Polina Drozdova1, Alexandra Dolgikh2, Anna Nazarova3, Yulia Lubyaga4, Maxim Timofeyev51Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia, drozdovapb@gmail.com2Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, sqshadol@gmail.com3Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia, annazarova1995@gmail.com4Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia, yuliya.a.lubyaga@gmail.com5Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia, m.a.timofeyev@gmail.com In this work, we explored two groups of proteins, the carbohydrate-binding lectins and enzymes of carotenoid metabolism, in amphipods of the Lake Baikal region based on the available transcriptome data. We found that different species possess quite similar repertoires of these proteins. The obtained sequence data are instrumental for further molecular-level exploration of amphipod physiology.
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