Table 4 Proteins involved in carbohydrate metabolism and transport identified in the midgut of Ornithodoros moubata females before feeding (unfed) and at 48 h post-feeding (fed). (T) Gene identified in the intestinal transcriptome of O. moubata [29]

Unfed

EST_Acari

B7PDB8

1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme

0.62

–

Transferase activity

Unfed

mRNA_Om

B7PDZ5

Alpha-D-galactosidase (T)

0.13

–

Hydrolase activity

Unfed

EST_Acari

A0A0B1PR88

Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (T)

0.35

–

Isomerase activity

Unfed

mRNA_Om

E2C2M2

Glucose transporter type 1 (T)

0.08

–

Carbohydrate transporter activity

Fed

mRNA_Om

A0A087UZ87

ADP-dependent glucokinase (T)

–

0.05

Transferase activity

Fed

mRNA_Om

Q7Q4V0

AGAP000862-PA (T)

–

0.24

Hydrolase activity

Fed

mRNA_Om

B7PE53

Beta-hexosaminidase (T)

–

0.1

Hydrolase activity

Fed

mRNA_Om

G3MLS5

Putative uncharacterized protein (T)

–

0.65

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

B7P5Y3

Alpha-1,4 glucan phosphorylase (T)

1.74

0.1

Transferase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

B7QBK7

Alpha-L-fucosidase (T)

0.23

0.33

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

A0A067R124

Alpha-mannosidase (T)

1.25

0.14

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7PW84

Beta-galactosidase (T)

5.58

5.51

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

A0A087TZD0

Beta-hexosaminidase subunit alpha (T)

0.85

0.69

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7PL94

Beta-mannosidase (T)

0.13

0.09

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

B7PLL4

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase

1.95

1.22

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

E7F0E2

Glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase (T)

0.98

0.98

Isomerase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7PK21

Glucosylceramidase (T)

1.01

0.62

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

A2V728

Glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase (T)

0.06

0.22

Transferase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

B7PLJ6

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD(+)] (T)

0.57

0.57

Oxidoreductase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7PH44

Malate dehydrogenase (T)

19.85

0.8

Oxidoreductase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7QDE7

Mannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase (T)

0.27

0.23

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

A9P774

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (T)

8.58

0.33

Kinase activity

Unfed-Fed

EST_Acari

A0A087UXS8

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase [GTP], mitochondrial

3.76

2.95

Kinase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

A0A087TE96

Poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase ARH3(T)

0.65

0.15

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

G3MK74

Putative uncharacterized protein (T)

0.18

0.15

Hydrolase activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

B7Q5F0

Transporter (T)

0.08

0.08

Carbohydrate transporter activity

Unfed-Fed

mRNA_Om

E9J2L5

Putative uncharacterized protein (T)

0.11

0.09

Carbohydrate transporter activity