Table 1 Analysis results of the two prey proteins based on BLAST, Gene ontology, UniProt and STRING databases

Bos taurus cereblon transcript variant X2 (CRBN)

XM_015459512.1

A substrate receptor of E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, mediates the ubiquitination and degradation of target proteins, involves in learning and memory by regulating the large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in brain regions

Bos indicus protein phosphatase 4 catalytic subunit (Ppp4C)

XM_019988010.1

The catalytic subunit of ubiquitous protein serine/threonine phosphatase 4, involves in microtubule organization, maturation of spliceosomal snRNPs, apoptosis, DNA repair, TNF-α signaling, activation of JNK, regulation of histone acetylation, DNA damage checkpoint signaling, NF-κB activation and cell migration