Table 5 Summary of GO categories that show significant conservation tendencies for both protein and promoter sequences.

Promoter conservation

High

F:receptor binding (221) *

P:regulation of transcription (602) *

P:cell-cell signaling (176) *

F:transcription factor activity (263) *

C:extracellular matrix (111) *

P:transcription (640) *

P:cell adhesion (242)

P:nervous system development (154) *

C:plasma membrane (608)

F:cytoskeletal protein binding (137) *

F:ion channel activity (98) *

C:actin cytoskeleton (85) *

P:protein amino acid phosphorylation (213) *

F:protein kinase activity (220) *

P:intracellular signaling cascade (431) *

Low

P:proteolysis (259) *

P:protein biosynthesis (283) *

F:peptidase activity (227) *

F:structural constituent of ribosome (130) *

P:immune response (270)

C:ribosome (114) *

P:response to biotic stimulus (318)

F:nuclease activity (60) *

C:peroxisome (49) *

P:electron transport (151) *

P:carboxylic acid metabolism (225)

P:lipid metabolism (260) *

C:lysosome (77) *

F:oxidoreductase activity (309) *

C:mitochondrion (398) *