Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei
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Vega, Fernando E.Brown, Stuart M.
Chen, Hao
Shen, Eric
Nair, Mridul
Ceja-Navarro, Javier A.
Brodie, Eoin L.
Infante, Francisco
Dowd, Patrick F.
Pain, Arnab

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
Pathogen Genomics Laboratory
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2015-07-31Online Publication Date
2015-07-31Print Publication Date
2015-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/576008
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The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, is the most economically important insect pest of coffee worldwide. We present an analysis of the draft genome of the coffee berry borer, the third genome for a Coleopteran species. The genome size is ca. 163 Mb with 19,222 predicted protein-coding genes. Analysis was focused on genes involved in primary digestion as well as gene families involved in detoxification of plant defense molecules and insecticides, such as carboxylesterases, cytochrome P450, gluthathione S-transferases, ATP-binding cassette transporters, and a gene that confers resistance to the insecticide dieldrin. A broad range of enzymes capable of degrading complex polysaccharides were identified. We also evaluated the pathogen defense system and found homologs to antimicrobial genes reported in the Drosophila genome. Ten cases of horizontal gene transfer were identified with evidence for expression, integration into the H. hampei genome, and phylogenetic evidence that the sequences are more closely related to bacterial rather than eukaryotic genes. The draft genome analysis broadly expands our knowledge on the biology of a devastating tropical insect pest and suggests new pest management strategies.Citation
Draft genome of the most devastating insect pest of coffee worldwide: the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei 2015, 5:12525 Scientific ReportsPublisher
Springer NatureJournal
Scientific ReportsPubMed ID
26228545Additional Links
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/srep12525ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/srep12525
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