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. 2011 Sep 23;11:266. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-266

Table 3.

Physical distances between residue pairs

Species Rubisco state PDB 3D-distance Coevolving sites distance Positively selected sites distance Positively selected site/active site distance

mean median st.dev. mean median p-value# Difference* mean median p-value# Difference* mean median p-value# Difference*
Nicotiana tabacum Activated 4RUB 31.38 29.66 14.34 28.14 26.66 6.7E-9
(1.8E-8)
3.24 33.76 31.97 0.057
(0.036)
2.38 28.50 26.23 0.144
(0.164)
2.88

Unactivated 1EJ7 31.44 29.86 14.24 27.5 25.6 5.6E-10
(6.9E-10)
3.94 33.01 32.40 0.146
(0.094)
1.57 27.97 25.28 0.099
(0.126)
3.47

Average minimum 28.76 27.13 13.58 25.27 22.77 1.8E-8
(6.1E-9)
3.50 31.55 30.27 0.025
(0.019)
2.78 26.18 24.02 0.156
(0.192)
2.59

Spinacia oleracea Activated 8RUC 31.48 29.77 14.37 28.21 26.56 1.1E-8
(1.3E-8)
3.27 34.15 32.08 0.038
(0.025)
2.62 28.74 26.38 0.156
(0.181)
2.74

Unactivated 1RCX 31.24 29.54 14.26 27.97 26.23 8.5E-9
(1.1E-8)
3.27 33.97 32.12 0.034
(0.022)
2.73 28.51 26.09 0.155
(0.180)
2.73

Average minimum 31.22 29.53 14.26 27.96 26.23 9.3E-9
(8.2E-9)
3.26 33.94 32.08 0.034
(0.023)
2.72 28.50 26.09 0.156
(0.180)
2.72

*The mean difference between the values of the 3D distance with the corresponding distance.

# p-values as calculated from one sample Z-test and, in parentheses, from the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Rank Test.