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. 2022 Aug 2;11(8):1041. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11081041

Table 3.

Hydrophobicity of the tape measure proteins from 12 Siphoviridae bacteriophages. Bold numbers indicate proteins with more than 50% hydrophobic amino acid composition, which may be insoluble or partially soluble in aqueous solutions. AAs: amino acids.

Tape Measure Protein of Bacteriophage
(Number of Amino Acids)
Acidic Amino Acids (%) Basic Amino Acids (%) Neutral Amino Acids (%) Hydrophobic Amino Acids (%) Accession Number
Cutibacterium acnes phage 2012-15
(921)
3.58 8.9 31.81 55.7 YP_009151455.1
Escherichia coli phage Lambda
(853)
11.84 13.25 35.05 39.86 NP_040595.1
Escherichia coli phage T5
(1226)
12.23 11.83 36.62 39.31 VUF55695.1
Bacillus phage SPP1
(1032)
4.94 12.79 31.88 50.39 Q0PDK7.1
Lactococcus phage c2
(624)
8.97 12.34 41.51 37.18 ASZ70817.1
Lactococcus phage P2
(999)
7.21 7.71 39.74 45.35 D3WAD2.1
Lactococcus phage 1358
(690 AAs)
7.39 8.84 35.65 48.12 YP_009140403.1
Lactococcus phage TP901-1
(937 AAs)
8.75 9.71 34.79 46.74 AAG32164.1
Lactococcus phage Tuc2009
(1025 AAs)
8.68 9.56 34.93 46.83 NP_108725.1
Listeria phage PSA
(1026 AAs)
13.16 11.4 30.31 45.13 NP_510993.1
Streptococcus phage STP1
(1656 AAs)
11.11 15.22 35.14 38.53 ATI20023.1
Staphylococcus phage 80α
(1154 AAs)
5.89 10.23 34.06 49.83 ABF71627.1