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Table 2 Comparison of abundance of different toxin types between two populations of Lychas mucronatus

From: Comparative venom gland transcriptome analysis of the scorpion Lychas mucronatus reveals intraspecific toxic gene diversity and new venomous components

Toxin types

Scorpion population

 

Yunnan-sourced

Hainan-sourced

 

ESTs

clusters

ESTs

clusters

NaTx

43

12

53

16

α-KTx

94

11

43

8

β-KTx

12

4

24

2

LVPs

69

7

10

6

calcine

1

1

2

2

scamp

26

2

30

2

plamp

9

1

15

1

bpp like

24

1

32

2

anionic peptide

25

2

43

3

Glycine-rich peptide

2

2

11

4

SPSV

4

2

2

2

PLA 2

1

1

1

1

8C-toxin

4

2

3

3

salivary protein

11

4

7

3

La1-like peptide

3

2

2

1

Metalloprotease

13

2

1

1

TIL peptide

0

0

1

1

Cytotoxic peptide

0

0

1

1

ClTx

0

0

1

1

Atypical possible toxin types

62

19

44

23

Total Toxin-like peptides

403

75

326

83