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Table 1 Comparison of the positions of mitochondrial (mt) tRNA genes corresponding to hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids based on human mt-genome data

From: Transfer RNA gene arrangement and codon usage in vertebrate mitochondrial genomes: a new insight into gene order conservation

Hydrophobic group

Hydrophilic group

tRNA

Stranda

Distanceb

tRNA

Stranda

Distanceb

Phe

H

1

Glu

L

1282

Pro

L

1

Asp

H

6941

Val

H

1026

Lys

H

7718

Leu (UUR)

H

2653

Ser (UCN)

L

8508

Ile

H

3686

Arg

H

9828

Met

H

3825

Tyr

L

10133

Trp

H

4935

Cys

L

10198

Gly

H

9414

Asn

L

10295

Ala

L

10369

His

H

11561

Leu (CUN)

H

11689

Gln

L

11624

   

Ser (AGY)

H

11630

   

Thr

H

15311

  1. a The mtDNA strand on which the tRNA gene occurs: H, heavy strand; L, light strand.
  2. b Base-pair distance between the 3'-end of control region and the 5'-end of each tRNA gene.