Hemolymph proteins: An overview across marine arthropods and molluscs

In this compilation we collect information about the main protein components in hemolymph and stress continued interest their study. The reasons for such an attention span several areas of biological, veterinarian medical applications: from notions better dealing with species – belonging to phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Crustacea, Mollusca economic interest, development ‘marine drugs’ peptides that, invertebrates, act as antimicrobial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, and/or antiviral agents. Overall, topic most often on focus is that innate immunity operated by classes pattern-recognition proteins. immune response invertebrates relies rather than adaptive/acquired effectors. At a difference soluble membrane-bound immunoglobulins receptors vertebrates, antiprotozoal agents interact non-self material targeting some common (rather highly specific) structural motifs. Developing paradigm into (semi) synthetic pharmaceuticals, possibly optimized through modeling opportunities offered computational biochemistry, one lessons today's science may learn study marine specifically proteins hemolymph.