TABLE 1.
WC and non-WC base pairs in tRNA acceptor stems
| Acceptor stem base pairs (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–72 to 7–66 | 1–72 to 3–70 | ||||||||
| Organism | # of tRNAs | WC | Non-WC | G-U U-G | mm | WC | Non-WC | G-U U-G | mm |
| Bold type indicates organisms with confirmed/predicted editing and highlights the percentage of WC base-pairing in their mitochondrial tRNA acceptor stems. (WC) Watson–Crick; (mm) mismatch. GenBank accession numbers for mitochondrial data: S. pombe, NC001326; A. macrogynus, NC001715; R. brooksianum, NC0030503; N. gruberi, NC002573; D. discoideum, AB000109; A. castellanii, U12386; S. punctatus, NC003052; Monoblepharella15, AY1820007; Harpochytrium94, AY182005; Harpochytrium105, AY1820006, H. curvatum, NC003048. | |||||||||
| aData from the analysis of Marck and Grosjean (2002). | |||||||||
| Eukaryaa | 2025 | 89.5 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Archaeaa | 581 | 97.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Eubacteriaa | 1598 | 94.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 94.0 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| S. pombe | 25 | 89.1 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 88.0 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 |
| A. macrogynus | 25 | 91.4 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 88.0 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 |
| R. brooksianum | 7 | 93.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 90.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| N. gruberi | 21 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 76.2 | 23.8 | 4.8 | 19.0 |
| D. discoideum | 18 | 78.6 | 21.4 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 63.0 | 37.0 | 13.0 | 24.1 |
| A. castellanii | 15 | 76.2 | 23.8 | 3.8 | 20.0 | 48.9 | 51.1 | 4.4 | 46.7 |
| S. punctatus | 8 | 67.9 | 32.1 | 3.6 | 28.6 | 29.2 | 70.8 | 4.2 | 66.7 |
| Monoblepharella15 | 9 | 74.6 | 25.4 | 9.5 | 15.9 | 40.7 | 59.3 | 22.2 | 37.0 |
| Harpochytrium94 | 8 | 76.8 | 23.2 | 1.8 | 21.4 | 45.8 | 54.2 | 4.2 | 50.0 |
| Harpochytrium105 | 8 | 71.4 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 26.8 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 4.2 | 62.5 |
| H. curvatum | 7 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 76.2 | 23.8 | 9.5 | 14.3 |
