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Table 1 Immunity-related products discovered from T. ni EST projects

From: Immune system responses and fitness costs associated with consumption of bacteria in larvae of Trichoplusia ni

TC/EST name

No. of ESTs present

Best BLAST hit/Closest homologue [Species]

Description/Putative Function

Accession no.

BLAST score (E-value)

TNI-CON0233

23

Apolipophorin-3 precursor (Apolipophorin-III) [Manduca sexta]

Lipid transport; immune stimulating factor

P13276

1.00E-75

TNI-CON0998

1

Apolipophorin-3 precursor (Apolipophorin-III) [Spodoptera littoralis]

Lipid transport; immune stimulating factor

O77248

7.00E-15

TNI-CON0275

3

Large subunit arylphorin p76 [Heliothis virescens]

Storage protein; expressed after immune challenge

AAO20844

3.00E-77

TNI-CON0268

1

Chemosensory protein 11 [Bombyx mori]

GNBP-like domain; immune responsive

NP_001037068

1.00E-33

TNI-HCN384-03G20

4

Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein 2 precursor (BGBP-2) [Manduca sexta]

Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein

Q8ISB6

5.00E-52

TNI-CON1186

1

Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein precursor (BGBP) [Plodia interpunctella]

Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein

Q8MU95

2.00E-31

TNI-CON0313

1

Beta-1,3-glucan recognition protein [Plodia interpunctella]

Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein

AAM95970

4.00E-38

TNI-CON1099

2

Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein precursor (BGBP) [Plodia interpunctella]

Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein

Q8MU95

1.00E-28

TNI-CON0703

3

KUN-5 [Ixodes pacificus]

Kalicludin-like; Kunitz family of serine protease inhibitors

AAT92116

6.00E-12

TNI-HCN384-03D11

2

Kunitz-like protease inhibitor precursor [Ancylostoma caninum]

Kalicludin-like; Kunitz family of serine protease inhibitors

AAN10061

2.00E-10

TNI-CON0522

1

Phenoloxidase inhibitor protein [Anopheles gambiae]

Inhibition of phenoloxidase cascade

AAX22219

7.00E-05

TNI-CON1448

1

Prophenol oxidase activating enzyme 1 [Spodoptera litura]

Activating enzyme of Pro-PO

AAW24480

7.00E-46

TNI-CON0527

3

Conotoxin scaffold VI/VII precursor [Conus arenatus]

Conotoxin-like protein; ion channel antagonist

AF215057

7.00E-05

TNI-CON0581

1

Gallerimycin [Spodoptera frugiperda]

Defensin-like antifungal peptide

AAQ18896

2.00E-20

TNI-CON1119

1

Putative hemolin [Hyphantria cunea]

Immunoglobulin domains; induced by microbial challenge

AAD09287

4.00E-51

TNI-HCN384-02J03

3

Putative hemolin [Hyphantria cunea]

Immunoglobulin domains; induced by microbial challenge

AAD09287

4.00E-85

TNI-CON0811

1

Attacin-A precursor [Trichoplusia ni]

Inducible antibacterial peptide

P50725

2.00E-22

TNI-CON0122

22

Cecropin D [Bombyx mori]

Antimicrobial peptide; Lysis of bacterial cell walls

BAA31507

9.00E-10

TNI-CON0128

9

Cecropin [Helicoverpa armigera]

Antimicrobial peptide; cecropin B

AAX51304

1.00E-16

TNI-CON0196

2

Immune-related Hdd1 [Hyphantria cunea]

Immune-related protein; induced by microbial challenge

AAD09279

4.00E-09

TNI-CON0498

2

Defensin precursor [Spodoptera frugiperda]

Antimicrobial peptide; spodoptericin-like

AAM96925

5.00E-21

TNI-CON0644

4

Cobatoxin short form A [Spodoptera frugiperda]

Scorpion toxin-like; Induced after bacterial challenge

AAQ18897

5.00E-07

TNI-CON1679

2

Gloverin precursor [Trichoplusia ni]

Antibacterial protein; binds to LPS

AF233590

8.00E-51

TNI-CON0507

3

Lysozyme [Spodoptera exigua]

Lysozyme a; destroys bacterial cell walls

AAP03061

3.00E-44

TNI-CON1157

1

Lysozyme precursor [Trichoplusia ni]

Lysozyme b; destroys bacterial cell walls

P50718

1.00E-36