Table 3.

Amino acid counts and frequencies (%) for the lipoboxes (C-regions) of the 164-member L. interrogans sv. Copenhageni Liposet identified in the current study and 81 experimentally confirmed E. coli lipoproteins (Gonnet et al., 2004)

Amino acid	164 L. interrogans sv. Copenhageni lipoproteins				81 E. coli lipoproteins
	−4	−3	−2	−1	−4	−3	−2	−1
Phe	44 (26.8)	55 (33.5)	14 (8.5)	0 (0.0)	5 (6.2)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Ser	16 (9.8)	8 (4.9)	22 (13.4)	44 (26.8)	5 (6.2)	0 (0.0)	18 (22.2)	3 (3.7)
Tyr	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)	5 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Cys	3 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.2)	2 (2.5)	0 (0.0)
Trp	2 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	4 (2.4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Leu	46 (28.1)	53 (32.3)	22 (13.4)	0 (0.0)	38 (46.9)	67 (82.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Pro	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Gln	0 (0.0)	2 (1.2)	9 (5.5)	10 (6.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.5)	0 (0.0)
Ile	12 (7.3)	16 (9.8)	23 (14.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.5)	5 (6.2)	2 (2.5)	0 (0.0)
Met	0 (0.0)	3 (1.8)	2 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	9 (11.1)	2 (2.5)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.0)
Thr	8 (4.9)	3 (1.8)	15 (9.2)	5 (3.1)	6 (7.4)	1 (1.2)	18 (22.2)	0 (0.0)
Asn	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	5 (3.1)	41 (25.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Lys	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Val	15 (9.2)	15 (9.2)	21 (12.8)	0 (0.0)	3 (3.7)	4 (4.9)	9 (11.1)	0 (0.0)
Ala	7 (4.3)	4 (2.4)	10 (6.1)	24 (14.6)	9 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	29 (35.8)	22 (27.2)
Gly	9 (5.5)	2 (1.2)	12 (7.3)	38 (22.6)	2 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	56 (69.1)

Amino acids His, Arg, Asp, and Glu are not listed because they were not found to occur in any L. interrogans or E. coli lipoboxes.