Table 2

Distribution of protein sequences containing the EPIYA motif

Number of motif repeats in one protein

Number of protein sequences

Observed Frequency

Expected Frequency

29

1

1.09E-07

3.44E-57

14

2

2.17E-07

5.52E-28

13

2

2.17E-07

4.88E-26

12

1

1.09E-07

4.32E-24

10

1

1.09E-07

3.39E-20

9

3

3.26E-07

3.00E-18

8

6

6.51E-07

2.65E-16

7

10

1.09E-06

2.35E-14

6

32

3.47E-06

2.08E-12

5

55

5.97E-06

1.84E-10

4

173

1.88E-05

1.63E-08

3

916

9.94E-05

1.44E-06

2

1913

2.08E-04

1.28E-04

1

104116

1.13E-02

1.13E-02

Expected frequency is the expected probability if the combination of the motif in a protein sequence is random.

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