Table 1.
Number of unique proteins identified in the midgut fractions from Ornithodoros erraticus fasted females (unfed group) and from engorged females after 48 h post-feeding (fed group)
| Unfed ticks | Fed Ticks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soluble fraction (S-0) | Insoluble fraction (P-0) | Soluble fraction (S-1) | Insoluble fraction (P-1) | |
| Non-redundant proteins (n°): NCBI_Metazoa | 124 | 223 | 242 | 319 |
| NCBI_EST_Acari | 138 | 284 | 138 | 261 |
| Total non-redundant proteins | 185 | 346 | 292 | 429 |
| Tick proteins (n°) | 158 | 330 | 141 | 291 |
| N° of peptides | 585 | 1287 | 535 | 1120 |
| emPAI | 72.7 | 229.5 | 62.39 | 203.41 |
| Host proteins (n°) | 27 | 16 | 151 | 138 |
| N° of peptides | 232 | 131 | 986 | 938 |
| emPAI | 685.4 | 376.0 | 3723.2 | 626.3 |
Redundant identifications and contaminants have been excluded. Soluble and insoluble fractions are the supernatants and pellets, respectively, after a centrifugation at 100.000 g of midgut homogenates