Table 1

Comparison of the gene number for COEs in B. mori, D. melanogaster, Ap. Mellifera and An. gambiae

Class/clades

B. mori

D. melanogaster

Ap. mellifera

An. gambiae

intracellular catalytic class

A clade, α-esterase

42

1

0

0

B clade, α-esterase

13

0

8

0

C clade, α-esterase

0

12

0

16

secreted catalytic class

D clade, JHE

4

0

1

4

E clade, integument esterase

2

3

1

0

F clade, JHE

0

2

0

5

G clade, β-esterase

2

3

3

5

H clade, uncharacterized

1

1

1

1

I clade, glutactin

0

4

0

9

neurodevelopmental class

J clade, AChE

2

1

2

2

K clade, uncharacterized

1

1

1

1

L clade, gliotactin

1

1

1

1

M clade, neuroligin

6

4

5

5

N clade, neurotactin

2

2

1

2

total

76

35

24

51

Note: Classification of An. gambiae COEs was based on Oakeshott et al. (2005) [5] and Claudianos et al. (2006) [25]. Genes in clade D for An. gambiae were the uncharacterized proteins.

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