A proteomic insight into the midgut proteome of Ornithodoros moubata females reveals novel information on blood digestion in argasid ticks

Table 2 Classes of enzymatic pathways and number of proteins in each class identified in the midgut of unfed and fed Ornithodoros moubata females. Additional information is shown in Additional file 3: Table S3

Class of enzymatic pathway	Number of proteins
	Unfed	Fed
Carbohydrate metabolism	193	166
Amino acid metabolism	131	126
Lipid metabolism	124	111
Metabolism of cofactors and vitamins	113	49
Nucleotide metabolism	110	56
Xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism	106	86
Biosynthesis of antibiotics	87	77
Energy metabolism	81	77
Metabolism of other amino acids	44	38
Immune system	38	21
Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites	27	19
Metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides	27	24
Glycan biosynthesis and metabolism	22	28
Translation	8	9
Signal transduction	5	4

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