Table 3.
Most frequently cleaved codons and their occurrence in bacterial genomesa
| Toxin (bacterial species) | Most frequently cleaved codons and their occurrence (0/00) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| RelEK-12 (E. coli K-12) | CUG (53.8) | GCG (34.3) | CAG (29.2) | 117.3 |
| RelEO157 (E. coli O157:H7) | CUG (51.4) | CAG (29.5) | AUG (24.7) | 105.6 |
| RelERpa (R. palustris) | CCG (37.6) | CAG (26.5) | AAA (7.3) | 71.4 |
| RelENsp (Nostoc sp.) | GAA (46.5) | AAA (34.5) | GCA (22.6) | 103.6 |
| RelESme (S. meliloti) | AUG (22.2) | CAG (24.9) | AAA (6.7) | 53.8 |
| RelETde (T. denticola) | AAA (60.6) | AAG (25.6) | CCA (2.7) | 89.2 |
a
The 3 most frequently cleaved codons were determined in the lpp and ompA transcripts (Table 2). The occurrence of these codons is indicated in frequency per 1,000 codons (0/00). The last column indicates the sum of the prevalence of the 3 most cleaved codons.