Figure 4

Graphic alignment of twenty full-length variants of the nuclear protein DVNP from O. marina (OML) with 13 DVNP sequences from Hematodinium sp . The alignment shows strong sequence and structural conservation, although not at the level observed in typical eukaryotic histones. A schematic representation of the predicted structural features based on the consensus sequence is shown at the top. The pattern of a long alpha helix followed by a ‘helix-turn-helix’ terminal motif is generally conserved among all the variants.