Research Article

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Trichinella spiralis Reveals Potential Mechanisms of Adaptive Evolution

Table 1

Gene functions for some of the positively selected genes identified in T. spiralis.

Gene functionGenBank No.Gene family

Xenobiotic metabolismEFV51745oxidoreductase, short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family
EFV54917dimethylaniline monooxygenase [N-oxide-forming] 4
EFV50316cytochrome P450 4V2
EFV50200heparan sulfate glucosamine 3-O-sulfotransferase 3A1
EFV57943protein-tyrosine sulfotransferase A
EFV50642putative ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
EFV53848putative ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
EFV54367putative ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
EFV56075putative ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
EFV48926putative ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein, partial

DNA repair proteinsEFV4940DNA mismatch repair protein Msh6
EFV57314DNA repair protein RAD51
EFV55613DNA repair protein Rad4
EFV55989DNA cross-link repair 1A protein
EFV62248DNA excision repair protein haywire

Penetration/digestionEFV60084lysosomal aspartic protease
EFV52155ATP-dependent Clp protease, proteolytic subunit ClpP
EFV51535putative ATP-dependent Clp protease, ATP-binding subunit ClpX
EFV53966cysteine protease ATG4B
EFV54564putative ATP-dependent protease La

Muscle cell transformationEFV53122putative helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain protein
EFV57695putative helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain protein
EFV61981putative helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain protein
EFV55197cell differentiation protein RCD1-like protein

Cell cycle arrestEFV56859G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B3
EFV56912cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2B-related protein

Antiapoptotic and immunomodulatory activitiesEFV60199translationally-controlled tumor protein-like protein

Surface proteins used for creating new parasite-specific morphological structures

CadherinEFV54837putative cadherin domain protein, partial
EFV54875putative cadherin domain protein, partial
EFV57941putative cadherin domain protein

Cuticle collagenEFV60533cuticle collagen 34 protein
EFV60602cuticle collagen 3
EFV52694cuticle collagen rol-6
EFV52706cuticle collagen dpy-7
EFV52845cuticle collagen dpy-13

Metabolic Pathways

β-oxidation pathwayEFV50357putative 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, NAD binding domain protein
EFV58588lonCoA ligase 5

GlycolysisEFV55075putative hexokinase HKDC1
EFV52822enolase
EFV54356L-lactate dehydrogenase

Phospholipid metabolismEFV56439phospholipase, patatin family
EFV60905phospholipase D3 protein

Epigenetic process regulatory machineryEFV58204putative CXXC zinc finger domain protein