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. 2017 Jul 8;7(16):6390–6403. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2985

Table 2.

Recovered versus predicted functions of climate adaptation

A Predicted functions of thermal adaptation genes B Candidate genes associated with predicted functions C Outlier loci from A. cybotes; and their interactants
1 Lipoprotein/lipid metabolism1,2, Lipid transport2, Body mass LPL1, CD361,6,7,8, CETP1, MAPK11, MAPK141, SOD11, STUB11, LEPR1, FABP38, UCP31 CETP, LPL, MAPK14, (LEP), (APOB), SOX9, CALCR, MROH7, (FABP7), (FABP1), FABP2,(LPA/APOA)
2 Solute carrier Membrane channels controlling water loss/retention or cryoprotectant1 LPL1, CETP1 LPL, CETP, MFSD6
3 Stress response and homeostasis1,2 Incl. heat stress1 Heat shock proteins; HSP70/HSPA1A1,9,10, HSPA41, HSPA51, PON11,7, MAPK11, UCP31, HSF11, MAPK141, HSP471, UNG1, HSPB21, SOD11, STUB11, HSPA81 MAPK14, GLTSCR2, HSPA8, (HSP90AA1); HSP70/HSPA1A, HSPA4
HSPA5, PON1, (PON2)
SOX9, UBE4B
4 Phenotypic or Phenological changes related to thermal adaptation1, Developmental Process2 Not overrepresented1 MC1R, MC2R, MC3R, MC4R, MC5R, POMC, CALCR, SOX9, (ADORA2A), SPTBN1 11
5 Cell signal relay1 MAPK11, UCP31, HSF11, ADORA2B1, ADRB21, MAPK141, HSP471, UNG1, HSPB21, MC4R1, SOD11, STUB11, HSP481, EGFR1, CD361,6,7,8, MRAS1, ADORA11,8 ADRB2, ADORA2B, MAPK14, MRAS, MC4R, GLTSCR2, RASGRP3, RAP1GAP2
6 Levels of Oxygen response, Oxidative stress response, hypoxia1,3
Oxidation‐reduction process2
UCP31, SOD11 (FABP1), (HSP90B1), (LEP), (SOD2), (VEGFA), GLTSCR2 4, (HSP90AA1), SIRT6
7 Muscle contraction and relaxation, muscle development1 ADORA2B1, SOD11, HSPB21 ADORA2B, DYNC1H1
8 Vasodilation1, blood circulation1, blood pressure regulation1, endothelial function1 ADORA2B1, SOD11, POMC1 ADORA2B, POMC, (ADRB1), RAP1GAP2, RASGRP3, (VEGFA), (HPSE), SPTBN1
9 Regulation of Gene Expression2
incl.: Chromatin modification, Transcription2, RNA metabolic process2, RNA processing2, Translational Regulation, regulation of elongation2, Protein folding2, Proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process2
No genes predicted1 ASF1B, SIRT6, PHF20, UBE4B, SOX9
10 Cellular component biogenesis2 No genes predicted1 ADORA2A, ADORA2B, ADRB1, ADRB2, ADRB3, CALCR, MC1R, MC2R, MC3R, MC4R, MC5R
D Additional functions, not previously predicted
11 Aging and DNA repair No genes predicted1, CALCR 6 CALCR, SIRT6, SOD2
12 Other, unknown LRBA, MFSD6, MROH7

A—Predicted functions of genes underlying climate adaptation. B—Thermal adaptation candidate gene list. C—Genes verified in Anolis cybotes interactome. In bold: outlier loci; In regular: predicted candidate genes; In parentheses: novel genes with similar function as predicted genes. Table References (superscript numbers): (1) Wollenberg Valero et al., 2014; (2) Porcelli et al., 2015; (3) Yang et al., 2014; (4) Kim, Park, & Lee, 2012; (5) Chen et al., 2010; (6) Hancock et al., 2008; (7) Vermillion, Anderson, Hampton, & Andrews, 2015; (8) Holsinger, Schultz, & Hightower, 1996; (9) Sørensen, Dahlgaard, & Loeschcke, 2001; (10) Estrada et al., 2012.