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The non venomous spider Uloborus sp. (Uloboridae) midgut proteome

ABSTRACT: Spiders have distinct capture prey behaviors selected along Araneae´s evolutive history, but mainly based on the use of venom for prey paralysis. Uloboridae spiders lost the venom glands secondarily in evolution. Due to that they extensively wrap prey with silk to paralyze and begin digestion. During the extra-oral digestion, the digestive fluid very efficiently performs the liquefaction of both the prey and the AcSp2 spidroins from the web fibers. Despite the efficiency of this process, the cocktail of enzymes involved in digestion in Uloboridae spiders is unknown. In this study, we evaluated the protein content in the midgut of Uloborus sp. using enzymatic, proteomic, and phylogenetic analysis approaches. Hydrolases as peptidases (endo and exopeptidases: cysteine, serine and metallopeptidases), carbohydrases (alpha-amylase, chitinase, alpha-mannosidase), and lipases were biochemically assayed; 50 proteins, annotated as enzymes, structural proteins, and toxins, were identified. This is the first characterization of the molecules involved in the digestive process and the midgut protein content of a nonvenomous spider.

INSTRUMENT(S): Shimadzu instrument model

ORGANISM(S): Uloborus

TISSUE(S): Epithelium Of Midgut, Midgut Diverticulum

SUBMITTER: Rodrigo Valladão

LAB HEAD: Adriana Rios Lopes

PROVIDER: PXD037345 | Pride | 2023-03-11

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Digestive enzymes and sphingomyelinase D in spiders without venom (Uloboridae).

Valladão Rodrigo R Neto Oscar Bento Silva OBS de Oliveira Gonzaga Marcelo M Pimenta Daniel Carvalho DC Lopes Adriana Rios AR

Scientific reports 20230215 1

Spiders have distinct predatory behaviours selected along Araneae's evolutionary history but are mainly based on the use of venom for prey paralysis. Uloboridae spiders have lost their venom glands secondarily during evolution. Because of this, they immobilise their prey by extensively wrapping, and digestion starts with the addition of digestive fluid. During the extra-oral digestion, the digestive fluid liquefies both the prey and the AcSp2 spidroins from the web fibres. Despite the efficiency ...[more]

PMID: 36792649

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The non venomous spider Uloborus sp. (Uloboridae) midgut proteome

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Digestive enzymes and sphingomyelinase D in spiders without venom (Uloboridae).

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