Research Article

A Comparative Analysis of Synonymous Codon Usage Bias Pattern in Human Albumin Superfamily

Table 1

Genomic information of the reference sequences, grand average hydrophobicity score, ENCs, GC content, and of human albumin superfamily members.

Human albumin superfamily
Albumin (ALB)Afamin (AFM)Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)Vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP)

GenBank accession numberNM_000477.5NM_001133.2NM_001134.1NM_000583.3
Gene length (bp)2264199720322024
Grand average of hydrophobicity score (Gravy score)−0.354−0.248−0.388−0.336
GC content 42.9542.0239.2844.63
Effective number of codons (ENC)53.9151.6554.7856.62
38.0037.1037.3042.80