Trends of amino acid usage in the proteins from the human genome.
Correspondence analysis of amino acid usage was applied to 14,815 complete proteins from the human genome. We found that three major factors influence the variability of amino acidic composition of these proteins, explaining, respectively 20.4%, 14.7%, and 9.9% of the total variability. The first trend is strongly correlated with the GC content of first and second codon positions and is also significantly correlated with the GC level of the corresponding flanking regions and introns. Therefore, the main force shaping amino acid usage among human proteins are the compositional constraints determined by the isochore in which each gene is embedded. The second trend correlates with the hydropathy of each protein and with the frequency of beta-strands. Finally, the third trend is strongly associated with the usage of Cys and the frequency of alpha-helices.
Laboratorio de Organización y Evolución del Genoma, Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay.
Víctor
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Sabbía
Rosina
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Piovani
Hugo
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Naya
Helena
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Rodríguez-Maseda
Héctor
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Romero
Héctor
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Musto
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D005091:Exons; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein
D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins