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. 2015 Aug 27;13:22. doi: 10.1186/s12953-015-0078-1

Table 1.

Major proteins (≥0.1 %) of the quail eggshell calcified layer

Protein Accession (possible turkey and chicken homologs in brackets)1 iBAQ % iBAQ % Turkey Chick abundance (emPAI)
Ovocleidin-116a g 2898a;713b (G1N6E1;OC116) 46.40 31.30 High (65.3)2a
Ovalbumini 20482;Q6V115;20852 (G1MYL1;G1MYK6;OVAL) 15.97 12.52 High (85.6)2a
Ovocalyxin-36a g, t 21806 (G1N6M8;Q53HW8) 7.80 6.00 High (23.2)2a
Uncharacterized member of the latexin family 11366a 6.32 - -
Uncharacterized proteinase inhibitor (I1) 23208 3.47 - -
Avidin/avidin-related proteini 29257 (G1MSZ9;AVID) 1.95 2.67 Intermediate (2.2)2a
EGF-like repeat and discoidin I-like domain-containing protein 3 (EDIL3)a i 25038;28103;20199 (G3UT43; F1NCN3) 1.65 3.70 High (83.3)2a
Tsukushina g, t 7859 (G1NRF2;F1NDH7) 1.51 0.25 Intermediate (3.9)2a
Alpha-2-antiplasmin (SERPINF2)a 5112;6916 (G1N0Z7;F1NAR5) 0.60 0.80 Low-intermediate2b,c,d
Gastric intrinsic factor 8574 (G1MW98;R4GLQ4) 0.42 - -
Serum albuming, t 16345;19800;4290a (G1NCR2;ALBU;F2Z4L6) 0.39 2.57 High (113.5)2a
Lactadherin (MFGE8)i 9870;11245;14016 (G1N944;E1C0K5) 0.36 1.25 High (15.9)2a
Glutathione peroxidase (GPX3)i, t 19686 (G1N365;F1NPJ8) 0.36 0.04 Intermediate (2.2)2a
Actin(s)i 7084 (G1NS52;ACT5;ACTG1)) 0.36 - High (9.0)2a
Uncharacterized/similar to mucin(−5 AC) 4106;10751;6295;6355 (G1N8Z1;E1C037) 0.35 0.15 Low (1.4)2a
Uncharacterized/Ovostatin-like (OVSTL) 15509;25086;455a;9460 (G1NK51;F1NEW8) 0.34 0.05 Low (1.5)2a
Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA)a t 20430 (G1NJY7;F1NXM7) 0.34 0.18 Low (0.8)2a
Extracellular fatty acid-binding protein (EXFAB) Q9I9P7 (G1MQ16;E1C0K1) 0.34 3.82 High (26.8)2a
Pigment epithelium-derived factor/SERPINF1i 5860 (G1N131;E1C7H6) 0.31 0.64 Intermediate (6.0)2a
Clusterina i 6174;P14018 (G1NMV6;Q9YGP0) 0.31 0.31 High (42.7)2a
Serpin E2/Glia-derived nexin 6327 (G3URX3;E1BWU2) 0.31 0.18 High (11.1)2a
Osteopontina Q9I832;713c (G1N6D8;G1N6D8) 0.28 0.15 High (1.89)2a
Apolipoprotein D (APOD) 28649 (G1N591;Q5G8Y9) 0.27 0.04 High (18.3)2a
Glypican-4a 6640 (G1MVZ0;F1NAU1) 0.23 0.12 Intermediate (6.3)2a
Semaphorin-3Gg, t 621a (G1MXI6;F1NQ93) 0.22 0.15 Low (1.7)2a
Similar to Bactericidal/ permeability-increasing protein-like 2/BPI fold-containing family C proteina i, t 28084;20375 (IPI_CHICK:00571823) 0.21 - High (16.8)2a
Pentraxin (PTX3/PPTX) 14241;14979 (G1NDX8;Q5UMH8) 0.21 0.01 Low (0.6)2a
Ovalbumin-related protein Xi 30155 (G1MZH2;R9TNA6) 0.21 <0.01 Intermediate (3.8)2a
Ovotransferrin (TRFE)i 2596;18629;24968 (G1MVV5;E1BQC2;Q4ADJ7) 0.19 2.22 High (22.9)2a
Cathepsin D 15278;3793b (G1N8P0;CATD) 0.18 0.22 Intermediate (5.3)2a
Cathepsin B 8924;17826 (G1NN37;F1N9D8) 0.18 0.09 High (24.8)2a
Sulfhydryl oxidase 1 (QSOX1)i 2299;5467 (G1MV84;QSOX1;F1NYK2) 0.18 1.08 Intermediate (4.7)2a
Apolipoprotein A-Ia g, t 12041;P32918 (G1MVX1;APOA1) 0.17 0.05 Intermediate (2.2)2a
Lysozyme Cg P00701 (LYSC;LYSC) 0.14 0.64 High (128.2)2a
Fibronectin (FN1) 141;A0A060PIY8 (G1MWJ4;F1NJT3;F1NJT4) 0.13 0.13 High (18.9)2a
IGFBP5 Q9DGI2 (−;F1ND88) 0.13 - Low (0.6)2a
FAM20C kinase/DMP4a 21781;14673 (G1MSD1;E1C4X0) 0.12 0.27 Intermediate (2.3)2a
Proactivator polypeptide (PSAP) 2306;1756 (G1MZV1;E1BSP1) 0.12 0.06 High (9.0)2a
Polyubiquitin/ubiquitint 11531;2058 (G1NR52;Q91021;UBB) 0.12 0.12 High (9.0)2a
Regenerating islet-derived protein 4 (REG4) 8715a (G1MZE6;E1BZV4) 0.11 0.38 Low (0.7)2a
Cystatint 14227 (G1N522;CYT) 0.11 1.67 High (45.4)2a
Ovomucoidi P01003;15709 (IOVO;IOVO) 0.11 0.05 Intermediate (2.2)2a
UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase 1 11592 (G1NPP3;E1BV28) 0.10 0.07 Intermediate (2.2)2a
Uncharacterized/similar to mucin 5306;6950;1527 (G1N931;E1C037) 0.10 0.15 Low (1.4)2a
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) 18344 (G1N8M9;F1NVP4) 0.10 0.07 Intermediate (3.6)2a
Ganglioside GM2 activatora g, t 24235 (G1N3B0;Q5ZK02) 0.10 - High (12.9)2a
Synthenin-1 (SDCBP)t 24420 (G1NEY6;Q5ZHM8) 0.10 - Intermediate (2.8)2a
Similar to procollagen C-endopeptidase enhancer 30796 (G1N443;F1NH70) 0.10 - -

1in this order; turkey entries start with G. 2a[28]; 2b[31]; 2c[32]; 2d[36]. agene expression up-regulated in chicken uterus upon mineralization [42] or upon sexual maturation of the hen [38]. Highest abundance in chicken uterus fluid during iinitial phase, ggrowth phase, tterminal phase [37]