TABLE 1.

Peptide sequences of melanin-binding phage and reactivity by ELISA

Phagea	Sequenceb	Reactivity (OD405)
Motif	++**Hc
φ4A4	L H K L V R H G R W	1.94
φ4B4	Y E R K F W H G R H	1.67
φ4A3	Y L R R H T H V F W	1.65
φ4B1	K K H S H Y W V R Y	1.63
φ4A1	E F G T R H M R H R	1.47
φ4B3	Y R H H A H G G R G	1.24
φ4A5	R K K W H G W T R W	1.18
φ4A6	P K W R H G Y T R F	1.12
φ4A2	R H G T V K H A R H	0.94
φ4B5	R R H W H P P V Q I	0.90
φ4B7	E A Y K R R W H W P	0.86
φ4A7 (2 clones)	R W P K R H L S G H	0.73
φ4B6	S R V P F R H Y H H	0.62
φ4B2	R R P E H T K A R W	0.44
φ3B2	W R A F L P R W H A	0.22
φ3B3	W N R G W R W W M G	0.18
φ3B1	G F F W K W R I G R	0.16
φ3A1	H I R W K G H I S W	0.09

^aThe first number in the phage nomenclature represents the round of biopanning, the letter indicates the biopan repetition number, and the last number indicates a unique clone within the biopan. 

^bUnderlining indicates positive and aromatic residues or positive H pairs in either the 3′→5′ or 5′→3′ direction. Boldface indicates amino acids in the motif. 

^cThe motif ++**H is composed of two positive amino acids (+) followed by either positive or aromatic residues (*) and an H.