]>Comparative Analysis of Fatty Acid Desaturases in Cyanobacterial Genomes : Table 3
Table 3: Conserved motifs of membrane desaturases in cyanobacteria. Note: X represents an unspecified amino acid. Δ 9-1: clade 1 of Δ9 homologous genes, Δ 9-2: clade 2 of Δ9 homologous genes, Δ 9-3: clade 3 of Δ9 homologous genes, Δ 9-4: clade 4 of Δ9 homologous genes, Δ 9-5: clade 5 of Δ9 homologous genes, Δ12a : clade 3 of Δ12 homologous genes, Δ12b: clade 1 of Δ12 homologous genes, Δ12c : clade 4 of Δ12 homologous genes, Δ 15: Δ 15 desaturase, Δ 6: Δ 6 desaturase.

NameH-box1H-box2H-box3

β-carotene ketolaseTGLFI X 2 HDXMHK(N)H X 2 HHCY(F)H(N)FGYHXEHH
β-carotene hydroxylaseGTVIHDAS(C)H X 2 AHRVHL(M)Q(E)HHXHVNGQNYHLI(V)HHLWPSI(V)PW
hydrocarbon oxygenaseHECXHRTAFAFY(F)RRYHXWHHRXTMWNMPF(Y)HXEHHL(F)
Δ 9-1GICLGYHRLLXHKSFW X 3 HRXHHA X 3 DYGEGWHNNHH X 2 P X 5 G X 2 WWE
Δ 9-2GXTLGXHR X 3 HRSFWXGXHRXHH X 2 SDGEGWHNNHH X 4 SARHGXXWWE
Δ 9-3TVLGVTLGLHRLXAHRSW X 2 LHRHHH X 2 SDQWVAXLSFGEGWHNNHHAXPXSARHGL
Δ 9-4CLGVTXGYHRLLXHR X 2 WXGLHRHHHXFSDTWVAALTFGEGWHNNHHAXPXSA
Δ 9-5G X 4 GXHRXFXH X 2 F W X 3 HRXHH X 3 DGESWHNNHHXF X 3 A X 2 G
Δ 12a FVXGHDCGHRSFWR X 2 H X 2 HH X 2 TNHXPHH X 4 IPXYNLR
Δ 12bWVXAHECGHXAFHW X 2 SH X 2 HH X 3 NH X 2 HH X 4 PHYXA
Δ 12c FSLMHDCGHXSLFWS X 2 HAXHH X 2 NGH X 2 HHLXERIPNYXL
Δ 15FWXLFVVGHDCGHXSFSHGWRISHRTHHXNTGNIHHXIGTHVAHHIF
Δ 6HD X 2 H X 3 SW X 3 H X 2 LHHXYTNIGGLNXQ(H) X 2 HHLFPXICH