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Table 3 Occurrence of “ Drosophila ” heme, melanin and rhodopsin pigment-pathway-associated genes in T. californicum and T. grallator transcriptome assemblies as identified by reciprocal- blast- hit (RBH) analysis

From: De novo characterization of the gene-rich transcriptomes of two color-polymorphic spiders, Theridion grallator and T. californicum (Araneae: Theridiidae), with special reference to pigment genes

Pigment pathway 1

Gene symbol

Gene name

Selected references

T. californicum

T. grallator

RBH 2

RBH

Heme

Alas

Aminolevulinate synthase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

CG3156

CG3156 (ABC Transporter)

[39, 40]

⇒

⇔

 

CG3803

Heme A synthase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

CG5037

Protoheme IX farnesyltransferase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

Coprox

Coproporphyrinogen oxidase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

ferrochelatase

ferrochelatase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

Ho

Heme oxygenase

[41, 42]

NA

⇒

 

Ppox

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

 

Updo

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

[39, 40]

⇔

⇔

Melanin

bsk

basket

 

⇔

⇔

 

dl

dorsal

 

⇔

⇔

 

e

ebony

[43]

⇒

⇒

 

egr

eiger

 

NA

NA

 

grim

grim

 

NA

NA

 

Gr28b

Gustatory receptor 28b

 

NA

NA

 

hep

hemipterous

 

⇔

⇔

 

Hml

Hemolectin

[44]

⇔

⇔

 

MP1

Melanization Protein 1

 

⇒

⇒

 

Nrg

Neuroglian

 

⇔

⇔

 

PGRP-LC

Peptidoglycan recognition protein LC

 

⇒

⇒

 

Rho1

Rho1

 

⇔

⇔

 

Sp7

Serine protease 7

 

⇒

⇒

 

Spn27A

Serpin 27A

[45]

⇒

⇒

 

Spn77Ba

Serpin 77Ba

 

⇒

⇒

 

Tl

Toll

[46]

⇔

⇔

 

y

yellow

[43]

NA

NA

 

yellow-f

yellow-f

[14, 47]

NA

NA

 

yellow-f2

yellow-f2

[14, 47]

NA

NA

Rhodopsin

Cnx99A

Calnexin 99A

 

⇒

⇒

 

CG13611

CG13611

 

⇒

NA

 

Xport

exit protein of rhodopsin and TRP

 

NA

NA

 

KH1

KH1

[48]

⇔

⇔

 

ninaA

neither inactivation nor afterpotential A

[49]

⇔

⇔

 

ninaB

neither inactivation nor afterpotential B

 

⇒

⇒

 

ninaD

neither inactivation nor afterpotential D

 

⇒

⇒

 

ninaG

neither inactivation nor afterpotential G

[50, 51]

⇒

⇒

 

pinta

prolonged depolarization afterpotential (PDA) is not apparent

[50, 51]

⇒

⇒

 

santa-maria

scavenger receptor acting in neural tissue and majority of rhodopsin is absent

[49]

⇔

⇔

  1. 1Indicates pigment pathways with which these genes can be broadly associated (see Additional file 3: Table S5).
  2. 2⇒: tblastn hit (E < 1×10-5) between the D. melanogaster protein and a transcript in the spider transcriptome; ⇔Reciprocal blast hit (RBH) (blastx, E < 1×10-5) between best tblastn hit and Uniprot-Uniref-100 database; “NA”: No blast hit detected.
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