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. 2011 Oct 17;6(10):e25851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025851

Figure 5. Multiple sequence alignment for acetyl-coA acyltransferase (ACAT) peptides identified via MS/MS analysis.

Figure 5

Despite high sequence identity (Expect values<1e-124), ACAT was not identified using Chlorophyta sequence databases as search models in MS/MS analysis. Notably, underlined peptides differed by just a single amino acid substitution between C. vulgaris and C. variabilis, preventing positive identification. Using the C. vulgaris transcriptome as a sequence search database yielded 7 peptide identifications at a confidence interval >95%.