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Table 2 Codon-amino acid co-location in 7 REs: The proportion of the involved codon residues

From: Frequent occurrence of recognition Site-like sequences in the restriction endonucleases

ABC%

C-ABC%

AB%

C-AB%

BC%

C-BC%

41.5 +/- 3.6

20.5 +/- 3.1

2.2 +/- 0.4

5 +/- 0.4

18.2 +/- 2.8

18.7 +/- 3.1

p < 0.001

NS

NS

  1. A (1st), B (2nd), C (3rd)-residues in the codon-like sequences of the RSs. C-: nucleic acids in the codon-like sequences of the control (shuffled) RSs. Mean +/- S.E.M., n = 7 (i.e. 7 groups corresponding to the 7 RE). NS: not significant.