Salivary Protein Card


Accession: Sp002453    Salivary lipocalin   [Triatoma infestans]

Basic info
Organism Triatoma infestans
Taxonomy Insecta > Hemiptera > Reduviidae > Triatoma > Triatoma infestans
Protein Description Salivary lipocalin
Mass Weight 22184.31
Isoelectric Point 9.03
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 1-18 18
Chain 19-194 176
Cross-Reference
Sequence
MKTFITVIFFGILTYTDAKKPVETCKNTLPIKQGLNIPSFFNGAWFTTHMMEASSTATCRAYQFEVTQRGIALTYEGQFTVSGNTKEYTVTCSSKTEAGKPLNPSAPILFKCVQQYRTVYHTQGNEFFDLYMVVIETDYQNYAFVYRCMKYDAEKDSNGMYMILQRTKTGDVSKAKDILKKSGLDFGKFRQMKC

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. PMC2262950