Midgut transcriptome profiling of Anoplophora glabripennis, a lignocellulose degrading cerambycid beetle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wood-feeding insects often work in collaboration with microbial symbionts to degrade lignin biopolymers and release glucose and other fermentable sugars from recalcitrant plant cell wall carbohydrates, including cellulose and hemicellulose. Here, we present the midgut transcriptome of larval Anoplophora glabripennis, a wood-boring beetle with documented lignin-, cellulose-, and hemicellulose- degrading capabilities, which provides valuable insights into how this insect overcomes challenges associated with feeding in woody tissue.

Results

Transcripts from putative protein coding regions of over 9,000 insect-derived genes were identified in the A. glabripennis midgut transcriptome using a combination of 454 shotgun and Illumina paired-end reads. The most highly-expr

SUBMITTER: Scully ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4046674 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature