Table 1 Transcripts similar to enzymes involved with pigmentation/sclerotization pathway that were found in firefly lanterns and non-bioluminescent tissues of Coleoptera species. Abundance values (FPKM) of these transcripts also are exhibited.
Specie | Tissue | FPKM value of the most abundant transcript in the tissue | Tyrosine hydroxylase abundance (FPKM) | Dopa decarboxylase abundance (FPKM) | Dopamine N-acetyl transferase abundance (FPKM) | Laccase 2 abundance (FPKM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. lineatum | Lantern (larvae) | 36,226.08 | 21.17 | Absent | 13.53 | 1.18 |
Lantern (adult) | 13,142.3 | 1768.49 | 2.09 | 6.23 | 86.41 | |
Fat body (larvae) | 88,043.62 | 1.54 | 1.09 | 18.62 | 14.34 | |
P. fragilis | Lantern | 34,216.12 | 14.35 | 51.38 | 12.15 | 3.84 |
Fat body | 18,512.04 | 1.90 | 20.45 | 7.01 | Absent | |
P. hirtus | Lateral lantern | 47,492.39 | Absent | 43.61 | 7.17 | 5.25 |
Fat body | 14,648 | 10.14 | 50.37 | Absent | 19.08 | |
Z. morio | Fat body (larvae) | 52,837.3 | 58.15 | 39.06 | 2.85 | Absent |
Malpighian tubules (larvae) | 92,736.94 | 2.26 | 2.92 | 80.34 | 16.08 | |
C. opacus | Abdomen | 24,747.26 | 21.24 | 15.41 | 38.86 | 20.55 |
