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Table 2 Enhanced Gene Classes in An. gambiae Chemosensory Tissues

From: Transcriptome profiling of chemosensory appendages in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae reveals tissue- and sex-specific signatures of odor coding

    

enhanced >2x

  

gene class

PfamA

PfamA description

# An. gambiae

FA

MA

FP

MP

7tm Receptor

PF00001

7tm receptor (rhodopsin family)

84

28

20

18

14

7tm Receptor

PF02949

7tm Odorant receptor (Or)

78

56

31

3

3

7tm Receptor

PF08395

7tm Chemosensory receptor (Gr)

52

1

4

3

4

7tm Receptor

PF00002

7tm receptor (Secretin family)

11

2

1

0

2

7tm Receptor

PF00003

7tm sweet-taste receptor of 3 GCPR

7

4

5

2

1

lipophilic carrier

PF01395

PBP/GOBP family

62

18

17

6

4

lipophilic carrier

PF00650

CRAL/TRIO domain

43

17

9

17

16

lipophilic carrier

PF06585

Haemolymph juvenile hormone bind. (JHBP)

24

10

5

15

9

lipophilic carrier

PF00188

Cysteine-rich secretory protein family

20

7

2

9

7

lipophilic carrier

PF03392

Insect pheromone-bind. family, A10/OS-D

7

2

2

4

1

CD36/SNMP

PF01130

CD36 family

14

5

1

7

5

channel/transporter

PF07690

Major Facilitator Superfamily

65

21

16

16

13

channel/transporter

PF00083

Sugar (and other) transporter

49

7

4

7

8

channel/transporter

PF00060

Ligand-gated ion channel

29

22

20

5

3

channel/transporter

PF00520

Ion transport protein

27

15

10

9

3

channel/transporter

PF02931

Neurotrans.-gated ion-channel ligand bind.

24

10

6

4

0

channel/transporter

PF00858

Amiloride-sensitive sodium channel

23

5

2

1

1

channel/transporter

PF01061

ABC-2 type transporter

19

10

4

12

11

channel/transporter

PF00005

ABC transporter

18

4

3

5

2

channel/transporter

PF00664

ABC transporter transmemb.

15

4

2

2

4

channel/transporter

PF07885

Ion channel

9

3

3

1

1

biotransformation

PF00067

Cytochrome P450

113

30

19

34

24

biotransformation

PF00135

Carboxylesterase

50

15

13

14

14

biotransformation

PF00043

Glutathione S-transferase, C-term.

18

6

1

4

1

biotransformation

PF02798

Glutathione S-transferase, N-term.

17

5

3

4

3

transcription factor

PF00096

Zinc finger, C2H2 type

114

21

50

21

24

transcription factor

PF00046

Homeobox domain

76

17

19

14

13

transcription factor

PF00651

BTB/POZ domain

54

17

26

5

7

transcription factor

PF00010

Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding

41

6

6

5

6

transcription factor

PF00250

Fork head domain

19

6

8

3

4

transcription factor

PF07716

Basic region leucine zipper

14

3

4

1

3

transcription factor

PF00292

\Paired box\ domain

10

3

5

3

3

transcription factor

PF00907

T-box

11

8

6

8

5

transcription factor

PF00170

bZIP transcription factor

8

3

3

2

2

transcription factor

PF00157

Pou domain - N-terminal to homeobox

4

2

3

3

1

  1. Cells in each row contain information corresponding to the gene class listed. PfamA: PfamA family number. PfamA description: PfamA family description. # in An. gambiae: number of genes identified in PfamA searches of An. gambiae transcriptome. enhanced > 2x: number of genes in each PfamA family that were enhanced relative to bodies in the specified tissues, relative to bodies. FA - female antennae, MA - male antennae, FP - female palps, MP - male palps