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. 2007 Sep 25;14(4):141–154. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsm015

Table 4.

Top 15 amino acid pairs of three orthologous groups according to differences in number of forward (mouse to human) and reverse (human to mouse) replacements in AARM

Pair Forward no. Reverse no. Difference Ratio Codon changes Trends
High-GC group
Thr → Ala* 6873 4020 2853 1.71 ACN → GCN ±
Ser → Ala* 4160 2447 1713 1.70 UCN/AGY → GCN ±
Ser → Pro* 3603 2097 1506 1.72 UCN/AGY → CCN ±
Val → Ala* 4484 3144 1340 1.43 GUN → GCN ±
Ser → Gly* 3749 2516 1233 1.49 UCN/AGY → GGN +
Gln → Arg* 3389 2448 941 1.38 CAR → CGN/AGR
Lys → Arg* 3412 2518 894 1.36 AAR → CGN/AGR ±
Ile → Val* 4572 3756 816 1.22 AUH → GUN ±
Asn → Ser* 2878 2145 733 1.34 AAY → UCN/AGY ±
Asp → Glu* 3799 3237 562 1.17 GAY → GAR
His → Arg* 1899 1343 556 1.41 CAY → CGN/AGR +
Met → Leu* 1753 1211 542 1.45 AUG → UUR/CUN +
Ile → Leu* 1500 1012 488 1.48 AUN → UUR/CUN ±
Lys → Glu* 1257 785 472 1.60 AAR → GAR
Leu → Pro* 2060 1634 426 1.26 YYR/CUN → CCN +
Medium-GC group
Val → Ile* 5839 4982 857 1.17 GUN → AUH
Thr → Ala* 5566 4753 813 1.17 ACN → GCN
Ser → Pro* 3804 3113 691 1.22 UCN/AGY → CCN
Asp → Glu* 4443 3833 610 1.16 GAY → GAR
Ser → Thr* 3652 3113 539 1.17 UCN/AGY → ACN
Ser → Ala* 3507 2972 535 1.18 UCN/AGY → GCN
Ser → Asn* 3626 3213 413 1.13 UCN/AGY → AAY
Arg → Lys** 4017 3701 316 1.08 CGN/AGR → AAR
Leu → Pro* 1999 1691 308 1.18 UUR/CUN → CCN
Gln → Arg* 2676 2372 304 1.13 CAR → CGN/AGR
Ser → Gly 2782 2560 222 1.09 UCN/AGY → GGN
Val → Ala 3759 3561 198 1.06 GUN → GCN
Lys → Glu** 1514 1336 178 1.13 AAR → GAR
Asp → Ala* 661 488 173 1.35 GSN → GCN
Met → Leu 1648 1483 165 1.11 AUG → UUR/CUN
Low GC group
Val → Ile* 9402 6335 3067 1.48 GUN → AUH ±
Ser → Asn* 6508 3733 2775 1.74 UCN/AGY → AAY ±
Arg → Lys* 6603 4059 2544 1.63 CGN/AGR → AAR ±
Ala → Thr* 6393 5117 1276 1.25 GCN → ACN ±
Leu → Ile* 3003 2035 968 1.48 UUR/CUN → AUH ±
Asp → Glu* 5952 5014 938 1.19 GAY → GAR
Ser → Thr* 4498 3563 935 1.26 UCN/AGY → ACN
Ala → Val* 4193 3264 929 1.28 GCN → GUN ±
Thr → Ile* 2612 1733 879 1.51 CAN → AUH
Pro → Ser* 4178 3304 874 1.26 CCN → UCN/AGY ±
Ala → Ser* 3975 3195 780 1.24 GCN → UCN/AGY ±
Leu → Phe* 2990 2330 660 1.28 UUR/CUN → UUY
Thr → Asn* 1630 975 655 1.67 CAN → AAY
Met → Ile* 1900 1288 612 1.48 AUG → AUH
His → Asn* 1258 715 543 1.76 CAY → AAY

*,**Replacements of pairs are significant at p < 0.0001 and 0.001, respectively.

Symbols used in codons: R, A/G; Y, C/T; S, G/C; W, A/T; H, A/C/T; N, any nucleotide. Symbols used in trends: opposite trends among top 15 amino acid pairs of both high- and low-GC groups (±); opposite trends in high- and low-GC group, but not present in top 15 of low-GC group (+); opposite trends in high- and low-GC group, but not present in top 15 of high-GC group (–); same trend in high-, medium-, and low-GC groups (•); same trend in high- and medium-GC groups (○); same trend in low- and medium-GC groups (□).