Research Article

Divergence of AMP Deaminase in the Ice Worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae)

Table 1

Comparison of sequence similarity, GC content and species-specific amino acid substitutions among AMPD homologues. Nucleotide and amino acid (aa) percentages were calculated by BLAST [19] comparisons of each homologue sequence to its respective ice worm counterpart.

HomologuesM. solifugusM. solifugusM. solifugusM. solifugusGC (%)Specific/nonconservative amino acid substitutions
AMP-deaminaseSimilarity (%) sequence nucleotideSimilarity (%) sequence aa identical/aa similarSimilarity (%) to C-domain aa identical/aa similarSimilarity (%) to N-domain aa identical/aa similar

A. thaliana5758/7560/767/1242.694/51
H. sapiens5957/7757/7613/1945.089148
D. melanogaster6772/8673/8714/2153.525/11
C. elegans6266/8166/8216/1943.941/16
M. solifugus48.326/16
E. albidus6571/854550/0
L. variegatus6974/8646.83/0