GEPHE SUMMARY Print
Gephebase Gene
Entry Status
Published
GepheID
GP00000705
Main curator
Martin
PHENOTYPIC CHANGE
Trait Category
Trait State in Taxon A
Other beetles
Trait State in Taxon B
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
Ancestral State
Taxon A
Taxonomic Status
Taxon A
Latin Name
Common Name
beetles
Synonyms
beetles
Rank
order
Lineage
Show more ... ; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon A an Infraspecies?
No
Taxon B
Common Name
-
Synonyms
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (Say, 1824)
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... oda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Coleoptera; Polyphaga; Cucujiformia; Curculionoidea; Curculionidae; Molytinae; Cleogonini; Rhyssomatus
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon B an Infraspecies?
No
GENOTYPIC CHANGE
Generic Gene Name
K+ ATPase alpha subunit
Synonyms
Na+
String
-
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the cation transport ATPase (P-type) (TC 3.A.3) family. Type IIC subfamily.
GO - Biological Process
-
UniProtKB
Danaus plexippus
GenebankID or UniProtKB
Presumptive Null
No
Molecular Type
Aberration Type
SNP
SNP Coding Change
Nonsynonymous
Molecular Details of the Mutation
C104Y
Experimental Evidence
Taxon A Taxon B Position
Codon - - -
Amino-acid - - -
Authors
Zhen Y; Aardema ML; Medina EM; Schumer M; Andolfatto P
Abstract
Numerous insects have independently evolved the ability to feed on plants that produce toxic secondary compounds called cardenolides and can sequester these compounds for use in their defense. We surveyed the protein target for cardenolides, the alpha subunit of the sodium pump, Na(+),K(+)-ATPase (ATPα), in 14 species that feed on cardenolide-producing plants and 15 outgroups spanning three insect orders. Despite the large number of potential targets for modulating cardenolide sensitivity, amino acid substitutions associated with host-plant specialization are highly clustered, with many parallel substitutions. Additionally, we document four independent duplications of ATPα with convergent tissue-specific expression patterns. We find that unique substitutions are disproportionately associated with recent duplications relative to parallel substitutions. Together, these findings support the hypothesis that adaptation tends to take evolutionary paths that minimize negative pleiotropy.
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