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. 2014 Oct 8;9(10):e108902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108902

Table 1. Repeating amino acid motifs appearing in fp-1 of various mussel species (family Mytilidae), including several species of the genus Mytilus.

Species Amino acid repeat sequence Reference
Mytilus edulis A K P S Y P P T Y K [19]
M. galloprovincialis A K P S Y P P T Y K [58]
Perna perna * K P S Y P P T [57]
M. californianus P K I S Y P P T Y K [65]
M. coruscus P K I/P S/T Y P P T/S Y K [59]
Choromytilus chorus A K P S Y P T G Y K P P V K [56]
P. viridis A T P K P W T A W K [66]
A P P P A W T A W K
P. canaliculus P Y V K [60]
Aulacomya ater A G Y G G V K [56]
Trichomya hirsuta S Y Y P K [60]
Modiolus modiolus S S Y Y P K [60]

*Perna perna fp-1 is an incomplete sequence and is only assumed to be a repeating motif. Underlined residues have been reported to be post-translationally modified.