Table 6.

R. pulchellus salivary gland proteins identified in the proteome

	All proteins*		Found in both sexes		Found in male only		Found in female only
Class	Number	% of total	Number	% of total	Number	% of total	Number	% of total
Secreted	221	9.91	31	10.88	77	45.56	113	6.36
Cytoskeletal	126	5.65	9	3.16	3	1.78	114	6.42
Extracellular matrix/cell adhesion	46	2.06	3	1.05	3	1.78	40	2.25
Immunity	12	0.54	3	1.05	0	0.00	9	0.51
Metabolism, amino acid	62	2.78	21	7.37	2	1.18	39	2.19
Metabolism, carbohydrate	89	3.99	24	8.42	6	3.55	59	3.32
Metabolism, energy	63	2.82	30	10.53	5	2.96	28	1.58
Metabolism, intermediate	29	1.30	5	1.75	0	0.00	24	1.35
Metabolism, lipid	81	3.63	15	5.26	5	2.96	61	3.43
Metabolism, nucleotide	45	2.02	12	4.21	7	4.14	26	1.46
Nuclear export	18	0.81	1	0.35	0	0.00	17	0.96
Nuclear regulation	89	3.99	1	0.35	2	1.18	86	4.84
Oxidant metabolism/detoxification	39	1.75	14	4.91	2	1.18	23	1.29
Proteasome machinery	74	3.32	2	0.70	0	0.00	72	4.05
Protein export machinery	134	6.01	10	3.51	2	1.18	122	6.87
Protein modification machinery	197	8.83	29	10.18	13	7.69	155	8.72
Protein synthesis machinery	131	5.87	16	5.61	1	0.59	114	6.42
Signal transduction	243	10.89	16	5.61	5	2.96	222	12.49
Signal transduction, apoptosis	42	1.88	2	0.70	3	1.78	37	2.08
Storage	5	0.22	3	1.05	0	0.00	2	0.11
Transcription factor	20	0.90	1	0.35	0	0.00	19	1.07
Transcription machinery	167	7.49	8	2.81	9	5.33	150	8.44
Transporters/storage	57	2.55	4	1.40	6	3.55	47	2.64
Unknown, conserved	197	8.83	22	7.72	9	5.33	166	9.34
Transposable element	7	0.31	0	0.00	0	0.00	7	0.39
Unknown	37	1.66	3	1.05	9	5.33	25	1.41
Total	2231	100	285	100	169	100	1777	100

^*Identified by at least 1 peptide of 95% confidence