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Table 1 Expression levels of selected biomass-conversion enzyme-genes in the three sections of the fungus garden

From: The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides

Tag id

Enzyme function deduced from BLAST hits

CAZy familya

Top

Middle

Bottom

Test for equal level P

Fold up, bottom relative to top (95% CI)

Mean tag count (95% CI)

23641

Endocellulase

GH5, CBM1

6 (0, 14)

41 (0, 123)

370 (150, 591)

0.021

57.9 (25.21, 268.15)

16339

Endocellulase

GH5

96 (13, 178)

28 (0, 60)

140 (56, 224)

0.025

1.5 (0.71, 3.98)

10483

Cellobiohydrolase (CBHI-I)

GH7, CBM1

14 (0, 28)

56 (0, 158)

524 (349, 698)

2.2e-3

36.4 (20.10, 107.96)

24891

Cellobiohydrolase (CBHI-II)

GH7

449 (13, 885)

51 (0, 137)

1211 (911, 1512)

2.2e-4

2.7 (1.53, 8.43)

20092

β-Glucosidase, intracellular

GH3

23 (1, 45)

12 (0, 33)

58 (38, 79)

7.2e-3

2.6 (1.41, 7.54)

2990

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase

AA9

0

21 (0, 60)

96 (53, 140)

0

NA

323

Xylanase

GH10, CBM1

7 (0, 21)

92 (0, 274)

669 (360, 977)

8.0e-3

101.3 (35.68, 1089.35)

7614

Acetyl xylan esterase

CE1, CBM1

88 (38, 137)

175 (0, 395)

1168 (917, 1419)

3.0e-4

13.3 (9.12, 22.92)

18781

Xyloglucanase

GH12

16 (1, 31)

95 (70, 119)

141 (0, 287)

4.3e-4

8.8 (2.32, 29.17)

29382

Xyloglucanase

GH74, CBM1

85 (5, 164)

41 (0, 100)

540 (324, 756)

2.0e-3

6.4 (3.48, 18.33)

17822

Pectinesterase

CE8

77 (0, 159)

39 (0, 81)

209 (128, 290)

4.9e-3

2.7 (1.43, 10.17)

24998

Pectinesteraseb

CE8

529 (295, 763)

435 (297, 572)

698 (304, 1092)

0.25

1.3 (0.75, 2.19)

13889

Polygalacturonaseb

GH28

403 (273, 533)

386 (244, 527)

686 (418, 954)

0.075

1.7 (1.16, 2.43)

16820

Pectate lyaseb

PL1

34 (11, 56)

19 (0, 57)

189 (10, 368)

0.11

5.6 (1.88, 12.58)

25523

Pectate lyase

PL1

222 (74, 370)

146 (0, 381)

704 (547, 860)

8.5e-4

3.2 (2.06, 6.01)

12708

Pectate lyase

PL3

6 (0, 17)

54 (0, 160)

655 (398, 912)

4.1e-3

116.9 (45.09, 1220.07)

29370

Rhamnogalacturonan lyase

PL4

208 (87, 329)

259 (125, 392)

757 (477, 1036)

6.0e-3

3.6 (2.28, 6.45)

17541

Endo-1,5-α-L-arabinanase

GH43

141 (22, 260)

81 (31, 131)

204 (110, 297)

0.043

1.4 (0.79, 3.63)

17220

Glucoamylase

GH15, CBM20

32 (1, 62)

35 (0, 107)

130 (113, 146)

8.6e-4

4.1 (2.40, 11.80)

26445

α-Galactosidase

GH27

162 (79, 245)

163 (93, 233)

660 (578, 742)

5.7e-6

4.1 (2.96, 6.40)

10080

Cutinase

-

433 (0, 889)

367 (156, 577)

960 (743, 1177)

2.4e-3

2.2 (1.24, 7.86)

28797

Cutinase

-

211 (0, 444)

242 (0, 555)

468 (340, 596)

0.067

2.0 (1.18, 9.25)

14730

Esterase/lipase

-

2 (0, 7)

31 (0, 88)

357 (298, 416)

9.9e-5

148.6 (65.90, 1290.24)

1743

Lipase

-

144 (28, 259)

595 (424, 765)

718 (423, 1013)

6.7e-4

5.0 (2.78, 12.01)

  1. aCarbohydrate-Active Enzymes family [27]: GH, glycoside hydrolase; AA, auxiliary activity; CBM, carbohydrate-binding module; CE, carbohydrate esterase; PL, polysaccharide lyase.
  2. bIdentified by Schiøtt et al. [7] [GenBank:HQ174765-HQ174767].