Table 1. Comparison of the Amino Acid Occurrence between the Toc159 C Termini and the Transit Peptides of Chloroplast Preproteins.
Amino Acid Occurrence (%) |
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Peptide(s) | Species | Region | Residues | D-E | S-T | Calculated pI | Reference |
Bs Toc159-1 | B. sinuspersici | C terminus | 69 | 1.4 | 20.3 | 10.21 | This study |
Other Toc159 (n = 32) | Multiple | C terminus | 60–77 | 4.0 | 15.4 | 10.63 | This study |
Transit peptides (n = 1028) | Arabidopsis, Oryza | N terminus | 12 | 2.4 | 26.6 | N.D. | Patron and Waller (2007) |
N.D., not determined.