Identification and functional annotation of genes associated with juvenile hormone, ecdysteroid, chitin metabolism, and heavy metal transport pathways in Propsilocerus akamusi.

We systematically identified and functionally annotated genes in Propsilocerus akamusi involved in the juvenile hormone, ecdysteroid, chitin metabolism, and metal transport pathways, using relevant genes from Drosophila melanogaster and Anopheles gambiae as references. Through our validation, a total of 109 genes were definitively categorized into four distinct metabolic pathways: 27 genes were involved in the JH metabolic pathway, 24 in the 20E metabolic pathway, 27 in the chitin metabolic pathway, and 31 in metal transport pathways. All of these genes possess corresponding conserved sequences.