Table 2. Functional classification of AM-overexpressed transcripts (>10× compared to posterior) from Rhodnius prolixus.
Class | Number of contigs | Number of reads | Reads/contig | Percent reads |
Associated with digestive physiology | ||||
Digestive enzymes | 6 | 965 | 160.8 | 8.6 |
Protease inhibitors | 1 | 266 | 266.0 | 2.4 |
Transporters/storage | 4 | 223 | 55.8 | 2.0 |
Other secreted | 1 | 104 | 104.0 | 0.9 |
Mucins | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0.4 |
Oxidant metabolism/detoxification | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0.3 |
Associated with cellular function | ||||
Signal transduction | 13 | 859 | 66.1 | 7.7 |
Transcription factor | 3 | 722 | 240.7 | 6.5 |
Unknown, conserved | 11 | 493 | 44.8 | 4.4 |
Cytoskeletal | 3 | 466 | 155.3 | 4.2 |
Metabolism, amino acid | 2 | 262 | 131.0 | 2.3 |
Protein export machinery | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 1.8 |
Transcription machinery | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 1.8 |
Metabolism, carbohydrate | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0.8 |
Protein modification machinery | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0.7 |
Metabolism, energy | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 0.5 |
Proteasome machinery | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0.4 |
Unknown | 68 | 5638 | 82.9 | 50.5 |
Transposable element | 4 | 236 | 59.0 | 2.1 |
Viral | 1 | 174 | 174.0 | 1.6 |
Total | 135 | 11157 |