Table 2.

Percentage identities for vertebrate lipoprotein lipase (LPL), human and mouse hepatic lipase (HL), endothelial lipase (EL), horse pancreatic lipase (LIPP), human pancreatic lipase related protein 1 (PLR1) and human pancreatic lipase related protein (PLR2) amino acid sequences

Lipase Gene	Human LPL	Rhesus LPL	Mouse LPL	Rat LPL	Horse LPL	Cow LPL	Opossum LPL	Chicken LPL	Frog LPL	Stickleback LPL	Human HL	Mouse HL	Human EL	Mouse EL	Horse LIPP	Human PLR1	Human PLR2
Human LPL	100	99	92	91	94	92	81	72	72	58	41	44	44	45	24	26	24
Rhesus LPL	99	100	92	92	94	92	82	72	72	58	43	44	44	44	24	26	25
Mouse LPL	92	92	100	96	91	89	80	71	71	57	42	43	45	43	25	25	24
Rat LPL	91	92	96	100	91	89	81	71	71	58	42	43	45	45	24	25	26
Horse LPL	94	94	91	91	100	91	81	73	71	59	42	43	45	46	24	25	24
Cow LPL	92	92	89	89	91	100	80	72	69	58	41	41	44	45	24	25	23
Opossum LPL	81	82	80	81	81	80	100	70	70	55	39	41	43	44	23	25	25
Chicken LPL	72	72	71	71	73	72	70	100	75	60	42	40	49	46	25	26	24
Frog LPL	72	72	71	71	71	69	70	75	100	60	40	41	46	45	25	27	26
Stickleback LPL	58	58	57	58	59	58	55	60	60	100	36	33	39	39	25	26	26
Human HL	41	43	42	42	42	41	39	42	40	36	100	74	38	37	25	26	27
Mouse HL	44	44	43	43	43	41	41	40	41	33	74	100	42	40	29	26	26
Human EL	44	44	45	45	45	44	43	49	46	39	38	42	100	80	25	27	25
Mouse EL	45	44	43	45	46	45	44	46	45	39	37	40	80	100	26	26	26
Horse LIPP	24	24	25	24	24	24	23	25	25	25	25	29	25	26	100	57	64
Human PLR1	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	26	26	26	27	26	57	100	52
Human PLR2	24	25	24	26	24	23	25	24	26	26	27	26	25	26	64	52	100

Numbers show the percentage of amino acid sequence identities. Numbers in bold show higher sequence identities for lipases from the same gene family.