Research Article

Identification and Characterization of Differentially Expressed Transcripts in the Gills of Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) under Salt Stress

Table 2

The SSH-generated cDNA clones showing significant similarity to known sequence in the public databases.

Clone number (length)HomologueSpecies% of identity (length) 𝑒 -value Function Reference
StressRegulatory action

MRSW-1 (503 bp)Ubiquitin-specific protease (USP)Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse)67 (257/378) 2 𝑒 2 6 Ischemic stress toleranceSignalling pathways[19]

MRSW-15 (690 bp)Protein disulphide isomerase (PDI)Litopenaeus vannamei (whiteleg shrimp)69 (117/168) 6 𝑒 0 9 Salt toleranceMetabolism and energy[6]

MRSW-350 (454 bp)Protein disulphide Isomerase (PDI)Scylla paramamosain (crab)74 (304/407) 7 𝑒 6 9 Cold/freezing toleranceMetabolism and energy[6]

MRSW-18 (446 bp)γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin)66 (225/340) 2 𝑒 0 7 Salt toleranceOsmoregulation[20]

MRSW-43 (934 bp)ATP-binding cassette protein C12 (ABCC12)Homarus americanus (American lobster)75 (305/405) 2 𝑒 1 4 Salt toleranceOsmoregulation[21]

MRSW-48 (179 bp)Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK)Chasmagnathus granulata (estuarine crab)76 (135/178) 7 𝑒 3 3 Salt toleranceGluconeogenesis[22, 23]

MRSW-348 (322 bp)Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK)Chasmagnathus granulata (estuarine crab) 68 (208/305) 3 𝑒 2 8 Salt toleranceGluconeogenesis[22, 23]

MRSW-229 (266 bp)Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK)Chasmagnathus granulata (estuarine crab)70 (179/254) 2 𝑒 3 0 Salt toleranceGluconeogenesis[22, 23]

MRSW-51 (458 bp)Calreticulin (CRT)Penaeus monodon (giant tiger shrimp)81 (370/456) 8 𝑒 1 1 9 Temperature stressCalcium signalling/homeostasis pathways[24]

MRSW-52 (303 bp) Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT)Danio rerio (zebrafish) 69 (199/287) 4 𝑒 1 9 Salt tolerance Osmoregulation [7]

MRSW-219 (493 bp)Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) Homarus americanus (American lobsters)74 (207/278) 3 𝑒 4 2 Salt toleranceOsmoregulation[7]

MRSW-58 (409 bp)Ubiquitin (Ub)Portunus trituberculatus (swimming crab)81 (326/404) 3 𝑒 1 0 5 Salt toleranceMetabolism[6]
MRSW-61 (366 bp)Gastrolith proteinCherax quadricarinatus (red claw fish)73 (268/367) 2 𝑒 5 0 Salt toleranceBiomineralization[25]

MRSW-68 (535 bp)Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide kinase (NADKs)Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin)70 (94/134) 2 𝑒 0 6 Cold toleranceEnergy[26]

MRSW-92 (462 bp)Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3Danio rerio (zebrafish)71 (324/454) 2 𝑒 5 1 Salt toleranceSignalling pathway[6]

MRSW-202 (372 bp)Elongation factor 1-alphaPortunus trituberculatus (swimming crab)84 (311/370) 3 𝑒 1 1 2 Salt toleranceProtein synthesis[6]

MRSW-291 (249 bp)Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 (ILF2)Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)81 (201/248) 9 𝑒 0 7 Salt toleranceImmune defence[27]

MRSW-293 (493 bp)Oligosaccharyltransferase complex (OST complex)Arabidopsis thaliana70 (268/383) 8 𝑒 4 0 Salt and osmotic stress toleranceN-linked glycosylation[28]

MRSW-343 (262 bp)Selenophosphate synthetase 1 (SPS1)Bombyx mori (silkworm)77 (202/262) 5 𝑒 5 1 Antioxidative stress toleranceSelenocysteine biosynthesis[29]

MRSW-530 (389 bp)Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 putativeCallinectes sapidus (blue crab)81 (153/189) 7 𝑒 3 0 Heat tolerance and aridity toleranceER stress-induced apoptosis[30]

MRSW-582 (171 bp)Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseDanio rerio (zebrafish)72 (119/164) 5 𝑒 1 4 Salt tolerancetRNA aminoacylation[31]

Bp: base pair: SSH: suppression subtractive hybridization.