(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.) > cellular organisms: NE > Eukaryota: NE > Opisthokonta: NE > Metazoa: NE > Eumetazoa: NE > Bilateria: NE > Protostomia: NE > Ecdysozoa: NE > Panarthropoda: NE > Arthropoda: NE > Mandibulata: NE > Pancrustacea: NE > Hexapoda: NE > Insecta: NE > Dicondylia: NE > Pterygota: NE > Neoptera: NE > Holometabola: NE > Hymenoptera: NE > Apocrita: NE > Aculeata: NE > Vespoidea: NE > Formicidae: NE > Myrmicinae: NE > Attini: NE > Atta: NE > Atta cephalotes: NE
ABHD11-Acetyl_transferase : attce-a0a158ne04Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica; Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. AB hydrolase-1 domain-containing protein. ABHD12-PHARC : attce-a0a158nij4Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. ABHD13-BEM46 : attce-a0a158nyf0Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). FSH1 domain-containing protein. Carb_B_Arthropoda : attce-w4wkj3Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4x3s7Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4x3u4Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4wu92Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4w1m9Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4x2m8Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Cyphomyrmex costatus. Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4w776Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein, attce-a0a158nl98Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Carboxylic ester hydrolase, attce-a0a158nqx5Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Carboxylic ester hydrolase, attce-a0a158nr47.2Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein, attce-a0a158nvq4Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Carboxylic ester hydrolase. Gliotactin : attce-w4x506Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. Kynurenine-formamidase : attce-a0a158nqk7Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant), Kynurenine formamidase, KFA, KFase, Arylformamidase, N-formylkynurenine formamidase, FKF. Maspardin-ACP33-SPG21_like : attce-w4wts9Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. Neuroligin : attce-a0a158nmi0Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. Neurotactin : attce-w4vya2Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. NLS3-Tex30 : attce-h9hc46Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant) Uncharacterized protein. OtherNon-catalytic_C : attce-w4vyi5Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein, attce-w4wib4Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica. Uncharacterized protein. Pancreatic_lipase : attce-a0a158nhg2Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica; Cyphomyrmex costatus; Trachymyrmex septentrionalis; Trachymyrmex cornetzi. Uncharacterized protein, attce-a0a158nhn7Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant); Atta colombica; Trachymyrmex septentrionalis; Trachymyrmex cornetzi; Trachymyrmex zeteki; Cyphomyrmex costatus. Uncharacterized protein. Pectinacetylesterase-Notum : attce-w4x1t1Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein. SERHL : attce-a0a158nbh6Atta cephalotes (Leafcutter ant). Uncharacterized protein
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(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.) Trachymyrmex cornetzi: N, E.
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis: N, E.
Trachymyrmex zeteki: N, E.
Atta colombica: N, E.
LegendThis sequence has been compared to family alignement (MSA) red => minority aminoacid blue => majority aminoacid color intensity => conservation rate title => sequence position(MSA position)aminoacid rate Catalytic site Catalytic site in the MSA MSRNSSSWRTGRLEALLVLSLFLLLVLQPDPCLGSPSHRSRHHEHELHAA QETSHEDARSSRSSEELPRPAALVGHSDDPLVVRTRKGMVRGKTMIATTG KSVDAWFGIPYAQKPVGPLRFRHPRPAERWSGVLNATTLPNSCVQILDTV FGDFPGATMWNPNTPLSEDCLYVNVVVPRPRPRNAAVMVWIFGGGFYSGS ATLDVYDHKTLVSEENVIMVSMQYRVASLGFLYFGTSDVPGNAGLFDQMM ALQWVRDNIAAFGGNPENVTLFGESAGAVSVSLHLLSPLSRHLFNQAIMQ SGSATAPWAIISRDESIVRGIRLAEAVGCPHDRHNLREAIDCLLTKDAEE LVKNEWGTLGICEFPFVPVIDGAFLDETPQRSLATTSFKKTNILMGSNTE EGFYFIIYYLTELFRIDGAEDVKVTRDQFISAVSELNPYVNQIGRHAIIY EYSDWLHPEDPHANRDALDKIVGDYQFTCNVNEFAGRYADTGHTVYMYYY KHRSRNNPWPRWTGVMHADEISYIFGEPLDTSKGYTHEEIQLSKRMMRYW ANFAKTGDPNIDESGELSLAYWPSHTAVNKEYLTLDINSTEIGSGPRVRQ CTFWKKYLPQLLGATSKLEVGSKETCGSTSLADSGATRMLLILSLLLTGL TTLPHIQHDVRGIV
Leaf-cutter ants are one of the most important herbivorous insects in the Neotropics, harvesting vast quantities of fresh leaf material. The ants use leaves to cultivate a fungus that serves as the colony's primary food source. This obligate ant-fungus mutualism is one of the few occurrences of farming by non-humans and likely facilitated the formation of their massive colonies. Mature leaf-cutter ant colonies contain millions of workers ranging in size from small garden tenders to large soldiers, resulting in one of the most complex polymorphic caste systems within ants. To begin uncovering the genomic underpinnings of this system, we sequenced the genome of Atta cephalotes using 454 pyrosequencing. One prediction from this ant's lifestyle is that it has undergone genetic modifications that reflect its obligate dependence on the fungus for nutrients. Analysis of this genome sequence is consistent with this hypothesis, as we find evidence for reductions in genes related to nutrient acquisition. These include extensive reductions in serine proteases (which are likely unnecessary because proteolysis is not a primary mechanism used to process nutrients obtained from the fungus), a loss of genes involved in arginine biosynthesis (suggesting that this amino acid is obtained from the fungus), and the absence of a hexamerin (which sequesters amino acids during larval development in other insects). Following recent reports of genome sequences from other insects that engage in symbioses with beneficial microbes, the A. cephalotes genome provides new insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of this ant and advances our understanding of host-microbe symbioses.
