Fig. 1.

Structure predictions and multiple alignment of the deduced amino acid sequences of PAX9 exon 3 from several species. Secondary protein structure prediction of the wild-type human exon 3 with psipred (42) is shown above the alignment. Cylinders represent predicted α-helices and lines predicted coiled regions. Confidences indicating the reliability of the prediction are also shown (9 = high and 0 = poor, respectively). The arrow indicates the position where the Ala240Pro polymorphism is located. The alignment of PAX1 homolog regions is also shown.