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Table 3 Dipeptides encoded by the mRNA splice junctions in the various cichlid TAARs

From: Identification and characterization of cichlid TAAR genes and comparison with other teleost TAAR repertoires

 

FR

FK

FE

YR

LT

NL

O. niloticus

30

3

1

1

  

P. nyererei

11

4

    

H. burtoni

15

3

 

1

1

 

N. brichardi

5

2

 

1

 

1

M. zebra

14

1

 

1

  
  1. Of the 95 pairs of amino-acids encoded at the splice sites, 92 have a basic amino-acid encoded by the first codon of the second exon and 88 have a phenylalanine encoded by the last codon of the first exon. The one-letter amino-acids code is used.