Table 1. Similarity and identity scores based on the deduced peptides of all currently known hybrid striped bass piscidins, Larimichthys crocea hepcidin (Lc Hepcidin; GenBank assession EU443735), and Monopterus albus hepcidin (Ma Hepcidin; GenBank assession GU997139).
| Similarity Scores (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lc Hep | Ma Hep | WB P1 | WB P5 | WB P4 | WB P6 | SB P1 | SB P4 | SB P6 | SB P7 | P3 | |
| Lc Hepcidin | 100 | 47.8 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 7.0 |
| Ma Hepcidin | 62.2 | 100 | 7.8 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 12.2 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 4.4 |
| WB Piscidin 1 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 100 | 25.3 | 29.1 | 25.3 | 94.9 | 27.8 | 25.3 | 27.7 | 58.2 |
| WB Piscidin 5 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 40.5 | 100 | 69.4 | 42.7 | 26.6 | 70.8 | 41.5 | 37.8 | 27.6 |
| WB Piscidin 4 | 24.4 | 27.8 | 48.1 | 77.8 | 100 | 43.9 | 30.4 | 91.4 | 42.7 | 40.2 | 28.0 |
| WB Piscidin 6 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 42.2 | 48.8 | 48.8 | 100 | 26.5 | 42.7 | 98.8 | 82.9 | 22.0 |
| SB Piscidin 1 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 98.7 | 41.8 | 49.4 | 44.6 | 100 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 28.9 | 60.8 |
| SB Piscidin 4 | 24.4 | 27.8 | 45.6 | 76.4 | 95.7 | 50.0 | 46.8 | 100 | 41.5 | 40.2 | 29.3 |
| SB Piscidin 6 | 22.7 | 20.7 | 42.2 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 98.8 | 44.6 | 48.8 | 100 | 81.7 | 22.0 |
| SB Piscidin 7 | 20.5 | 23.9 | 43.4 | 45.1 | 48.8 | 90.2 | 45.8 | 50.0 | 89.0 | 100 | 23.2 |
| Piscidin 3 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 70.9 | 39.5 | 42.7 | 42.7 | 72.2 | 41.3 | 42.7 | 43.9 | 100 |
| Identity Scores (%) | |||||||||||
SB indicates striped bass and WB indicates white bass. The translated peptide sequence for both striped bass and white bass piscidin 3 are the same.