Table 5: Comparison between the amino acid sequences of the studied Erythrina sp. lectins with the known N-terminals. The score and the identities of each lectin were calculated using BLASTP 2.6.0+ online software from [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] against the N-terminal sequence of ECorL [26].

Source N-terminal Sequence Score
[bits]
Identities Seq. Ref.
%
ECafL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 51.1 15/15 100 [58]
ECL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 51.1 15/15 100 [53]
ECorL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N-D-N-L-T-L-Q-G-D-S-L-P- - - [26]
ECosL A-E-T-M-S-F-S-F- 21.8 6/7 85 [22]
EFL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 51.1 15/15 100 [58]
EFucL V-E-T-I-S-F-N-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N-N-D-L-T-L-Q-G-A-A-L-I- 66.8 20/25 80 [81]
EGL A-E-T-M-S-F-S-F-S-Q-F-Q-P-G-N-N-D-L-T-L-Q-G-V- 54.9 16/21 76 [81]
EHL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 51.1 15/15 100 [58]
EILL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-A-G-N-D-X-L-T-Q-E-G-A-A- 56.6 18/22 82 [20]
EISL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-A-G-N-D-X-L-T-Q-E-G-A-A- 56.6 18/22 82 [20]
ELatL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S- 31.2 9/9 100 [58]
ELysL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 51.1 15/15 100 [58]
EPL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-K-F-E-A-G- 38.4 12/15 85 [58]
ESpecL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E- 41.8 12/12 100 [25]
ESL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S- 31.2 9/9 100 [58]
EVL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-A-G-N-D-X-L-T-L-Q-G-A-A-L-I- 66.4 21/25 84 [36]
EVesL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-A-G-N-D-S-L-T-L-Q-G-A-S-L-P- 72.7 23/26 88 [39]
EZL V-E-T-I-S-F-S-F-S-E-F-E-P-G-N- 46.9 14/15 93 [58]