Table 1.
Amino acid and nucleotide sequences in the repeat allotypes (RATs) of the central repeats of Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein (CSP) gene in Acre, Brazil
| Amino acid | RAT | Nucleotide sequence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDRADGQPA | 1 | G | G | A | G | A | C | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A |
| 2 | G | G | T | G | A | C | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 3 | G | G | T | G | A | C | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 4 | G | G | A | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 5 | G | G | T | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 6 | G | G | C | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 7 | G | G | A | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 8 | G | G | A | G | A | C | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| GDRAAGQPA | 1 | G | G | A | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A |
| 2 | G | G | T | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 3 | G | G | T | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 4 | G | G | A | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| 5 | G | G | A | G | A | C | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
| GDRAAGGAA | -a | G | G | A | G | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | C | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | G | C | A | G | C | A |
| GNGAGGQAA | -a | G | G | A | A | A | T | G | G | T | G | C | A | G | G | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | G | C | A | G | C | A |
| GNGAGGQPA | -a | G | G | A | A | A | T | G | G | T | G | C | A | G | G | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A |
| GNRADGQPA | 1 | G | G | T | A | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A |
| 2 | G | G | A | A | A | T | A | G | A | G | C | A | G | A | T | G | G | A | C | A | G | C | C | A | G | C | A | |
a
A single RAT was found for this amino acid motif. Shading indicates nucleotide differences in RATs encoding the same nonapeptide motif. The nonapeptide motifs are represented, in Figure 1, with shading patterns shown below.
GDRADGQPA
GDRAAGQPA
GDRAAGQAA
GNGAGGQAA
GNGAGGQPA
GNRADGQPA