Proteotranscriptomic Profiling of the Toxic Mucus of <i>Kulikovia alborostrata</i> (Pilidiophora, Nemertea).

ABSTRACT: Nemertea is a phylum of bilaterally symmetrical, coelomate, unsegmented worms, also known as ribbon worms. Most species of the phylum Nemertea are marine predators that contain toxins in the single-celled glands of the proboscis and/or integument. Recent transcriptomic studies have shown that nemerteans from all taxonomic groups possess a wide range of putative protein and peptide toxins, while the proteomic data for these animals are highly limited. In this study, proteotranscriptomic analysis was used to investigate the major protein components of the poison of the nemertean Kulikovia alborostrata. We identified 146 transcripts of putative toxins in the transcriptome of K. alborostrata and five putative toxins among the secreted proteins and peptides of the mucus of

SUBMITTER: Kuznetsov VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11768458 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature