Table 1. The percentage similarity between the deduced amino acid sequence Na+:K+:2Cl- cotransporter 1b (Nkcc1b) from the brain of Monopterus albus and Nkcc/NKCC sequences of other animal species obtained from GenBank (accession numbers in brackets).
| Classification | Species | Similarity |
|---|---|---|
| Teleosts | Oreochromis mossambicus Nkcc1b (AAR97732.1) | 90.6% |
| Anguilla anguilla Nkcc1b (CAD31112.1) | 71.4% | |
| Salmo salar Nkcc1a (NP_001117155.1) | 71.1% | |
| Anguilla anguilla Nkcc1a (CAD31111.1) | 71.0% | |
| Sarotherodon melanotheron Nkcc1 (ACY05529.1) | 70.9% | |
| Oreochromis mossambicus Nkcc1a (AAR97731.1) | 70.8% | |
| Dicentrarchus labrax Nkcc1 (ABB84251.1) | 70.7% | |
| Anabas testudineus Nkcc1a (AFK29496.1) | 69.2% | |
| Danio rerio Nkcc1 (NP_001157126.1) | 69.0% | |
| Oreochromis mossambicus Nkcc2 (AAR97733.1) | 53.0% | |
| Takifugu obscurus Nkcc2 (BAH20440.1) | 51.2% | |
| Elasmobranch | Squalus acanthias Nkcc1 (AAB60617.1) | 62.1% |
| Amphibians | Xenopus laevis NKCC1 (ABN05233.1) | 63.9% |
| Mammals | Rattus norvegicus NKCC1 (NP_113986.1) | 62.3% |
| Bos taurus NKCC1 (NP_777207.1) | 62.8% | |
| Mus musculus NKCC1 (NP_033220.2) | 62.6% | |
| Homo sapiens NKCC1 (P55011.1) | 62.3% | |
| Rattus norvegicus NKCC2 (NP_001257547.1) | 57.4% | |
| Homo sapiens NKCC2 (NP_000329.2) | 57.4% | |
| Mus musculus NKCC2 (CAM17720.1) | 57.0% |
Sequences are arranged in a descending order of similarity.