Soluble proteins of chemical communication: an overview across arthropods [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2014 Detection of chemical signals both in insects and in vertebrates is mediated by soluble proteins, highly concentrated in olfactory organs, which bind semiochemicals and activate, with still largely unknown mechanisms, specific chemoreceptors.
Paolo ePelosi +3 more
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Reconstructing the phylogeny of 21 completely sequenced arthropod species based on their motor proteins [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2009 Background Motor proteins have extensively been studied in the past and consist of large superfamilies. They are involved in diverse processes like cell division, cellular transport, neuronal transport processes, or muscle contraction, to name a few ...
Kollmar Martin +2 more
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Characterizing bacteriophage proteins that hijack arthropod reproduction [PDF]
, 2020 Wolbachia are maternally-inherited symbionts that cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). Dual expression of the two phage WO genes cifA and cifB in males causes CI, while expression of cifA in females rescues CI. Structural homology-based analyses suggest that CifA and CifB proteins have three putative functional domains each, but the relative ...
Dylan Shropshire, J. +2 more
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Isomin: a novel cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein from an arthropod species [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2011 Background The expression of intermediate filaments (IFs) is a hallmark feature of metazoan cells. IFs play a central role in cell organization and function, acting mainly as structural stress-absorbing elements. There is growing evidence to suggest that
Lupetti Pietro +4 more
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A Nod to disease vectors: mitigation of pathogen sensing by arthropod saliva [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 Arthropod saliva possesses anti-hemostatic, anesthetic, and anti-inflammatory properties that facilitate feeding and, inadvertently, dissemination of pathogens. Vector-borne diseases caused by these pathogens affect millions of people each year.
Olivia eSakhon +3 more
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Arthropod exosomal glycine-rich protein as a potential vaccine candidate effectively reduces tick blood-feeding and pathogen transmission [PDF]
The EMBO JournalDuring blood feeding, Ixodidae ticks secrete cement proteins, including glycine-rich proteins (GRPs), that facilitate attachment to the vertebrate host.
Waqas Ahmed +6 more
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Insights into the molecular evolution of peptidase inhibitors in arthropods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Peptidase inhibitors are key proteins involved in the control of peptidases. In arthropods, peptidase inhibitors modulate the activity of peptidases involved in endogenous physiological processes and peptidases of the organisms with which they interact ...
Joaquin Alonso, Manuel Martinez
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An Anaplasma phagocytophilum T4SS effector, AteA, is essential for tick infection
mBio, 2023 Pathogens must adapt to disparate environments in permissive host species, a feat that is especially pronounced for vector-borne microbes, which transition between vertebrate hosts and arthropod vectors to complete their lifecycles.
Jason M. Park +8 more
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Peptidoglycan recognition proteins in hematophagous arthropods [PDF]
Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2018 Hematophagous arthropods are medically important disease vectors that transmit a variety of pathogens. Unlike mammals that employ both innate and adaptive immunity to clear invading pathogens, these vectors rely mainly on an innate immune system to combat pathogens.
Jingwen Wang, Xiumei Song, Mengfei Wang
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Overview of protein posttranslational modifications in Arthropoda venoms
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 Accidents with venomous animals are a public health issue worldwide. Among the species involved in these accidents are scorpions, spiders, bees, wasps, and other members of the phylum Arthropoda. The knowledge of the function of proteins present in these
Marcella Nunes de Melo-Braga +3 more
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