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Table 2 Characterisation of the secretory protein families in the R. zambeziensis transcriptome

From: Sialotranscriptomics of Rhipicephalus zambeziensis reveals intricate expression profiles of secretory proteins and suggests tight temporal transcriptional regulation during blood-feeding

Secretory protein family

Number of family members

Proportion of family members (%)

Average TPMa value

Sum of the family expression (TPMa)

Proportion of family expression (%)

Lipocalin

588

22.90

39.88

23,452.37

5.62

Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor

307

11.95

34.07

10,458.51

2.51

Reprolysin

213

8.29

19.36

4123.57

0.99

TIL domain

177

6.89

38.05

6735.14

1.61

Glycine rich superfamily

161

6.27

1842.35

296,618.84

71.07

Basic tail secreted protein

111

4.32

43.04

4777.46

1.14

8.9 kDa family

91

3.54

74.27

6758.57

1.62

Digestive system (including Serine proteases)

87

3.39

9.57

832.96

0.20

Mucin

62

2.41

47.14

2922.86

0.70

28 kDa Metastriate family

56

2.18

31.67

1773.45

0.42

Evasin

55

2.14

33.33

1832.92

0.44

Secretory - unknown function

46

1.79

455.62

20,958.56

5.02

Folding, sorting and degradation (including Cathepsins)

46

1.79

88.22

4058.19

0.97

Cystatin

45

1.75

17.27

777.09

0.19

Gluzincin

43

1.67

7.34

315.45

0.08

Serpin

33

1.29

6.30

207.96

0.05

Ixodegrin B

32

1.25

55.31

1770.02

0.42

One of each family

28

1.09

3.71

103.68

0.02

Carboxypeptidase inhibitor

27

1.05

16.01

432.37

0.10

Chitin-binding proteins

26

1.01

20.30

527.89

0.13

5′-Nucleotidase

25

0.97

6.56

163.87

0.04

Transport and catabolism

24

0.93

35.23

845.47

0.20

24 kDa family

21

0.82

24.99

524.87

0.13

7 dB family

19

0.74

11.34

215.53

0.05

DA-P36 family

19

0.74

10.15

192.90

0.05

Defensin

19

0.74

211.69

4022.20

0.96

ML domain

17

0.66

417.39

7095.58

1.70

Antigen 5 family

14

0.55

57.55

805.64

0.19

Microplusin

14

0.55

47.61

666.59

0.16

8 kDa Amblyomma family

13

0.51

24.52

318.79

0.08

Sphingomyelinase

11

0.43

2.93

32.22

0.01

Glycan biosynthesis and metabolism

10

0.39

9.36

93.63

0.02

Lipid metabolism

10

0.39

5.88

58.76

0.01

Transcription

10

0.39

3.75

37.52

0.01

Translation

8

0.31

10.62

84.92

0.02

Serine/threonine protein kinase

8

0.31

6.59

52.70

0.01

Carbohydrate metabolism

8

0.31

3.53

28.21

0.01

Thyropin

7

0.27

22.67

158.66

0.04

Fibrinogen-related domain

7

0.27

20.84

145.85

0.03

Glutathione metabolism

7

0.27

16.63

116.41

0.03

Metalloprotease

7

0.27

8.28

57.93

0.01

Dermacentor 9 kDa expansion

6

0.23

11.81

70.86

0.02

Replication and repair

6

0.23

5.56

33.37

0.01

Immunoglobulin G binding protein A

5

0.19

989.88

4949.38

1.19

Phospholipase A2

5

0.19

9.54

47.69

0.01

Kazal/vWf domain

4

0.16

4.78

19.11

0.005

Hirudin

3

0.12

108.72

326.17

0.08

SALP15/Ixostatin

3

0.12

35.45

106.35

0.03

14 kDa family

3

0.12

9.75

29.25

0.01

Kazal domain

3

0.12

9.28

27.85

0.01

Signal transduction

3

0.12

2.23

6.68

0.002

Madanin

2

0.08

153.53

307.05

0.07

Energy metabolism

2

0.08

13.13

26.25

0.01

CDIV

2

0.08

9.44

18.88

0.005

EF hand domain

2

0.08

5.33

10.65

0.003

Histamine release factor

1

0.04

6057.33

6057.33

1.45

Fatty acid-binding protein

1

0.04

70.19

70.19

0.02

Kazal/SPARC domain

1

0.04

70.11

70.11

0.02

Immune system

1

0.04

21.85

21.85

0.01

Cysteine rich hydrophobic domain 2

1

0.04

10.83

10.83

0.003

26 kDa family

1

0.04

5.49

5.49

0.001

Proline rich

1

0.04

5.09

5.09

0.001

Cysteine rich

1

0.04

2.23

2.23

0.001

  1. aTPM (transcripts per million) values were used to estimate expression
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