FIGURE 1
Characterization of D. mawsoni lepa. (A) Coding sequence and encoded amino acid sequence. The box and the asterisk indicates the start codon, the stop codon, respectively. (B) Alignment of leptin-a homologs among the vertebrates. The signal peptide and conserved function domains are indicated with the boxes. Identical amino acid residues are shown in black and the amino acids with >50% similarity shown in gray. Two asterisks indicate the conserved cysteine residues, which form a single disulfide bridge. (C) Predicted tertiary structure in different species. Four α-helices are displayed in brown, blue, dark green, and green helices.