Table 2. Summary of mitochondrial targeting sequence predictions in different proteomes.
| Species | Number of genes encoding proteins with a predicted mitochondrial targeting sequence | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPSORTa | MitoProtb | TargetPb | ||
| H. sapiens | 3940 | 1886 | 387 | 4716 |
| M. musculus | 3052 | 1526 | 363 | 3679 |
| B. taurus | 2312 | 1235 | 267 | 2911 |
| R. norvegicus | 2617 | 1350 | 297 | 3220 |
| D. melanogaster | 1654 | 916 | 187 | 1990 |
| S. cerevisiae | 991 | 585 | 120 | 1182 |
| S. pombe | 684 | 389 | 81 | 822 |
| A. thaliana | 4871 | 2281 | 927 | 6323 |
| N. crassa | 1039 | 571 | 268 | 1161 |
| T. thermophila | 1678 | 827 | 36 | 2133 |
| G. lamblia | 909 | 282 | 60 | 1023 |
aWith a score of 1.0 (scoring is binary).
bWith a score equal to or greater than 0.9.