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. 2012 Nov 10;13:609. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-609

Table 1.

Classification of detoxification gene families in Drosophila melanogaster, Anopheles gambiae, Aedes aegypti, and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus

  D. melanogaster A. gambiae A. aegypti C. p. quinquefasciatus
CCE
 
 
 
 
Dietary/detoxification*
 
 
 
 
B class (α-esterases)
13
16
22
30 (18)
Hormone/semiochemical processing
 
 
 
 
D class (integument esterases)
3
0
0
1 (0)
E class (β-esterases)
2
4
2
3 (3)
F class (dipteran JH esterases)
3
6
7
13 (5)
G class (lepidopteran JH esterases)
0
4
6
9 (6)
Neuro/developmental
 
 
 
 
H class (glutactins)
5
10
7
6 (5)
I class (unknown)
1
1
1
1 (1)
J class (acetylcholinesterases)
1
2
2
2 (2)
K class (gliotactins)
1
1
1
1 (1)
L class (neuroligins)
4
5
5
3 (3)
M class (neurotactins)
2
2
2
2 (2)
Total
35
51
55
71 (46)
P450
 
 
 
 
CYP2
6
10
11
14 (12)
CYP3 (include CYP6 and CYP9)
36
42
84
88 (72)
CYP4
32
45
59
83 (58)
Mitochondrial
11
9
10
11 (8)
Total
85
106
164
196 (150)
GST
 
 
 
 
Delta
11
12
8
14 (13)
Epsilon
14
8
8
10 (6)
Omega
5
1
1
1 (1)
Sigma
1
1
1
1 (1)
Theta
4
2
4
6 (6)
Zeta
2
1
1
0 (0)
Others
0
3
3
3 (2)
Total 37 28 26 35 (29)

*The dietary/detoxification functional group follows the new system proposed by Oakeshott et al. (2010).

Data of D. melanogaster, An. gambiae, and Ae. aegypti are taken from Oakeshott et al. (2010).

The number of C. p. quinquefasciatus genes in brackets is from the DGE libraries.

CCE, carboxyl/cholinesterases; P450, cytochrome P450 monooxygenases; GST, glutathione S-transferases.