Table 4.
Comparison of the top 10 most abundant toxin protein families in (a) tentacle transcriptome and (b) venom proteome. TF = toxin protein family. Protein families in the top 10 at both transcript and protein level are highlighted light grey.
| (a) Venom Category | Toxin Protein Family | RNA Normalised Abundance 1 |
Rank of TF in Proteome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Z3 | 56,348 | 1 |
| Unknown | Sea Anemone 8 | 54,210 | Not present |
| Neurotoxin | ShK-like | 48,215 | 18 |
| Unknown | IG-like | 34,585 | 7 |
| Unknown | Uncharacterised toxins | 24,521 | 16 |
| Unknown | EGF-like | 19,030 | 5 |
| Mixed function enzyme | PLA2 | 11,305 | 4 |
| Auxiliary | Peptidase M12A | 8987 | 13 |
| Haemostatic and haemorrhagic | Factor V-like | 8767 | 19 |
| Unknown | CREC | 6308 | 15 |
| (b) Venom Category | Toxin Protein Family |
Protein Normalised
Abundance 2 |
Rank of TF in
Transcriptome |
| Unknown | Z3 | 16,933,968 | 1 |
| Haemostatic and haemorrhagic | Peptidase S1 | 9,294,230 | 11 |
| Protease inhibitor | Venom Kunitz | 6,409,895 | 13 |
| Mixed function enzyme | PLA2 | 4,873,099 | 7 |
| Unknown | EGF-like | 4,773,700 | 6 |
| Unknown | U15 | 4,298,257 | 27 |
| Unknown | IG-like | 3,884,603 | 4 |
| Unknown | U12 | 1,416,547 | 17 |
| Allergen and innate immunity | CAP | 1,367,399 | 14 |
| Neurotoxin | NEP 3 family | 911,820 | 16 |
All toxin gene clusters were assigned to a toxin protein family and a venom category. 1 Sum of RNA transcript average abundance across gene clusters in the toxin protein family from n = 24 RNA samples. 2 Sum of protein average abundance across gene clusters in the toxin protein family from n = 7 venom samples.