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. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0143963. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143963

Table 3. Substrate specificity of spider venom Hyals.

Degradation (+), partial degradation (+/-) or no degradation (-) of the examined substrates (HA, CS4, DS, HS) after incubation with spider venom. The degradation process was recorded after agarose gel electrophoresis and subsequent staining with toluidine blue and Stains-All.

Family Species Degraded GAGs
HA CS4 DS HS
Mygalomorphae
Atypidae Atypus piceus - - - -
Dipluridae Linothele megatheloides + +/- - -
Hexathelidae Macrothele calpeiana + +/- - -
Theraphosidae Sericopelma rubronitens + + - -
Araneomorphae
Filistatidae Filistata insidiatrix + + - -
Segestriidae Segestria florentina + + - -
Eresidae Eresus walckenaerius - - - -
Stegodyphus lineatus - - - -
Oecobiidae Uroctea durandi + +/- - -
Theridiidae Latrodectus tredecimguttatus + + - -
Steatoda paykulliana + + - -
Tetragnathidae Meta menardi + +/- - -
Nephilidae Nephila pilipes - - - -
Araneidae Araneus angulatus - - - -
Araneus diadematus - - - -
Argiope bruennichi - - - -
Larinioides sclopetarius - - - -
RTA-clade *
Amaurobiidae Callobius claustrarius + +/- - -
Agelenidae Tegenaria atrica + + - -
Agelena labyrinthica + + - -
Sparassidae Eusparassus dufouri + + - -
Isopeda villosa + + - -
Polybetes pythagoricus + + - -
Gnaphosidae Drassodes lapidosus + + - -
Zoropsidae Zoropsis spinimana + + - -
Pisauridae Dolomedes okefinokensis + + - -
Pisaura mirabilis + + - -
Oxyopidae Oxyopes sp. + + - -
Lycosidae Alopecosa fabrilis + + - -
Alopecosa marikovskyi + + - -
Geolycosa vultuosa + + - -
Hogna radiata + + - -
Lycosa hispanica + + - -
Lycosa praegrandis + + - -
Ctenidae Ancylometes rufus + + - -
Cupiennius salei + + - -
Phoneutria fera + + - -
Phoneutria reidyi + + - -
Viridasius fasciatus + + - -

*RTA-clade (araneomorph spider families exhibiting a Retrolateral Tibial Apophysis)