Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Proteomics. 2008 Aug 3;71(5):493–512. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2008.07.006

Table 4.

Description of salivary secreted polypeptides deposited in GenBank, with summary of proteomic experiments

Seq name GenBank accession number and link to NCBI Status Description Match to 1D gel Edman (Fig. 7) Match to 2D gel MS/MS results (Fig. 8) Match to 1D PAGE HPLC MS/MS results (Fig. 9)
Lipocalin family
OC-15 172051078 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y Y
OC-43 172051154 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-41 172051146 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-2 172051090 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-3 172051116 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-62 172051210 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-80 172051236 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-169 172051084 Complete Moubatin-like lipocalin Y
OC-677 172051218 Complete Salivary lipocalin
OC-477 172051166 Complete Salivary secreted lipocalin Y
OC-6 172051204 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-7 172051222 Truncated Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-8 172051234 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-29 172051114 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-28 172051112 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y Y
OC-60 172051206 Complete Moubatin-like lipocalin Y
OC-481 172051168 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y
OC-128 172051062 Complete Salivary lipocalin Y

Single-Kunitz protease inhibitors
OC-51 172051178 Complete Savignygrin-like
OC-52 172051182 Complete Savignygrin-like RGD containing salivary peptide
OC-53 172051186 Complete Savignygrin-like peptide

Dual-Kunitz protease inhibitors
OC-24 172051102 Complete Dual-Kunitz salivary protein Y
OC-25 172051106 Complete Dual-Kunitz salivary protein Y
OC-26 172051110 Complete Dual-Kunitz salivary protein Y

Cystatin
OC-38 172051140 Complete Salivary cystatin Y
OC-37 172051136 Complete Salivary cystatin 2 Y

Calcitonin/adrenomedulin family peptide
OC-39 172051142 Complete Calcitonin-related polypeptide
OC-40 172051144 Complete Similar to calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide
OC-49 172051174 Complete Calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide
OC-50 172051176 Complete Calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide

Possible mucin
OC-57 172051196 Complete Salivary mucin Y

Antimicrobial-hebraein family
OC-32 172051122 Truncated Microplusin-like antimicrobial
OC-31 172051120 Complete Hebraein-like
OC-33 172051124 Complete Hebraein-like
OC-696 172051220 Complete Hebraein-like

Defensin
OC-487 172051172 Truncated Defensin

TIL domain-containing peptides
OC-1000 172051048 Complete Ixodidin
OC-86 172051240 Complete Hypothetical conserved secreted protein

Salivary enzymes with possible blood-feeding function

Metalloproteases
OC-372 172051138 Truncated Metalloprotease Y
OC-676 172051216 Truncated Salivary metalloprotease

Phospholipase A2 fragments
OC-420 172051150 Truncated Phospholipase A2
OC-92 172051246 Truncated Phospholipase A2 Y
OC-96 172051250 Truncated Phospholipase A2 Y

5′-nucleotidase/apyrase precursor fragment
OC-79 172051232 Truncated 5′-nucleotidase/putative apyrase precursor Y

Tick families of unknown function

Basic tail family
OC-21 172051094 Complete BTSP Y Y
OC-20 172051092 Complete BTSP Y Y
OC-22 172051096 Complete BTSP Y
OC-54 172051188 Complete Acid tail salivary protein Y
OC-56 172051192 Complete Acid tail salivary protein Y
OC-84 172051238 Truncated BTSP
OC-139 172051076 Complete Salivary secreted basic tail protein
OC-23 172051098 Complete BTSP
OC-517 172051180 Complete BTSP Y
OC-133 172051070 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor Y

Cytotoxin family
OC-574 172051198 Truncated Putative salivary secreted protein Y

Glycine-rich protein family
OC-130 172051066 Complete Putative secreted glycine-rich salivary protein Y

7DB family unique to Argasidae
OC-104 172051050 Complete 7DB family
OC-120 172051060 Complete 7DB family Y
OC-106 172051054 Complete 7DB family Y

Peptides of the 8-kDa family
OC-98 172051254 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-194 172051088 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor

Unique Ornithodoros families
OC-64 172051214 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor Y

Disulphide-rich 5-kDa family
OC-93 172051248 Complete Putative salivary secreted peptide
OC-129 172051064 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor

Novel families
OC-724 172051226 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-458 172051158 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-46 172051160 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-520 172051184 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-639 172051212 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-73 172051228 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor
OC-97 172051252 Complete Hypothetical secreted peptide precursor