The common cutworm, Spodoptera litura Fabricius is a leaf and fruit feeding generalist insect of the order Lepidoptera and a destructive agriculture pest. The broad host range of the herbivore is due to its ability to downregulate plant defense across different plants. The identity of Spodoptera litura released effectors that downregulate plant defense are largely unknown. The current study aims to identify genes encoding effector proteins from salivary glands of S. litura (Fab.). Head and salivary glands of Spodoptera litura were used for de-novo transcriptome analysis and effector prediction. Eight hundred ninety-nine proteins from the head and 330 from salivary gland were identified as secretory proteins. Eight hundred eight proteins from the head and 267 from salivary gland proteins were predicted to be potential effector proteins. This study is the first report on identification of potential effectors from Spodoptera litura salivary glands.

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综合食草动物斜纹夜蛾效应蛋白的计算机鉴定


斜纹夜蛾（Spodoptera litura Fabricius）是鳞翅目的一种以叶和果实为食的多面性昆虫，也是一种破坏性农业害虫。草食动物的宿主范围广泛，因为它能够下调不同植物之间的植物防御。斜纹夜蛾释放的下调植物防御的效应子的身份在很大程度上尚不清楚。目前的研究旨在鉴定斜纹夜蛾 (Fab.) 唾液腺中编码效应蛋白的基因。斜纹夜蛾的头部和唾液腺用于从头转录组分析和效应子预测。来自头部的 899 种蛋白质和来自唾液腺的 330 种蛋白质被鉴定为分泌蛋白。来自头部的 808 个蛋白质和来自唾液腺的 267 个蛋白质被预测为潜在的效应蛋白。这项研究是第一份关于鉴定斜纹夜蛾唾液腺潜在效应子的报告。