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. 2016 Jun 3;11(6):e0156707. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156707

Table 1. Putative identities for peaks in the MALDI-TOF MS spectra of saliva from healthy volunteers.

m/z [Da] Present in [%] of individuals Peak identity
2043 92 P-C peptide Fr. 15–35a
2185 95 P-C peptide (2+ charge peak)b
2523 94 P-C peptide Fr. 1–25b
2921 94 P-C peptide Fr. 15–44b
3039 42 Histatin 3 Fr. 1–24 (Histatin 5)b
3200 18 Histatin 3 Fr. 1–25c
3376 5 α-defensin 2b
3447 8 α-defensin 1b
3497 88 α-defensin 3b
4063 8 Histatin 3b
4250 23 P-C peptide Des Q44b
4371 69 P-C peptide (1+ charge peak)b
4557 8 P-B Des 1–12c
4921 26 Histatin 1b
5390 8 Statherin diphosporylatedb
5954 79 Cystatin B Fr. 1–53b
7528 12 II-2 basic proline rich proteinb
7618 66 II-2 basic proline rich protein, phosporylatedb
10444 17 S100A12 (calgranulin C)b
11172 26 aPRP-4, diphosph./PRP-3 diphosphorylatedb

aIdentification by MALDI-TOF MS/MS (S2 Fig).

bCastagnola et al. 2012 [27].

cCabras et al. 2010 [19].