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Table 4 Overview of identified tick glycan structures composition. Monosaccharide compositions of the identified N-glycans are shown. Note that in some cases, the same composition can define various structures. For each glycan, the protein or the tick samples is listed, in which it was identified by mass spectrometry

From: A bite so sweet: the glycobiology interface of tick-host-pathogen interactions

Glycan composition

Protein/sample

Reference

Paucimannose glycans

HexNAc

Hex

dHex

Sia

  

2

3

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 171NGS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

4

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 171NGS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

High-mannose glycans

HexNAc

Hex

dHex

Sia

  

2

5

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

6

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

7

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

8

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

9

0

0

Dorin M (position 41NHS, 129NHS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

D. marginatus Hemelipoglycoprotein

[220]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

10

0

0

D. marginatus Hemelipoglycoprotein

[220]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

Core-fucosylated glycans

HexNAc

Hex

dHex

Sia

2

3

1

0

Dorin M (position 171NGS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

4

1

0

Dorin M (position 171NGS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

2

5

1

0

Dorin M (position 171NGS) from O. moubata

[217]

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

3

2

1

0

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

3

3

1

0

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

4

3

1

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

4

4

1

0

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

4

5

1

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

4

6

1

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

5

3

1

0

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. scapularis salivary gland

[203]

5

5

1

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

6

6

1

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

Complex glycans

HexNAc

Hex

dHex

Sia

3

4

0

0

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

4

5

0

0

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

4

6

0

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

4

7

0

0

D. marginatus Hemelipoglycoprotein

[220]

4

8

0

0

D. marginatus Hemelipoglycoprotein

[220]

5

6

0

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

6

2

0

0

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

Sialylated glycans (containing either Neu5Ac or Neu5Gc)

HexNAc

Hex

dHex

Sia

4

5

0

1

I. ricinus fed female salivary glands

[240]

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

4

5

0

2

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

5

6

0

1

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

5

6

0

2

I. ricinus fed female midgut

[240]

  1. Abbreviations: HexNAc N-acetyl-hexosamine (N-acetyl-glucosamine or N-acetyl-galactosamine), Hex hexose (mannose, glucose, galactose), dHex deoxyhexose (fucose), Sia sialic acid (N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, N-glycolyl-neuraminic acid)