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Table 1 Summary of AaFAS gene family predicted from the Aedes aegypti AaegL5 assembly

From: Expression of fatty acid synthase genes and their role in development and arboviral infection of Aedes aegypti

Name

NCBI accession number (AaegL5)

VectorBase accession number (AaegL3)

Max. number of exons

Chro-mo-some

Location

% Ident with human FAS

Length (nucleotides)

Length (amino acids)

No. splice variants/isoforms

Notes on the revised annotation

% identity (AaegL3 and L5)

AaFAS1

LOC5568814

AAEL001194

11

2

NC_035108.1 (307544012..307601765, complement)

45.3

9732

2422

1

1 SNP in exon_4

99.9

AaFAS2

LOC5570229

AAEL008160

5

3

NC_035109.1 (9993811..10002427, complement)

36.7

8368

2385

1

1 SNP in exon_5

100

AaFAS3

LOC5573929

AAEL022506

6

2

NC_035108.1 (429256663..429264110, complement)

32.9

7144

2334

1

18 SNPs exon_1, 31 SNPs exon_2, 11 SNPs exon_3, 52 SNPs exon_4, 3 SNPs exon_5, and 12 SNPs exon_6. Deletion of six amino acid residues when compared with the AaegL3 orthologue

94.6

AaFAS4

LOC5573931

AAEL002237

6

2

NC_035108.1 (429327062..429334421, complement)

34.6

7068

2333

1

4 SNPs exon_2, 10 SNPs exon_4, 6 SNPs exon_6

99.1

AaFAS5

LOC5573927

AAEL002228

6

2

NC_035108.1 (429228612..429236010, complement)

32.9

7097

2324

1

5 SNPs exon_2, 2 SNPs exon_3, 3 SNPs exon_4, 1 SNP exon_6

99.5

AaFAS-like

LOC110675236

–

2

2

NC_035108.1 (429280401..429282870, complement)

36.1

2409

800

1

–

–

AaFAS6

LOC5573930

–

3

2

NC_035108.1 (429275401..429279876, complement)

36.8

4353

1386

1

–

–

  1. The AaegL5 annotation is shown in comparison to the AaegL3 gene models reported by Nene et al. [23]