Table 5.
Immune-related genes in several insect species
| Functional classidication | Gene | N.lugens | A. pisum | D. melanogaster | A. gambiae | A. mellifera | B. mori |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern recognition molecules |
PGRp |
2 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
12 |
| |
βGRP/GNBP |
7 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
| |
C-type lectin |
9 |
10 |
34 |
25 |
10 |
21 |
| |
hemocytin |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| |
hemolin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
galectin |
2 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
| |
dscam |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Draper |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Eater |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| |
toll |
6 |
5 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
14 |
| Toll pathway |
cactus |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| |
myD88 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
spatzle |
8 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
| |
pelle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
tube |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Dorsal/Dif |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| |
tollip |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| |
dred |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Imd pathway |
imd |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
relish |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| |
caspar |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| |
IKK |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| |
Tak1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
IAP2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Ubc13 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
TRAF |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| |
Tab2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Hopscoch |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| JAK-STAT pathway |
PIAS |
1 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| |
SOCS |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| |
STAT |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Domeless |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| |
Clip-domain protease |
12 |
6 |
37 |
41 |
18 |
15 |
| proPO cascade |
Serpin protease inhibitor |
9 |
14 |
30 |
17 |
5 |
26 |
| |
Lysozyme |
8 |
3 |
17 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
| Immune-responsive effector |
Reeler |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| |
Defensin |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| |
Attacin |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| |
Cecropin |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
13 |
| |
Diptericin |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Drosocin |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Drosomycin |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Gloverin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| |
Lebocin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
Metchnikowin |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Moricin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
Nuecin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| NOS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The number of immune-related genes in insect species was obtained from NCBI databases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2012.July) coupled with the available genome databases of the insect species: A. pisum (http://www.inra.fr/aphidbase/); B. mori (ftp://silkdb.org/pub/release_2.0/); D. melanogaster ftp.flybase.org/genomes/Drosophila_melanogaster/dmel_r5.27_FB2010_04/); A. gambiae (ftp.vectorbase.org/public_data/organism_data/agambiae/Geneset/) and A. mellifera (hymenopteragenome.org/drupal/sites/hymenopteragenome.org.beebase/files/data/).