Table 6

Distribution of amino acid runs of only the orthologous genes between Arabidopsis and rice, in comparison with the total genes in the two species

Amino acid

Arabidopsis

Rice

Runs*

% runs^†

O-runs^‡

% O-runs^§

Runs*

% runs^†

O-runs^‡

% O-runs^§

Ala

327

4.5

188

5.2

7,477

26.4

2,572

31.1

Gly

853

11.8

397

10.9

6,349

22.4

1,868

22.6

Pro

865

11.9

342

9.4

3,727

13.1

999

12.1

Ser

1,997

27.5

946

26.1

2,862

10.1

861

10.4

Arg

103

1.4

43

1.2

1,636

5.8

395

4.8

Glu

831

11.4

421

11.6

1,387

4.9

314

3.8

Asp

424

5.8

208

5.7

1,269

4.5

311

3.8

Gln

451

6.2

421

11.6

1,077

3.8

249

3.0

Leu

275

3.8

122

3.4

882

3.1

212

2.6

Thr

215

3.0

110

3.0

479

1.7

148

1.8

Lys

394

5.4

174

4.8

314

1.1

126

1.5

His

146

2.0

83

2.3

303

1.1

104

1.3

Val

51

0.7

20

0.6

267

0.9

62

0.8

Asn

247

3.4

127

3.5

249

0.9

16

0.2

Phe

46

0.6

18

0.5

34

0.1

15

0.2

Cys

3

0.0

2

0.1

22

0.1

7

0.1

Met

18

0.2

6

0.2

13

0.0

3

0.0

Trp

4

0.1

2

0.1

7

0.0

2

0.0

Tyr

0

0.0

0

0.0

7

0.0

1

0.0

Ile

8

0.1

1

0.0

6

0.0

1

0.0

Total

7,258

100

3,631

100

28,367

100

8,266

100

*The number of amino acid runs found in all Arabidopsis or rice genes. ^†The percentages of individual types of amino acid runs. ^‡'O-runs' refers to the number of amino acid runs found in only the orthologous genes between Arabidopsis and rice. ^§'% O-runs' is the percentage of individual types of amino acid runs for the orthologous genes between Arabidopsis and rice.

Lawson and Zhang Genome Biology 2006 7:R14   doi:10.1186/gb-2006-7-2-r14