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. 2012 Mar 29;7(3):e34370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034370

Table 3. Statistical analysis of the functional abundance and diversity of the D-box and the KEN-box proteins in H. sapiens.

Description of GO term D- or KEN-box Proteome E-ratioc p-value
Num.a Per.b Num. Per.
The top 15 most enriched biological processes in D-box proteins
Regulation of small GTPase mediated signal transduction (GO:0051056) 70 2.02% 169 0.92% 2.18 1.19E-11
Protein phosphorylation (GO:0006468) 116 3.34% 371 2.03% 1.65 7.27E-09
Regulation of Rho protein signal transduction (GO:0035023) 35 1.01% 72 0.39% 2.56 1.20E-08
Microtubule-based movement (GO:0007018) 39 1.12% 93 0.51% 2.21 2.74E-07
Axon guidance (GO:0007411) 93 2.68% 303 1.66% 1.62 5.54E-07
Intracellular signal transduction (GO:0035556) 82 2.36% 269 1.47% 1.61 3.40E-06
G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000086) 41 1.18% 110 0.60% 1.96 5.28E-06
Mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000278) 90 2.59% 306 1.67% 1.55 5.95E-06
Intracellular protein kinase cascade (GO:0007243) 35 1.01% 89 0.49% 2.07 6.38E-06
Cell adhesion (GO:0007155) 141 4.06% 546 2.99% 1.36 4.11E-05
Positive regulation of Rho GTPase activity (GO:0032321) 13 0.37% 23 0.13% 2.98 6.84E-05
Peptidyl-serine phosphorylation (GO:0018105) 20 0.58% 45 0.25% 2.34 8.14E-05
Mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition (GO:0007091) 9 0.26% 13 0.07% 3.65 1.08E-04
Nerve growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048011) 63 1.82% 215 1.18% 1.54 1.56E-04
Regulation of glucose transport (GO:0010827) 15 0.43% 31 0.17% 2.55 1.98E-04
The top 15 most enriched biological processes in KEN-box proteins
Cell cycle (GO:0007049) 71 5.56% 416 2.28% 2.44 1.64E-12
Cell division (GO:0051301) 50 3.92% 267 1.46% 2.68 1.20E-10
Mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000278) 54 4.23% 306 1.67% 2.53 2.21E-10
M phase of mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000087) 26 2.04% 93 0.51% 4.00 5.69E-10
Microtubule-based movement (GO:0007018) 24 1.88% 93 0.51% 3.70 1.48E-08
Flavonoid metabolic process (GO:0009812) 8 0.63% 11 0.06% 10.41 7.55E-08
Mitosis (GO:0007067) 33 2.59% 181 0.99% 2.61 3.22E-07
Golgi to plasma membrane protein transport (GO:0043001) 6 0.47% 7 0.04% 12.27 7.55E-07
Flavone metabolic process (GO:0051552) 5 0.39% 5 0.03% 14.32 1.65E-06
Sulfation (GO:0051923) 6 0.47% 8 0.04% 10.74 2.84E-06
Mitotic prometaphase (GO:0000236) 19 1.49% 85 0.47% 3.20 4.81E-06
Cell adhesion (GO:0007155) 64 5.02% 546 2.99% 1.68 3.08E-05
G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle (GO:0000086) 20 1.57% 110 0.60% 2.60 6.78E-05
Axon guidance (GO:0007411) 40 3.13% 303 1.66% 1.89 7.58E-05
Protein targeting to lysosome (GO:0006622) 5 0.39% 8 0.04% 8.95 7.72E-05

The top15 most over-represented biological processes are shown.

a

the number of proteins annotated;

b

the proportion of proteins annotated;

c

E-ratio, enrichment ratio, the D-box or KEN-box proportion divided by the human proteome proportion.