Table 1.
Table showing the % amino acid identity that AruRGP and regions of the AruRGP precursor share with RGP and regions of RGP precursors from A. amurensis, A. japonica and P. pectinifera. The values in parentheses are number of amino acids
| Species | % identity (number of amino acid residues) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RGP | RGP precursor | |||||
| Signal peptide | A chain | B chain | C peptide | Total | ||
| Asterias amurensis | 100 (45) | 96 (26) | 100 (25) | 100 (20) | 100 (38) | 99 (109) |
| Aphelasterias japonica | 87 (45) | 96 (26) | 84 (25) | 90 (20) | 43 (42) | 75 (113) |
| Patiria pectinifera | 65 (43) | 38 (29) | 58 (24) | 73 (19) | 23 (44) | 45 (116) |