Characterization of a Thioredoxin-1 Gene from Taenia solium and Its Encoding Product

Table 1

Comparison of the structural coding regions of Taenia solium Trx-1 gene (TsTrx-1) with other Trx-1 genes from Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Schistosoma mansoni, and Echinococcus granulosus.

Organism	Size of structural coding region of gene (kbp)	Number of introns, size (kbp), and position	Number and size of exons (bp)	Size encoding product (amino acids)
Taenia solium	0.605	I: 0.218 (DGD^13^14GLE); II: 0.065 (ECQ^65^66DVA)	1: 39; 2: 156; 3: 129	107
Echinococcus granulosus	0.609	I: 0.220 (DGD^13^14ALE); II: 0.065 (ECQ^65^66DVA)	1: 39; 2: 156; 3: 129	107
Schistosoma mansoni	0.685	I: 0.237 (KQD^10^11GDL); II: 0.126 (KLE^64^65ETA)	1: 30; 2: 162; 3: 129	106
Mus musculus	~13	I: 4.2 (ESK^8^9EAF); II: 0.897 (FFH^43^44SLC); III: 5.6 (DCQ^63^64DVA); IV: 1.1 (GQK^85^86VGE)	1: 24; 2: 105; 3: 60; 4: 66; 5: 63	105
Homo sapiens	~17	I: 5.0 (ESK^8^9TAF); II: 0.478 (FFH^43^44SLS); III: 5.9 (DCQ^63^64DVA); IV: 0.558 (GQK^85^86VGE)	1: 24; 2: 105; 3: 60; 4: 66; 5: 63	105