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. 2001 Aug;12(8):2482–2496. doi: 10.1091/mbc.12.8.2482

Table 2.

Comparison of C-terminal sequences of cytochrome b(5) from different organisms

Organism Sequencea Net chargeb
Mammals, ER isoform
 Bovine HLYTSEN −1
 Pig HFYTSEN −1
 Horse RIYTAED −2
 Rabbit RLYMADD −2
 Rat RLYMAED −2
 Mouse RLYMAED −2
 Human RLYMAED −2
Mammals, MOM isoform
 Rat RHFWADSKSS +1
 Mouse RHFWADSKSS +1
 Human RYYTSESKSS 0
Other animals
 Chick RSYYMSE −1
 Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) KFFFGGAKQ +1
 House fly KFFFGTKSQ +1
Caenorhabditis elegans KCMFN 0
Polyandrocarpa misakiensis RYYISN 0
Ciona savignyi RFYMSS 0
Plants
 Common olive RHYTKEK +2
Brassica oleracea RQYTKKE +1
 Southern Asian dodder (Cuscuta reflexa) RFYKKQSSD +1
Borago officinalis RFYTKSSA +1
Oryza sativa RIYTKSESA 0
 Common tobacco RFYTKQSSA +1
 Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) RKT +1
Fungi
 Baker's yeast E −2
 Fission yeast KLNK +1
a

 C-terminal residues, starting from the first charged residue downstream to the hydrophobic region, are shown. 

b

 For simplicity, H residues are considered to be 100% charged, with a consequent overestimation of their contribution to net positivity.