calmodulin (cam)

Y

lipid storage droplet 1; perilipin 1 (lsd1; plin-1; plin1)

Y

calmodulin-binding protein (striatin); weak homology to CG7392 (striatin)

Y

lipid storage droplet 2 (lsd2)

Y

calmodulin dependent protein kinase (camk)

Y

lipase-1 (lip-1)

Y

hormone receptor 3; Drosophila hormone receptor-like in 46 (hr3; hr46)

Y

serine/threonine protein kinase akt (akt; akt1)

Y

hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 isoform a (hnf-4a)

Y

liquid facets-related (lqfr)

Y

hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 isoform b (hnf-4b)

Y

liquid facets (lqf)

Y

juvenile hormone esterase (jhe)

N

garnet (g)

Y

juvenile hormone esterase binding protein; weak homology to Drosophila CG3776 (JHEbp; DmP29)

Y

cationic amino acid transporter; slimfast (slif)

Y

juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase (JHEH)

Y

ornithine decarboxylase (odc)

Y

homologous to Bombyx juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase-like protein 1 (jheh-lp1)

Y

ornithine decarboxylase antizyme; gutfeeling (guf; Oda; az)

Y

  1. Genes identified mainly from the Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori literature involved in vitellogenesis, lipid storage, ovarian maturation and hormonal regulation of oogenesis. Presence (Y) or absence (N) of orthologous transcripts in the Pararge aegeria transcriptome is indicated.