Table 2.

Comparison between amino acid sequence of HERV-K-MEL and proteins from different viruses[38]

HERV-K-Mel	M	L	A	V	_	I	S	C	A	V
BCG	L	*	*	*	DV	V	P	I	*	*
Vaccinia virus	S	*	*	*	V	*	A	*	*
Yellow fever virus	S	*	*	*	_	_	*	S	*	*

A = Alanine; L: Leucine; V = Valine; I = Isoleucine; S = Serine; M = Methionine; C = Cisteine; P=Proline; D=Aspartic Acid; G= Glycine; * = Identical amino acids; _ = Missing amino acid.