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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020 Jan 20;11(3):101377. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101377

Table 5.

Signal peptide sequences for possible transmission-associated orthologous proteins compared to B. hermsii DAH.

Species Amino acid sequence % Identical % Similar
B. anserina MNKNALSAILMTLFLFISCa
B. hermsii MKKNTLSAILMTLFLFISC
Identity M-KN-LSAILMTLFLFISC 89.5 94.7
B. turicatae MKRITLSALLMTLFLLMSC
B. hermsii MKKNTLSAILMTLFLFISC
Identity MK——TLSA-LMTLFL--SC 73.7 89.5
B. coriaceae MKKNTLSAILFMTLFFLVSC
B. hermsii MKKNTLSAIL-MTLFLFISC
Identity MKKNTLSAIL-MTLF---SC 80.0 85.0
B. miyamotoi MSKRKTLSAIIMTLFLGLVSC
B. hermsii MKKN-TLSAILMTLFLFI-SC
Identity M-K--TLSAI MTLFL---SC 66.7 81.0
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The lipoprotein signal peptidase cleavage site lies between serine (S) and cysteine (C) identified in bold text.