Table 1 Carbohydrate metabolism genes showing increased transcript levels in male vs. female worms from barbel

Aldolase 1*

5.5E−11

Developmental stage-specific or tissue -specific sugar-phosphate metabolisms

Hexokinase A*

3.6E−09

Glucose homeostasis

Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase 2 *

2.4E−10

Glucose homeostasis

Phosphoglycerate kinase*

8.6E−11

Gluconeogenesis

NUCB1

2.3E−17

Carbohydrate metabolic process

Pyruvate kinase*

1.7E−17

Muscle development, glycolysis and glucose homeostasis

Glycogenin

9.1E−07

Glycogenin glucosyltransferase activity

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1

2.7E−05

Enzymatic oxidation of glycerol-3-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate

Glycogen phosphorylase

2.3E−06

Important allosteric enzyme in carbohydrate metabolism

Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase 1

2.3E−04

Enzymatic production of T6P using glucose-6-phosphate and UDP-glucose

N-acetylglucosamine kinase

3.6E-−04

Carbohydrate phosphorylation

Pyruvate carboxylase

2.7E−05

Gluconeogenesis

Hexosaminidase 1

8.3E−05

Protein deglycosylation and rhodopsin biosynthesis

Poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase

9.1E−09

Degrades poly(ADP-ribose) to mono(ADP-ribose)

Glucosidase 2 α subunit

9.3E−05

Glucan 1,3-alpha-glucosidase activation; N-glycan processing

Oscillin

2.7E−05

Glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase activation

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 2*

1.3E−03

Manganese ion binding activation and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) activation

4-alpha-glucanotransferase

1.1E−09

4-alpha-glucanotransferase activation and amylo-alpha-1,6-glucosidase activation

Malate dehydrogenase 1

3.7E−05

Interconversion of malate and oxaloacetate

Glycogen synthase

1.3E−04

Enzymatic linkage of glucose monomers into glycogen