Table 1

Consensus sequences of the eight canonical LRR classes [4,5].

Classes
HCS
VS

Typical type (T)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxLxxxxLxxLxx
Bacterial type (S)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxLPx(x)LPxx
Ribonuclease inhibitor-like type (RI)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxxxxxxLxxxLxxxxx
SDS22-like type (SDS22)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxLxxLxxLxx
Cysteine-containing type (CC)
LxxLxLxxCxxL
TDxxxxxLxxxCxx
Plant-specific type (PS)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxxLPxxLGxLxx
Treponema pallidum type (Tp)
LxxLxLPxxLxx
LxxxAFxxCxx
CD42b type (CD42b)
LxxLxLxxNxL
xxLPxxxxxxxxx

L: Leu, Ile, Val, Phe; N: Asn, Thr, Ser, Cys; P: Pro; T: Thr; D: Asp; G: Gly; A: Ala; F: Phe; C: Cys; x: random residues.

Wei et al. BMC Structural Biology 2008 8:47   doi:10.1186/1472-6807-8-47