Genome-wide identification and temperature-responsive expression profiling of TRP gene family in red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
Beiqi Yang, Yue Ma, Zishuo Bai, Qiujin Wang, Chuntong Liu, Liang Jia, Zhiyi Bai · 2026
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Beiqi Yang and co-authors catalogue the temperature-sensing gene family of the red swamp crayfish in a 2026 genome study. These TRP channel genes detect heat, cold, pain, and touch in animals, yet nobody had mapped the full set in this farmed species. Genome scanning turned up twenty-nine family members, eleven of them new, sorted into seven subfamilies.
One subfamily, TRPA, had swollen far beyond its size in insects. Gene activity varied widely across body tissues. Heat and cold trials showed crayfish answer the two stresses with opposite playbooks: heat scrambles protein upkeep and slows building, while cold eases metabolism down in a controlled way. Nine genes shifted under cold, twelve under harsh heat. Two lead candidates also changed how their messages were spliced. Breeders chasing hardier stock now have named targets.
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| CREATOR | Beiqi Yang, Yue Ma, Zishuo Bai, Qiujin Wang, Chuntong Liu, Liang Jia, Zhiyi Bai |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60861 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |