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Metabolic enzymes associated with xenobiotic and chemosensory responses in Nasonia vitripennis

  1. J. G. Oakeshott1,*,
  2. R. M. Johnson2,3,
  3. M. R. Berenbaum2,
  4. H. Ranson4,
  5. A. S. Cristino5,
  6. C. Claudianos5

Article first published online: 15 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00961.x

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Insect Molecular Biology

Insect Molecular Biology

Special Issue: The Nasonia Genome

Volume 19, Issue Supplement s1, pages 147–163, February 2010

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Oakeshott, J. G., Johnson, R. M., Berenbaum, M. R., Ranson, H., Cristino, A. S. and Claudianos, C. (2010), Metabolic enzymes associated with xenobiotic and chemosensory responses in Nasonia vitripennis. Insect Molecular Biology, 19: 147–163. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00961.x

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  1. 1

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Entomology, Acton, ACT, Australia;

  2. 2

    Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA;

  3. 3

    Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;

  4. 4

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; and

  5. 5

    Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

*John G. Oakeshott, CSIRO Entomology, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Tel.: + 61 (2) 62464157; fax: + 61 (2) 62464094; e-mail: john.oakeshott@csiro.au

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  2. Article first published online: 15 JAN 2010

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Keywords:

  • glutathione-S-transferases;
  • cytochrome P450s;
  • esterases;
  • jewel wasp;
  • Tribolium

Abstract

The numbers of glutathione S-transferase, cytochrome P450 and esterase genes in the genome of the hymenopteran parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis are about twice those found in the genome of another hymenopteran, the honeybee Apis mellifera. Some of the difference is associated with clades of these families implicated in xenobiotic resistance in other insects and some is in clades implicated in hormone and pheromone metabolism. The data support the hypothesis that the eusocial behaviour of the honeybee and the concomitant homeostasis of the nest environment may obviate the need for as many gene/enzyme systems associated with xenobiotic metabolism as are found in other species, including N. vitripennis, that are thought to encounter a wider range of potentially toxic xenobiotics in their diet and habitat.

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