Ixodes scapularis
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Acari; Parasitiformes; Ixodida; Ixodoidea; Ixodidae; Ixodinae; Ixodes
Ixodes scapularis is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for Ixodes pacificus, which is found on the west coast of the US), and in some parts of the US as the bear tick. It was also named Ixodes dammini until it was shown to be the same species in 1993. It is a hard-bodied tick found in the eastern and northern Midwest of the United States as well as in southeastern Canada. It is a vector for several diseases of animals, including humans (Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus disease, etc.) and is known as the deer tick owing to its habit of parasitizing the white-tailed deer. It is also known to parasitize mice, lizards, migratory birds, etc. especially while the tick is in the larval or nymphal stage.
Sequence Statistics
| No Sequences | 20486 |
|---|---|
| No Amino Acids | 5816622 |
| Min Seq. Length | 32 |
| Avg. Seq. Length | 283.932 |
| Max Seq. Length | 4588 |
| Seq. Length 1σ | 281.244 |
Disorder Prediction Statistics
| Predictor | % Genome Disordered | % Genome Disordered in SCOP Domains | Avg. % of Seq. Disordered | Avg. % of Disordered Regions in SCOP Domains | Avg. % of Seq. Disordered and in SCOP Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLXT | 32.242 | 6.926 | 33.752 | 25.204 | 6.064 |
| VSL2b | 38.368 | 6.926 | 41.147 | 22.917 | 6.356 |
| PrDOS | 36.633 | 5.059 | 40.119 | 18.242 | 4.665 |
| PV2 | 45.930 | 9.570 | 49.758 | 24.403 | 8.630 |
| IUPred-S | 19.088 | 1.474 | 21.873 | 13.096 | 1.566 |
| IUPred-L | 20.312 | 1.689 | 28.211 | 18.510 | 1.987 |
| Espritz-N | 27.892 | 4.041 | 29.100 | 19.750 | 3.377 |
| Espritz-X | 19.627 | 1.223 | 23.406 | 11.516 | 1.510 |
| Espritz-D | 12.798 | 1.194 | 56.578 | 11.866 | 7.725 |
SUPERFAMILY Domains
| % Amino Acids with SCOP Assignment | % Sequences with SCOP Assignment | No of Domains | No of Superfamilies | No of Families | Avg. Family Size | Avg. Domain Length | Domain Pairs | Unique Domain Architectures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 50 | 15525 | 985 | 841 | 15.8 | 284 | 1040 | 3204 |