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. 2017 Jan 6;15:7. doi: 10.1186/s12967-016-1103-6

Table 1.

Annotation and coverage of MERCI motifs extracted from anti-inflammatory epitopes

S. no. Motif Coverage
1. Hydrophobic hydrophobic tiny F charged 22
2. Hydrophobic L hydrophobic hydrophobic small polar hydrophobic polar polar 20
3. Hydrophobic I hydrophobic hydrophobic hydrophobic hydrophobic hydrophobic polar polar 18
4. Polar L aliphatic hydrophobic positive 17
5. Hydrophobic aliphatic hydrophobic aliphatic small polar hydrophobic polar polar 17
6. Hydrophobic hydrophobic small hydrophobic polar hydrophobic polar Q 17
7. L hydrophobic aliphatic small polar hydrophobic polar polar 16
8. Hydrophobic polar hydrophobic L polar hydrophobic hydrophobic polar tiny 16
9. Hydrophobic L polar polar small small hydrophobic hydrophobic 16
10. Hydrophobic aliphatic polar small hydrophobic charged polar polar hydrophobic 16
11. Hydrophobic hydrophobic hydrophobic tiny F charged 16
12. Hydrophobic hydrophobic tiny F charged hydrophobic 16
13. small aliphatic E N 16

For example “hydrophobic hydrophobic tiny F charged” motif is found in 22 unique anti-inflammatory epitopes