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Table 3 A comparison between amino-acid composition of the conserved residues in the TM-helices of 45 transporter Pfam-A families and that of the other 123 Pfam-A families

From: Genomic analysis of membrane protein families: abundance and conserved motifs

Amino acid

Conserved residues in TMs of transporter families (%)

Conserved residues in TMs of the other families (%)

Ratio

G

31.4

15.6

2.0

N

3.2

2.5

1.3

P

10.3

8.0

1.3

D

2.3

1.9

1.2

R

1.8

1.5

1.2

A

8.6

7.7

1.1

Q

2.3

2.1

1.1

T

3.9

4.0

1.0

W

3.6

3.8

0.9

E

1.9

2.1

0.9

S

4.4

5.4

0.8

F

7.5

9.6

0.8

K

0.9

1.2

0.8

Y

3.5

5.1

0.7

L

8.4

13.1

0.6

V

2.3

4.6

0.5

M

0.6

1.6

0.4

I

1.9

5.2

0.4

H

0.9

3.6

0.2

C

0.1

1.6

0.1

  1. Amino-acid composition sorted by ratio of composition in transporter families over that in the other families.