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Table 3 Gene objects possibly involved in the biosynthetic pathway of pheromone production

From: Transcriptome analysis of the sex pheromone gland of the noctuid moth Heliothis virescens

Gene

# gene objects found in HvPG

GenBank Accession Numbers

(a) Acetyl CoA Carboxylase

1

EZ407143

(b) Fatty acid synthase

3

EZ407213, EZ407214, EZ407216

(b) Elongation of very long chain fatty acids

1

EZ407268

(c) Desaturases:

  

   d11-desaturase*

2

EZ407237, EZ407179

   d9-desaturase (NPVE

3

EZ407263, EZ407209, EZ407225

   d9-desaturase*

3

EZ407154, EZ407218, EZ407204

   VPAE

1

EZ407189

(d) Fatty acyl reductase

5

EZ407233, EZ407211, EZ407212, EZ407215, EZ407217

(e) Aldehyde reductase

2

EZ407160, EZ407251

(f) Alcohol dehydrogenase (oxidoreductase)

5

EZ407131, EZ407138, EZ407158, EZ407161, EZ407172

(g) Acetyltransferase

3

EZ407136, EZ407242, EZ407226

(g) 1-Acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phsophate acyl transferase

4

EZ407193, EZ407256, EZ407139, EZ407140

(h) Esterase

4

EZ407130, EZ407151, EZ407176, EZ407190

(i) Lipase (neutral)

5

EZ407271, EZ407272, EZ407274, EZ407275, EZ407276

(i) Lipase (acidic)

5

EZ407273, EZ407277, EZ407278, EZ407279, EZ407280

(x1) Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase

1

EZ407260

(x1) Acyl-protein thioesterase

1

EZ407220

(x2) Aldehyde oxidase

6

EZ407162, EZ407164, EZ407166, EZ407168, EZ407203, EZ407210

(x2) Aldehyde dehydrogenase

8

EZ407163, EZ407194, EZ407146, EZ407255, EZ407250, EZ407188, EZ407197, EZ407207

(x3) Short-chain dehydrogenase

5

EZ407232, EZ407244, EZ407150, EZ407169, EZ407177

(x3) Short-chain dehydrogenase reductase

2

EZ407262, EZ407219

(x4) Acyl-CoA oxidase

5

EZ407175, EZ407178, EZ407208, EZ407221, EZ407265b

(x4) Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

1

GU205155

(x5) Enoyl-CoA hydratase

3

GU205156, GU205159, GU205160

(x6) 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase

2

GU205156, GU205162

(x7) Enoyl-CoA isomerase

1

GU205161

(x8) 3-Ketoacyl-CoA thiolase

4

EZ407147, EZ407229, EZ407242, GU205158

  1. *Homologous sequences were found in Strandh et al (Δ11-desaturase &ES583599, Δ9-desaturase &ES583724)