Table 2

Similarities between selected human and Drosophila gene products

Size (amino acids)














Length of similarity
Gene
 Human
 Drosophila
 % ID*
 %Sim*
 E value
 (amino acids)
SOD1
 154
 153
 61
 73
 10-47
 152
GART
 1,010
 (1,747)
 46
 63
 10-180
 995
CRYAA
 173
 187
 38
 56
 10-25
 154
UBE2G2
 165
 167
 78
 88
 10-70
 165
DSCR3
 297
 295
 49
 69
 10-72
 281
KIAA0958
 428
 490
 33
 49
 10-50
 375
c21orf4
 158
 113
 37
 62
 10-15
 94
c21orf19
 439
 295
 64
 77
 10-94
 291
SIM2
 667
 634
 70
 79
 10-125
 353
MNB
 763
 722
 44
 61
 10-69
 314
APP
 770
 816
 24
 37
 10-38
 497
CHAF1B
 559
 747
 47
 64
 10-98
 381
KIAA0179
 740
 687
 26
 42
 10-17
 272
KIAA0539
 2,300
 2,029
 26
 42
 10-28
 409
DSCR1
 197
 292
 43
 67
 10-33
 153
c21orf2
 256
 454
 53
 67
 10-33
 146
c21orf5
 2,298
 2,599
 29
 47
 10-115
 1,082



+ 40
 58
 10-96
 533

* The number of amino acids over which the % identity (%ID) and the % similarity (%Sim) was calculated. The E value is the expectation value, an indication of the probability of finding this level of similarity by chance.

Gardiner and Davisson Genome Biology 2000 1:reviews0002.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-2-reviews0002