Long-Lived Termite Queens Exhibit High Cu/Zn-Superoxide Dismutase Activity

Table 1

Predicted location and signal cleavage site of putative SOD proteins.

Gene sequence (database number)	Localization (reliability class)^a	Signal cleavage
Homo sapiens (SOD1: NP 000445)	– (2)	None
Mus musculus (SOD1: NP 035564)	– (2)	None
Caenorhabditis elegans (SOD1: NP 001021956)	– (4)	None
Caenorhabditis elegans (SOD5: NP 494779)	– (2)	None
Drosophila melanogaster (SOD1: NP 476735)	– (2)	None
Zootermopsis nevadensis (SOD1: KDR12362)	– (2)	None
Reticulitermes speratus (RsSOD1: FX985484)	– (3)	None
Homo sapiens (SOD3: NP 003093)	Secreted (2)	1–18
Mus musculus (SOD3: NP 035565)	Secreted (2)	1–20
Caenorhabditis elegans (SOD4: NP 001255003)	Secreted (1)	1–17
Drosophila melanogaster (SOD3: NP 725046)	Secreted (1)	1–18
Zootermopsis nevadensis (SOD3: KDR22972)	Secreted (1)	1–18
Reticulitermes speratus (RsSOD3A: FX985481)	Secreted (1)	1–18
Reticulitermes speratus (RsSOD3B: FX985482)	Secreted (1)	1–20
Homo sapiens (SOD2: NP 001019636)	Mitochondrial (3)	1–24
Mus musculus (SOD2: NP 038699)	Mitochondrial (3)	1–24
Caenorhabditis elegans (SOD2: NP 492290)	Mitochondrial (4)	1–24
Caenorhabditis elegans (SOD3: NP 510764)	Mitochondrial (3)	1–24
Drosophila melanogaster (SOD2: NP 476925)	Mitochondrial (5)	1–17
Zootermopsis nevadensis (SOD2: KDR21306)	Mitochondrial (2)	1–80
Reticulitermes speratus (RsSOD2: FX985483)	Mitochondrial (3)	1–79

^aTargetP classifies proteins as “secreted,” “mitochondrial,” or “other” (represented by “–” in the table). The reliability class (RC) ranges from 1 to 5, where a smaller number indicates a stronger prediction. RC is a measure of the difference (d) between the highest and the second highest output scores. There are 5 RCs, defined as follows: (1) d > 0.800, (2) 0.800 > d > 0.600, (3) 0.600 > d > 0.400, (4) 0.400 > d > 0.200, and (5) 0.200 > d.