Table 4. AG% content in mRNAs of species from the three domains of life.
| All mRNAs
|
Ribosomal proteins
|
HSPs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG% | Total ORFs | AG% | ORFs | AG% | ORFs | |
| Prokaryotes | ||||||
| Thermophiles | 55.981 | 29,187 | 61.84 | 849 | 58.64 | 47 |
| Mesophiles | 52.099 | 129,134 | 54.82 | 2,218 | 54.01 | 314 |
| Eukaryotes | ||||||
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 52.672 | 6,407 | 54.252 | 197 | 53.163 | 32 |
| Plasmodium falciparum | 58.273 | 5,408 | 59.963 | 91 | 59.080 | 18 |
| Drosophila melanogaster | 51.636 | 31,622 | 51.772 | 41 | 52.833 | 21 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | 52.600 | 28,580 | 54.808 | 358 | 56.441 | 80 |
| Oryza sativa | 52.396 | 43,129 | 53.298 | 262 | 53.919 | 51 |
For a putative mechanism for the very high AG% in P. falciparum, see ref. 7.