Carboxylesterase is a multifunctional superfamily and can be found in almost all living organisms. As the metabolic enzymes, carboxylesterases are involved in insecticides resistance in insects for long time. In our previous studies, the enhanced c arboxylesterase activities were found in the chlorantraniliprole resistance strain of diamondback moth(DBM). However, t he related enzyme gene of chlorantraniliprole resistance has not been clear in this strain. Here, a full-length c DNA of carboxylesterase pxCCE016 b was cloned and exogenously expressed in Escherichia coli at the first time, which contained a 1 693 bp open reading frame(ORF) and encoded a protein of 542 amino acids. Sequence analysis showed that this c DNA has a predicted mass of 61.56 k Da and a theoretical isoelectric point value of 5.78. The sequence of deduced amino acid possessed the classical structural features: a type-B carboxylesterase signature 2(EDCLYLNVYTK), a type-B carboxylesterase serine active site(FGGDPENITIFGESAG) and the catalytic triad(S er186, Glu316, and His444). The real-time quantitative PCR(q PCR) analysis showed that t he expression level of the p x CCE016 b was significantly higher in the chlorantraniliprole resistant strain than in the susceptible strain. Furthermore, pxCCE016 b was highly expressed in the midgut and epidermis of the DBM larvae. When the 3rd-instar larvae of resistant DBM were exposed to abamectin, alpha-cypermethrin, chlorantraniliprole, spinosad, c hlorfenapyr and indoxacarb insecticides, the up-regulated expression of pxCCE016 b was observed only in the group treated by chlorantraniliprole. In addition, recombinant vector p ET-pxCCE016 b was constructed with the most coding region(1 293 bp) and large number of soluble recombinant proteins(less than 48 k Da) were expressed successfully with prokaryotic cell. Western blot analysis showed that it was coded by pxCCE016 b. All the above findings provide important information for further f unctional study, although we are uncertainty whether the pxCCE016 b gene is actually i nvolved in chlorantraniliprole resistance. As the metabolic enzymes, carboxylesterases are involved in insecticides resistance in insects for long time. In our previous studies, the enhanced c carboxylesterase activities were found in the chlorantraniliprole resistance strain of Here, a full-length c DNA of carboxylesterase pxCCE016 b was cloned and exogenously expressed in Escherichia coli at the first time, which is related to chlorantraniliprole resistance has not been clear in this strain. contained a 1 693 bp open reading frame (ORF) and encoded a protein of 542 amino acids. Sequence analysis showed that DNA has a predicted mass of 61.56 k Da and a theoretical isoelectric point value of 5.78. The sequence of deduced amino acid possessed the classical structural features: a type-B carboxylesterase signature 2 (EDCLYLNVYTK), a type-B carboxylesterase serine active site (FGGDPENIT IFGESAG) and the catalytic triad (Cer186, Glu316, and His444). The real-time quantitative PCR (q PCR) analysis showed that he expression level of the px CCE016 b was significantly higher in the chlorantraniliprole resistant strain than in the susceptible strain the epidermis of the DBM larvae. When the 3rd-instar larvae of resistant DBM were exposed to abamectin, alpha-cypermethrin, chlorantraniliprole, spinosad, c hlorfenapyr and indoxacarb insecticides, the up- regulated expression of pxCCE016 b was observed only in the group treated by chlorantraniliprole. In addition, recombinant vector p ET-pxCCE016 b was constructed with the most coding region (1 293 bp) and large number of soluble recombinant proteins (less than 48 kDa ) were expressed successfully with prokaryotic cell. Western blot analysis showed that it was coded by pxCCE016 b. All the above findings provide for important information for f unctional study, although we are uncertainty whether the pxCCE016 b gene is actually i nvolved in chlorantraniliprole resistance.