Proteomic dataset of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus adhesive organs and secreted adhesive.

ABSTRACT: Sea urchins have specialized adhesive organs called tube feet, which mediate strong but reversible adhesion. Tube feet are composed by a disc, producing adhesive and de-adhesive secretions for substratum attachment, and a stem for movement. After detachment the secreted adhesive remains bound to the substratum as a footprint. Recently, a label-free quantitative proteomic approach coupled with the latest mass-spectrometry technology was used to analyze the differential proteome of Paracentrotus lividus adhesive organ, comparing protein expression levels in the tube feet adhesive part (the disc) versus the non-adhesive part (the stem), and also to profile the proteome of the secreted adhesive (glue). This data article contains complementary figures and results related to the research article

SUBMITTER: Lebesgue N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4857396 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature