Figure 3.
Evolutionary conservation of each amino acid site in the Lyosin protein. (A) Amino acid sequences encoded in exon L were aligned. The conservation index was calculated by summing of the squares of the amino acid rates at each site. Sites with gaps were excluded. Plots were obtained along a sliding window of five sites for the conservation index. The dN/dS values were analyzed by the likelihood ratio test; (***) P < 0.001. (B) An alignment of the RRM domains of Lyosin. The top part of the alignment shows the structure of the RRM domain (see Fig. 1E).
