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Table 1 Overview of the proteins detected in digestive fluids of Stegodyphus mimosarum and Acanthoscurria geniculata in comparison with those found in Nephilingis cruentata by *Fuzita et al. [15]

From: Characterisation of protein families in spider digestive fluids and their role in extra-oral digestion

Species

 

Stegodyphus mimosarum

Acanthoscurria geniculata

Nephilegys cruentata*

Protein family

 

quantified

low concentration

quantified

low concentration

quantified

low concentration

Lipases

 

1

14

1

1

6

2

Carbohydrases

Alpha-amylase

1

1

-

-

1

-

Alpha-mannosidase

-

1

-

-

1

1

Glucose dehydrogenase

1

-

-

-

1

-

Beta-hexosaminidases

-

-

-

2

1

1

Enolase

-

1

-

-

1

1

Beta-galactosidase

-

-

-

-

1

1

Maltase-glucoamylase

-

1

-

1

-

-

Glycolate oxidase

-

1

1

-

-

-

Proteases

  Endo-

Trypsin-like proteins

9

3

3

3

8

-

Cysteine proteases

1

2

1

1

-

-

Astacin-like metalloproteases

9

24

1

11

25

4

Zinc-metalloproteases

-

1

-

-

1

-

Cathepsins

1

4

-

3

3

-

  Exo-

Carboxypeptidases

1

-

1

5

4

1

Nucleases

 

1

3

-

1

1

-

 Transport and chaperon-like proteins

Lipid transport proteins

2

-

-

-

1

-

LEA-like proteins

3

-

-

-

-

-

 Immune response

Chitinases

2

1

5

3

3

1

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins

1

-

-

3

2

-

Cell adhesion molecule

-

1

-

-

1

1

Lysozyme

-

1

-

1

-

-

 Other proteins

Peroxidase

1

-

-

-

5

-

Serine protease inhibitors (Serpins)

-

-

2

1

1

-

Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase

-

1

-

-

1

1

Carbonic anhydrases

-

1

-

-

2

-

Alcohol dehydrogenases

-

-

1

1

2

-

Pantetheinase

-

1

-

1

1

-

Superoxid dismutases

-

1

-

-

3

1

Leucine rich repeat proteins

7

7

-

4

6

1

Allergens

5

-

2

-

4

-

 Unknown proteins

 

20

questionable

18

questionable

76

questionable

  1. Left column: quantified proteins; Right column: detected, but unquantifiable proteins. Of all proteins detected in Nephilingis we only included those that find comparable equivalents in our results. For a more detailed list see Fuzita et al. [15]