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Table 1 The potential functional effect of main amino acid substitutions at HPSs (x—indicate positive selection by the selection test)

From: Purifying selection leads to low protein diversity of the mitochondrial cyt b gene in avian malaria parasites

Site

Ancestral amino acid

Alternative amino acid

Domain

PAML

DATAMONKEY

Provean

DYNAMUT

 

SLAC

FEL

MEME

FUBAR

Score

Prediction (cutoff = -2.5)

ΔΔG(kcal/mol)

Action

35

Ile

Leu

Trans

-

-

-

x

-

-0.913

Neutral

0.372

Stabilizing

Ile

Val

Trans

-0.370

Neutral

-0.371

Destabilizing

97

Thr

Ile

Trans

-

-

-

-

-

2.683

Neutral

1.045

Stabilizing

147

Val

Ile

Trans

-

-

-

-

-

0.396

Neutral

0.677

Stabilizing

153

Ala

Ser

Trans

-

-

-

-

-

-0.776

Neutral

-1.088

Destabilizing