Proteomics Approach to the Study of Cattle Tick Adaptation to White Tailed Deer

Table 2

Tick proteins involved in feeding and reproduction.

Uniprot accession no.	Description	Ticks fed on cattle	Ticks fed on WTD
		No. of peptides
Blood digestion
J9QJ79	Cathepsin L	1	0
Q7YW74	Cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase B	2	0
	Ave ± S.D.	2±1^∗	0±0
Reproduction
B0F457	Vitellogenin	9	6
L7M551	Putative multicellular organism reproduction	2	0
A8WAA7	Vitellogenin-2	10	12
Q5EG54	Vitellogenin	11	5
G9M4L6	Vitellogenin-B	1	1
I3VGB9	Vitellin-degrading cysteine endopeptidase	2	2
Q56CZ1	Yolk cathepsin	3	1
	Ave ± S.D.	5±4^∗	4±4

The number of peptides per protein on each pathway was represented as Ave ± S.D. and compared between ticks fed on cattle and WTD by 𝜒² test (^∗𝑃<0.05).