Table 4

Conserved motifs in PIG-A proteins after aligning the eukarya and archaea sequences.

MOTIF #
MOTIF SEQUENCE

CM1ar
D-[FTW]-[FHY]-[YFCP]-[PS]-X-X-[GD]-G-[VI]
CM2ar
G-[HNLFY]-X-[VI]-[VISMH]-[ITV]-[VIMF]-[TS]-[HRVN]-X-[YNLG]
CM3ar
[VIK]-[YVI]-X-X-[PK]
CM4ar
[RESFD]-[EHLNG]-[VIPYF]-X-[IV]-[IV]-[HN]-X-H
CM5ar
[AGS]-[KRNGS]-X-[MVLI]-G-X-[KPQRS]-X-X-X-T-[DENF]-H-[ST]-[LMID]-[FAYV]
CM6ar
[IL]-[CASF]-[VL]-[SY]-X-X-[KREA]-[EDMK]-[NKVD]-[TMLS]-X-X-[RGAM]
CM7ar
[NDE]
CM8ar
[VAIL]-X-X-X-R-[LMI]-[VYFT]-X-[RNDK]-K-G-X-[DHYQ]-[LVNR]
CM9ar
[IVM]-[GAIV]-G-X-G-[PE]
CM10ar
[IVL]-[FYGT]-X-X-X-S-[LYIS]-X-[ED]-[ASGT]-[FY]-[CGS]-X-X-[ILAV]-[VILF]-E-[AS]-[ALMI]-[SQA]-[CESK]-[GNAE]
CM11ar
[VIM]-[STAV]-[TSM]-X-[VQDNH]-[GFS]-[GP]-[IVTL]-X-[EDS]-[VNI]
CM12ar
Y-X-[WPL]-X-X-[VIH]-X-X-X-X-X-X-[VIS]-[YH]

Oswal et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:168   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-168