Table 1.
Comparative Analysis of Hydrophilic Low-Complexity Segments in Different Lower Eukaryotes
| P. falciparum chr. 2 | P. falciparum chr. 3 | P. berghei | S. cerevisiae chr. II | D. discoideum | |
| Total proteins | 205 | 215 | 34 | 428 | 491 |
| Proteins containing I-c segments | 88.2% | 94.0% | n.d. | 52.8% | n.d. |
| Complex segments | 598 (47109 aa) | 690 (55558 aa) | 59 (10843 aa) | 685 (137082 aa) | 1056 (180577 aa) |
| I-c segments identified by SEG | 415 (98662 aa) | 491 (121017 aa) | 35 (6404 aa) | 379 (43454 aa) | 624 (89259 aa) |
| Hydrophilic I-c segments | 357 (92371 aa) | 449 (116367 aa) | 32 (6150 aa) | 300 (36128 aa) | 541 (80519 aa) |
| A+T content in coding regions | 75.7% | 76.8% | 68.9% | 60.4% | 67.6% |
| h I-c | compl | h I-c | compl | h I-c | compl | h I-c | compl | h I-c | compl | ||
| Percentual amino acid | A | 1.45 | 2.90 | 1.22 | 3.39 | 3.79 | 5.05 | 5.70 | 5.53 | 3.28 | 5.21 |
| Composition in hydrophilic | C | 1.35 | 2.60 | 1.53 | 2.55 | 0.70 | 2.80 | 0.40 | 1.54 | 0.96 | 1.85 |
| Low complexity (h I-c) and in | D | 6.77 | 5.74 | 7.35 | 5.57 | 6.28 | 5.76 | 6.37 | 5.74 | 4.81 | 5.66 |
| Complex (compl) segments | E | 8.07 | 6.56 | 7.14 | 6.26 | 9.80 | 6.90 | 7.53 | 6.07 | 6.74 | 6.07 |
| F | 3.70 | 5.14 | 3.84 | 5.73 | 2.62 | 4.37 | 2.51 | 4.83 | 2.37 | 4.84 | |
| G | 2.61 | 4.28 | 2.21 | 4.17 | 3.38 | 5.73 | 3.89 | 5.40 | 4.60 | 5.90 | |
| H | 2.40 | 2.61 | 2.52 | 2.74 | 1.23 | 1.86 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 1.71 | 2.22 | |
| K | 13.29 | 9.70 | 12.90 | 9.70 | 12.49 | 8.55 | 7.86 | 7.28 | 7.30 | 7.37 | |
| I | 9.07 | 8.40 | 9.32 | 9.61 | 9.90 | 8.25 | 4.96 | 6.89 | 6.49 | 7.55 | |
| L | 6.90 | 8.41 | 6.88 | 9.30 | 7.33 | 8.83 | 7.99 | 9.51 | 7.03 | 8.68 | |
| M | 2.06 | 2.67 | 2.11 | 2.70 | 1.19 | 2.09 | 1.50 | 2.20 | 0.91 | 2.22 | |
| N | 16.38 | 8.53 | 18.13 | 8.59 | 11.66 | 6.94 | 8.19 | 5.69 | 12.97 | 5.79 | |
| P | 1.57 | 2.96 | 1.56 | 3.00 | 3.06 | 3.64 | 5.08 | 4.30 | 5.18 | 4.18 | |
| Q | 2.65 | 3.12 | 2.54 | 3.14 | 3.40 | 2.74 | 5.57 | 3.71 | 7.98 | 4.09 | |
| R | 2.25 | 3.31 | 2.36 | 3.47 | 1.98 | 3.54 | 4.19 | 4.60 | 2.62 | 4.03 | |
| S | 6.27 | 6.67 | 6.18 | 6.57 | 8.03 | 9.79 | 12.96 | 8.00 | 12.04 | 7.48 | |
| T | 4.02 | 4.96 | 3.65 | 4.80 | 5.19 | 5.19 | 6.91 | 5.62 | 6.97 | 5.71 | |
| Y | 5.44 | 5.61 | 6.27 | 6.21 | 4.28 | 4.41 | 2.06 | 3.74 | 2.22 | 3.76 | |
| V | 3.53 | 5.04 | 3.28 | 5.12 | 3.45 | 5.85 | 4.10 | 5.86 | 3.54 | 6.21 | |
| W | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.22 | 0.96 | 0.26 | 0.93 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 1.12 |
