For intra‐individual analysis across breeds resulting peptides were labeled with TMT10plex (Thermo‐Fisher Scientific) as per the manufacturer's instructions. Labeled peptides were combined and analyzed by LC‐MS/MS.
For comparison of human and dog saliva proteomes 100 μg of pooled samples from the three groups (human, Labrador retriever, or Beagle) were reduced and alkylated before digestion by trypsin (Trypsin Gold, Promega, UK). The samples were labeled with remaining TMT10plex unused labels from the breed experiments (Thermo‐Fisher Scientific) as per the manufacturer's instructions. Labeled peptides were combined and analyzed by LC‐MS/MS as technical duplicates.