The Evolutionary History and Functional Divergence of Trehalase (treh) Genes in Insects.

ABSTRACT: Trehalases (treh) have been found in different organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, nematodes, insects, vertebrates, and plants. Their biochemical properties are extremely variable and not yet fully understood. Gene expression patterns have shown differences among insect species suggesting a potential functional diversification of trehalase enzymes during their evolution. A second gene family encoding for enzymes with hypothetical trehalase activity has been repeatedly annotated in insect genome as acid trehalases/acid trehalase-like (ath), but its functional role is still not clear. The currently available large amount of genomic data from many insect species may enable a better understanding of the evolutionary history, phylogenetic relationships and possible roles of

SUBMITTER: Nardelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6384254 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature