Table 2.
Distribution of Uptake Sequences in Coding Regions
| H. influenzae | Peptide | A. pleuropneumoniae | Peptide | N. meningitidis | Peptide | |
| Core uptake sequence | AAGTGCGGT | ACAAGCGGT | GCCGTCTGAA | |||
| US in ORFs | 956 | 377 | 653 | |||
| Coding strand | 386 (40.4%a) | 239 (63.4%) | 293 (44.9%) | |||
| ReadingFrame1 | 29 (3.0%) | KCG | 34 (9.0%) | TSG | 0 | AVstop |
| ReadingFrame2 | 87 (9.1%) | XVRb | 20 (5.3%) | ZKRc | 138 (21.1%) | RLN/K |
| ReadingFrame3 | 270d (28.2%) | SAV | 185 (49.1%) | QAV | 155 (23.7%) | PSE |
| Reverse strand | 570 (59.6%) | 138 (36.6%) | 360 (55.1%) | |||
| ReadingFrame1 | 375 (39.2%) | TAL | 64 (17.0%) | TAC | 16 (2.5%) | FRR |
| ReadingFrame2 | 114 (11.9%) | ZRTd | 24 (6.4%) | ZRLc | 122 (18.7%) | QTA |
| ReadingFrame3 | 81 (8.5%) | PHF/L | 50 (13.3%) | PLV | 222 (34.0%) | SDG |
a
All numbers in brackets are percentage of total USs in ORFs.
b
X = first amino acid may be any of Q/K/E/stop.
c
Z = first amino acid may be any of Y/H/N/D.
d
The most common reading frame locations for each uptake sequence are in bold.