Salivary Protein Card


Accession: Sp002445    Salivary lipocalin   [Triatoma infestans]

Basic info
Organism Triatoma infestans
Taxonomy Insecta > Hemiptera > Reduviidae > Triatoma > Triatoma infestans
Protein Description Salivary lipocalin
Mass Weight 22310.293
Isoelectric Point 9.22
Annotation
Function Salivary lipocalin, also known as human salivary lipocalin (HSL), is a protein that is predomintly found in saliva. It belongs to the lipocalin family of proteins, which are characterized by their ability to bind and transport small hydrophobic molecules
Pfam
PF03973 Triabin
Features
Feature key Position Length
Signal Peptide 1-16 16
Chain 17-199 183
Cross-Reference
Sequence
MKTIIAVFFFGVVTYAYTPKPPHVVSKCEEKTPKAGFQSSQFFTGTWFVTQAVYVTTSVCHKFDAKMTGSTISVTADGYYEIGNKRDFYNVPCTGTDVTKNGKFTLTCQPKRKSDTSTKNTINVQVDVTVLETDYNKYALVYRCATSGPRITDNYLVLQRKEDDQISNLDKILKSQGLVPDNMISRKKSKNVCIQMPTA

3D Structure
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Publication
1. Teresa TC, Francischetti IM, Andersen JF, Schwarz A, Santa JM, Ribeiro JM.;
An insight into the sialome of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans, avector of Chagas disease.;
Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Feb;38(2):213-32. PMC2262941