Table 1 Sequence and structural features of the RPR molecules analyzed (*)
From: The ancient history of the structure of ribonuclease P and the early origins of Archaea
Sequence characteristics | Archaea | Bacteria | Eukarya | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of molecules | 30 | 77 | 26 | 133 |
Nucleotide sequence length | 229-475 | 315-485 | 273-383 | 233-486 |
No. of aligned positions | 887 (129) | 1040 (129) | 404 (129) | 692 (129) |
No. of aligned positions constant | 462 (60) | 279 (24) | 18 (45) | 40 (9) |
No. of aligned positions parsimony-informative | 308 (54) | 578 (98) | 358 (65) | 616 (110) |
No. of aligned positions autapomorphic | 117 (15) | 183 (7) | 28 (19) | 36 (10) |
Maximum pairwise sequence divergence (%) | 62.2 | 63.1 | 75.6 | 80.8 |