Amino acid alignments of shrimp Ago1 isoforms and Ago homologs from other species.

Abstract

<p>The conserved PAZ and PIWI domains were boxed. Amino acid differences between shrimp Ago1 isoforms were highlighted with asterisks. <i>Homo sapiens</i>, Hs Ago1 (GenBank accession no. NP_036331.1); <i>Mus musculus</i>, Mm Ago1 (AAI29916.1); <i>Tribolium castaneum</i>, Tc Ago1 (XP_971295.2); <i>Bombyx mori</i>, Bm Ago1 (NP_001095931.1); <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, Dm Ago1 (NP_725341.1); Dm Ago2 (NP_Q9VUQ5); <i>Apis mellifera</i> Am Ago1 (XP_624444.3); <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>, Lv Ago1 (NP_ADK25180.1); Lv Ago2 (NP_ADK25181.1); <i>Marsupenaeus japonicus</i>, Mj Ago1.</p