Figure 4.
Complete amino acid sequence of allurin and its alignment with mammalian TPX-1 and AEG sequences. Amino acid identity or conservative substitution at each position is shown in bold letters. Boxes enclose regions of high homology (>70%). Arrows point to positions of conserved cysteines. Regions of the allurin sequence that have been determined by chemical means (Edman degradation) are underlined, whereas those determined by molecular cloning are not. Only partial sequences for TPX-1 and AEG are shown. Sequence alignment was carried out by using CLUSTAL W for GenBank or EMBL/SwissProt accession nos. (top to bottom, respectively): ALLURIN; AAA40472.1/P16563; AAD48090.1/Q9R1L4; AAA61220.1/P16562; AAA37185.1/Q03401; AAB59716.1/P12020; and CAA64524.1/P54107.
