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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Sci. 2018 Nov 1;166(1):131–145. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy186

Table 5.

Level 3 comparison of key amino acid residues in common water flea (Daphnia magna) ecdysone receptor (EcR) relative to other species. a, b

Class Name Scientific Name Common Name D506 T537 T540 R577 A592 Y602 N695
Branchiopoda Daphnia magna common water fleas D T T R A Y N
Branchiopoda Daphnia pulex common water flea D T T R A Y -
Malacostraca Crangon crangon crustaceans E T T R G Y N
Malacostraca Portunus trituberculatus swimming crab E T T R G Y N
Malacostraca Procambarus clarkii red swamp crayfish E T T R G Y N
Malacostraca Scylla paramamosain green mud crab E T T R G Y N
Malacostraca Neomysis integer opossum shrimps E S T R F Y N
Insecta Bicyclus anynana squinting bush brown D T T R A Y N
Insecta Locusta migratoria migratory locust E T T R A Y N
Insecta Heliothis virescens tobacco budworm E T T R A Y N
Insecta Aedes aegypti yellow fever mosquito E T T R A Y N
Insecta Harmonia axyridis ladybird beetles E T T R V Y N
Insecta Colaphellus bowringi leaf beetles E T T R V Y N
Insecta Periplaneta americana American cockroach P T T R A Y N
Chilopoda Lithobius peregrinus centipedes E T T R A Y N
Merostomata Limulus polyphemus Atlantic horseshoe crab E T T R A Y N
Arachnida Liocheles australasiae scorpions E T T R A Y N
Arachnida Parasteatoda tepidariorum common house spider E T T R A Y N
Arachnida Varroa destructor honeybee mite E T T R A Y N
Maxillopoda Tigriopus japonicus copepods E T T R A Y N
Maxillopoda Paracyclopina nana copepods E T T R A Y N
Collembola Orchesella cincta slender springtails E T T R A Y -
Priapulidae Priapulus caudatus priapulids E T T R G Y H
Eutardigrada Ramazzottius varieornatus water bears E T T R A Y W
Enopleac Trichuris trichiura human whipworm D T N K G Y H
Enopleac Trichinella papuae roundworms D T N K G Y H
Lingulatac Lingula anatina lampshells E T V R G L H
a

Listing of all species investigated in Level 3 is provided (Supplementary Data).

b

Amino acids represented by acronyms is listed (Table 1).

c

Species predicted lesser likelihood of susceptibility to agonists of the EcR, but which possess identified ortholog candidates for EcR.