Patent Application: US-57227000-A

Abstract:
in the current invention the application of our novel informatics approach to the databases containing nucleotide and peptide sequences from plant genomes generates the sequence of many peptides which form the basis of an innovative and novel approach to developing new therapeutic agents . this invention claims the use of specific complementary peptides to the proteins encoded in the genomes of plants as reagents for agricultural discovery programmes .

Description:
the present process is directed toward a computer - based process , a computer - based system and / or a computer program product for analysing antisense relationships between protein or dna sequences . the method of the embodiment provides a tool for the analysis of protein or dna sequences for antisense relationships . this embodiment covers analysis of dna or protein sequences for intramolecular ( within the same sequence ) antisense relationships or inter - molecular ( between 2 different sequences ) antisense relationships . this principle applies whether the sequence contains amino acid information ( protein ) or dna information , since the former may be derived from the latter . the overall process is to facilitate the batch analysis of an entire genome ( collection of genes / and or protein sequences ) for every possible antisense relationship of both inter - and intra - molecular nature . for the purpose of example it will be described here how a protein sequence database may be analysed by the methods described . the program runs in two modes . the first mode ( intermolecular ) is to select the first protein sequence in the databases and then analyse the antisense relationships between this sequence and all other protein sequences , one at a time . the program then selects the second sequence and repeats this process . this continues until all of the possible relationships have been analysed . the second mode ( intramolecular ) is where each protein sequence is analysed for antisense relationships within the same protein and thus each sequence is loaded from the database and analysed in turn for these properties . both operational modes use the same core algorithms for their processes . the core algorithms are described in detail below . an example of the output from this process is a list of proteins in the database that contain highly improbable numbers of intramolecular antisense frames of size 10 ( frame size is a section of the main sequence , it is described in more detail below ). for the purpose of example protein sequence 1 is atrgrdsrdersdertd and protein sequence 2 is gtfrtsredstysgdtdfde ( universal 1 letter amino acid codes used ). in step 1 ( see fig1 ), a protein sequence , sequence 1 , is loaded . the protein sequence consists of an array of universally recognised amino acid one letter codes , e . g . ‘ adtrgsrd ’. the source of this sequence can be a database , or any other file type . step 2 , is the same operation as for step 1 , except sequence 2 is loaded . decision step 3 involves comparing the two sequences and determining whether they are identical , or whether they differ . if they differ , processing continues to step 4 , described in fig2 otherwise processing continues to step 5 , described in fig3 . step 6 analyses the data resulting from either step 4 , or step 5 , and involves an algorithm described in fig6 . description of parameters used in fig2 name description n framesize - the number of amino acids that make up each ‘ frame ’ x score threshold - the number of amino acids that have to fulfil the antisense criteria within a given frame for that frame to be stored for analysis y score of individual antisense comparison ( either 1 or 0 ) is running score for frame - ( sum of y for frame ) ip1 position marker for sequence 1 - used to track location of selected frame for sequence 1 ip2 position marker for sequence 2 - used to track location of selected frame for sequence 1 f current position in frame in step 7 , a ‘ frame ’ is selected for each of the proteins selected in steps 1 and 2 . a ‘ frame ’ is a specific section of a protein sequence . for example , for sequence 1 , the first frame of length ‘ 5 ′’ would correspond to the characters ‘ atrgr ’. the user of the program decides the frame length as an input value . this value corresponds to parameter ‘ n ’ in fig2 . a frame is selected from each of the protein sequences ( sequence 1 and sequence 2 ). each pair of frames that are selected are aligned and frame position parameter f is set to zero . the first pair of amino acids are ‘ compared ’ using the algorithm shown in fig4 / fig5 . the score output from this algorithm ( y , either one or zero ) is added to a aggregate score for the frame is . in decision step 9 it is determined whether the aggregate score is is greater than the score threshold value ( x ). if it is then the frame is stored for further analyisis . if it is not then decision step 10 is implemented . in decision step 10 , it is determined whether it is possible for the frame to yield the score threshold ( x ). if it can , the frame processing continues and f is incremented such that the next pair of amino acids are compared . if it cannot , the loop exits and the next frame is selected . the position that the frame is selected from the protein sequences is determined by the parameter ip1 for sequence 1 and ip2 for sequence 2 ( refer to fig2 ). each time steps 7 to 10 or 7 to 11 are completed , the value of ip1 is zeroed and then incremented until all frames of sequence 1 have been analysed against the chosen frame of sequence 2 . when this is done , ip2 is then incremented and the value of ip1 is incremented until all frames of sequence 1 have been analysed against the chosen frame of sequence 2 . this process repeats and terminates when ip2 is equal to the length of sequence 2 . once this process is complete , sequence 1 is reversed programmatically and the same analysis as described above is repeated . the overall effect of repeating steps 7 to 11 using each possible frame from both sequences is to facilitate step 8 , the antisense scoring matrix for each possible combination of linear sequences at a given frame length . [ 0070 ] fig3 shows a block diagram of the algorithmic process that is carried out in the conditions described in fig1 . step 12 is the only difference between the algorithms fig2 and fig3 . in step 12 , the value of ip2 ( the position of the frame in sequence 2 ) is set to at least the value of ip1 at all times since as sequence 1 and sequence 2 are identical , if ip2 is less than ip1 then the same sequences are being searched twice . [ 0071 ] fig4 and 5 describe the process in which a pair of amino acids ( fig4 ) or a pair of triplet codons are assessed for an antisense relationship . the antisense relationships are listed in examples 9 and 10 . in step 13 , the currently selected amino acid from the current frame of sequence 1 and the currently selected amino acid from the current frame of sequence 2 ( determined by parameter ‘ f ’ in fig2 / 3 ) are selected . for example , the first amino acid from the first frame of sequence 1 would be ‘ a ’ and the first amino acid from the first frame of sequence 2 would be ‘ g ’. in step 14 , the ascii character codes for the selected single uppercase characters are determined and multiplied and , in step 15 , the product compared with a list of precalculated scores , which represent the antisense relationships in examples 10 and 11 . if the amino acids are deemed to fulfil the criteria for an antisense relationship ( the product matches a value in the precalculated list ) then an output parameter ‘ t ’ is set to 1 , otherwise the output parameter is set to zero . steps 16 - 21 relate to the case where the input sequences are dna / rna code rather the protein sequence . for example sequence 1 could be aaatttagcatg and sequence 2 could be tttaaagcatgc . the domain of the current invention includes both of these types of information as input values , since the protein sequence can be decoded from the dna sequence , in accordance with the genetic code . steps 16 - 21 determine antisense relationships for a given triplet codon . in step 16 , the currently selected triplet codon for both sequences is ‘ read ’. for example , for sequence 1 the first triplet codon of the first frame would be ‘ aaa ’, and for sequence 2 this would be ‘ ttt ’. in step 17 , the second character of each of these strings is selected . in step 18 , the ascii codes are multiplied and compared , in decision step 19 , to a list to find out if the bases selected are ‘ complementary ’, in accordance with the rules of the genetic code . if they are , the first bases are compared in step 20 , and subsequently the third bases are compared in step 21 . step 18 then determines whether the bases are ‘ complementary ’ or not . if the comparison yields a ‘ non - complementary ’ value at any step the routine terminates and the output score ‘ t ’ is set to zero . otherwise the triplet codons are complementary and the output score t = 1 . [ 0073 ] fig6 illustrates the process of rationalizing the results after the comparison of 2 protein or 2 dna sequences . in step 22 , the first ‘ result ’ is selected . a result consists of information on a pair of frames that were deemed ‘ antisense ’ in fig &# 39 ; s 2 or 3 . this information includes location , length , score ( i . e the sum of scores for a frame ) and frame type ( forward or reverse , depending on orientation of sequences with respect to one another ). in step 23 , the frame size , the score values and the length of the parent sequence are then used to calculate the probability of that frame existing . the statistics , which govern the probability of any frame existing , are described in the next section and refer to equations 1 - 4 . if the probability is less than a user chosen value ‘ p ’, then the frame details are ‘ stored ’ for inclusion in the final result set ( step 24 ). the number of complementary frames in a protein sequence can be predicted from appropriate use of statistical theory . the probability of any one residue fitting the criteria for a complementary relationship with any other is defined by the groupings illustrated in example 10 . thus , depending on the residue in question , there are varying probabilities for the selection of a complementary amino acid . this is a result of an uneven distribution of possible partners . for example possible complementary partners for a tryptophan residue include only proline whilst glycine , serine , cysteine and arginine all fulfil the criteria as complementary partners for threonine . the probabilities for these residues aligning with a complementary match are thus 0 . 05 and 0 . 2 respectively . the first problem in fitting , an accurate equation to describe the expected number of complementary frames within any sequence is integrating these uneven probabilities into the model . one solution is to use an average value of the relative abundance of the different amino acids in natural sequences . this is calculated by equation 1 where v = probability sum , r = fractional abundance of amino acid in e . coli proteins , n = number of complementary partners specified by genetic code . this value ( p ) is calculated as 2 . 98 . the average probability ( p ) of selecting a complementary amino acid is thus 2 . 98 / 20 = 0 . 149 . for a single ‘ frame ’ of size ( n ) the probability ( c ) of pairing a number of complementary amino acids ( r ) can be described by the binomial distribution ( equation 2 ) c = n ! ( n - r ) !  r !  p r  ( 1 - p ) n - r 2 with this information we can predict that the expected number ( ex ) of complementary frames in a protein to be : ex = 2  ( s - n ) 2  n ! ( n - r ) !  r !  p r  ( 1 - p ) n - r 3 where s = protein length , n = frame size , r = number of complementary residues required for a frame and p = 0 . 149 . if r = n , representing that all amino acids in a frame have to fulfil a complementary relationship , the above equation simplifies to : for a population of randomly assembled amino acid chains of a predetermined length we would expect the number of frames fulfilling the complementary criteria in the search algorithm to vary in accordance with a normal distribution . importantly , it is possible to standardise results such that given a calculated mean ( ) and standard deviation ( ) for a population it is possible to determine the probability of any specific result occurring . standardisation of the distribution model is facilitated by the following relation : if we are considering complementary frames with a single protein structure then the above statistical model requires further analysis . in particular , the possibility exists that a region may be complementary to itself , as indicated in the diagram below . reverse turn motifs within proteins . a region of protein may be complementary to itself . in this scenario , a - s , l - k and v - d are complementary partners . a six amino acid wide frame would thus be reported ( in reverse orientation ). a frame of this type is only specified by half of the residues in the frame . such a frame is called a reverse turn . in this scenario , once half of the frame length has been selected with complementary partners , there is a finite probability that those partners are the sequential neighbouring amino acids to those already selected . the probability of this occurring in any protein of any sequence is : where f is the frame size for analysis , and s is the sequence length and p is the average probability of choosing an antisense amino acid . the software of the embodiment incorporates all of the statistical models reported above such that it may assess whether a frame qualifies as a forward frame , reverse frame , or reverse turn . [ 0089 ] protein and nucleotide sequence databases amenable for analysis using the process database description web site address genbank at ncbi the genbank database is a repository for http :// www . ncbi . nlm . nih ( national center for nucleotide data . . gov / biotechnology information ) embl the embl database is a repository for http :// www . ebi . ac . uk nucleotide data . dbest database of ests ( expressed sequence http :// www . ncbi . nlm . nih tag ) from all species . gov / dbest / index . html swiss - prot curated protein sequence database http :// www . expasy . ch / s prot / sprot - top . html trembl supplement of swiss - prot that contains http :// www . expasy . ch / s all the translations of embl nucleotide prot / sprot - top . html sequence entries not yet integrated in swiss - prot . pmic plant molecular informatics centre http :// www . cbc . med . um n . edu / researchprojects / seq . proc . html [ 0090 ] catalog of plant genomes genome web link thale cress or mouse eared cress http :// genome - www . stanford . edu / arabidopsis / ( arabidopsis thaliana ) http :// genome . wustl . edu / gsc / projects / thaliana . shtml http :// www . cbc . umn . edu / researchprojects / arabidopsis / index . html http :// www . cbs . dtu . dk / databases / araclean / araclean is an corrected and redundancy reduced database of arabidopsis thaliana sequences extracted from genbank oilseed rape ( brassica napus ) http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / brassica . html alfalfa ( medicago sativa ) http :// probe . nal . usda . gov : 8000 / plant / aboutalfagenes . html rice ( oryza sativa ) rice genome project http :// www . staff . or . jp / and http :// www . cbc . umn . edu / researchprojects / rice / index . html http :// www . tigr . org / tdb / ogi / sorghum ( sorghum bicolor ) maize ( zea mays ) http :// sequence - www . stanford . edu / group / maize / maize2 . html and http :// www . zmdb . iastate . edu / and maize genome database at http :// www . agron . missouri . edu / loblolly pine ( pinus taeda l .) http :// www . cbc . umn . edu / researchprojects / pine / doe pine / index . htm l http :// dendrome . ucdavis . edu / barley ( hordeum vulgare ) http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / barley . html pearl millet ( pennisetum glaucum ) http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / millet . html finger millet ( eleusine coracana ) http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / millet . html foxtail millet ( setaria italica ) http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / millet . html forage grasses , ( lolium perenne , lolium http :// synteny . nott . ac . uk / grass . html multiflorum and festuca pratensis ) lotus japonicus ( a model legume ) http :// www . jic . bbsrc . ac . uk / sainsbury - lab / martin - parniske / mphome . htm barrel medic ( medicago truncatula ) pea ( pisum sativum ) http :// pisum . bionet . nsc . ru / cotton ( gossypium hirsutum ) http :// probe . nalusda . gov : 8300 / plant / soybean ( glycine max ) http :// www . cbc . umn . edu / researchprojects / soybean / index . html wheat ( triticum aestivum ) http :// probe . nalusda gov : 8300 / plant / whole genome sequencing projects have been initiated for many organisms including two key plants , arabidopsis thaliana and rice ( oryza sativa ). [ 0093 ] arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used by plant science researchers as a model organism to study many aspects of plant biology . while arabidopsis is not of major agronomic significance it does have several important advantages for the researchers in many areas of plant biology — especially genetics and molecular biology . these include : a rapid life cycle ( about 6 weeks from seed to seed ); closely related to many commercially important crops such as brassica napus ( oilseed rape ). such advantages have led to arabidopsis becoming the “ model organism ” for studies of the molecular genetics of flowering plants . rice is one of three cereals produced annually at worldwide levels of approximately half a billion tons . unlike the other major cereals , more than 90 % of rice is consumed by humans . approximately half of the world &# 39 ; s population derives a significant proportion of their calorific intake from rice consumption . application of molecular techniques to rice improvement will help to achieve better yields and improve nutritional value . in addition , rice is a model organism for studying the genes of other commercially important cereals such as maize , wheat and barley . the complete genome of arabidopsis thaliana which is 130 mb in size was screened for intermolecular peptides using the method described in patent application no . gb 9927485 . 4 , filed nov . 19 , 1999 . the gene , database accession number , its predicted interacting peptides and their position within the coding sequence of the gene are shown in the attached sequence listing : seq id nos . [ 1 - 1094 ]. for each pair of ‘ frames ’ of amino acids which are deemed a ‘ hit ’ by the algorithm the current invention includes derived pairs of composite ‘ daughter ’ sequences of shorter frame lengths which automatically fulfil the same ‘ complementary ’ relationship . for example , there is a complementary frame of size 10 between genes ( inter - molecular ) grf1 and atpk1 of arabidopsis thaliana . : gene1 gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarraswri 61 - 70 dspasspssd 430 - 439 10 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 5 : gene gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarr 61 - 65 dspas 430 - 434 5 grf1 atpk1 garra 62 - 66 spass 431 - 435 5 grf1 atpk1 arras 63 - 67 passp 432 - 436 5 grf1 atpk1 rrasw 64 - 68 assps 433 - 437 5 grf1 atpk1 raswr 65 - 69 sspss 434 - 438 5 grf1 atpk1 aswri 66 - 70 spssd 435 - 439 5 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 6 : gene gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarra 61 - 66 dspass 430 - 435 6 grf1 atpk1 garras 62 - 67 spassp 431 - 436 6 grf1 atpk1 arrasw 63 - 68 passps 432 - 437 6 grf1 atpk1 rraswr 64 - 69 asspss 433 - 438 6 grf1 atpk1 raswri 65 - 70 sspssd 434 - 439 6 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 7 : gene gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarras 61 - 67 dspassp 430 - 436 7 grf1 atpk1 garrasw 62 - 68 spassps 431 - 437 7 grf1 atpk1 arraswr 63 - 69 passpss 432 - 438 7 grf1 atpk1 rraswri 64 - 70 asspssd 433 - 439 7 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 8 : gene gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarrasw 61 - 68 dspassps 430 - 437 8 grf1 atpk1 garraswr 62 - 69 spasspss 431 - 438 8 grf1 atpk1 arraswri 63 - 70 passpssd 432 - 439 8 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 9 : gene gene2 sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score grf1 atpk1 igarraswr 61 - 69 dspasspss 430 - 438 9 grf1 atpk1 garraswri 62 - 70 spasspssd 431 - 439 9 the complete genome of arabidopsis thaliana which is 130 mb in size was screened for intramolecular peptides using the method described in patent application no . gb 9927485 . 4 , filed nov . 19 , 1999 . the gene , database accession number , peptide sequences and their position within the coding sequence of the gene are shown in the attached sequence listing : seq id nos . [ 1095 - 1143 ]. for each pair of ‘ frames ’ of amino acids which are deemed a ‘ hit ’ by the algorithm the current invention includes derived pairs of composite ‘ daughter ’ sequences of shorter frame lengths which automatically fulfil the same ‘ complementary ’ relationship . for example , gene adh2 in arabidopsis thaliana contains the following intra - molecular complementary relationship of frame length 10 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvnefvnpk 238 - 247 fgvnefvnpk 238 - 247 10 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 5 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvne 238 - 242 kpnvf 247 - 243 5 adh2 gvnef 239 - 243 pnvfe 246 - 242 5 adh2 vnefv 240 - 244 nvfen 245 - 241 5 adh2 nefvn 241 - 245 vfenv 244 - 240 5 adh2 efvnp 242 - 246 fenvg 243 - 239 5 adh2 fvnpk 243 - 247 envgf 242 - 238 5 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 6 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvnef 238 - 243 kpnvfe 247 - 242 6 adh2 gvnefv 239 - 244 pnvfen 246 - 241 6 adh2 vnefvn 240 - 245 nvfenv 245 - 240 6 adh2 nefvnp 241 - 246 vfenvg 244 - 239 6 adh2 efvnpk 242 - 247 fenvgf 243 - 238 6 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 7 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvnefv 238 - 244 kpnvfen 247 - 241 7 adh2 gvnefvn 239 - 245 pnvfenv 246 - 240 7 adh2 vnefvnp 240 - 246 nvfenvg 245 - 239 7 adh2 nefvnpk 241 - 247 vfenvgf 244 - 238 7 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 8 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvnefvn 238 - 245 kpnvfenv 247 - 240 8 adh2 gvnefvnp 239 - 246 pnvfenvg 246 - 239 8 adh2 vnefvnpk 240 - 247 nvfenvgf 245 - 238 8 one embodiment of the invention covers the derivation of the following sequences at frame length of 9 : gene sequence 1 location sequence 2 location score adh2 fgvnefvnp 238 - 245 kpnvfenvg 247 - 239 9 adh2 gvnefvnpk 239 - 246 pnvfenvgf 246 - 238 9 the genomes of the following plants were screened for intermolecular peptides in the same way as in example 4 . genome arabidopsis thaliana oilseed rape ( brassica napus ) alfalfa ( medicago sativa ) rice ( oryza sativa ) sorghum ( sorghum bicolor ) maize ( zea mays ) loblolly pine ( pinus taeda l .) barley ( hordeum vulgare ) pearl millet ( pennisetum glaucum ) finger millet ( eleusine coracana ) foxtail millet ( setaria italica ) forage grasses , ( lolium perenne , lolium multiflorum and festuca pratensis ) lotus japonicus ( a model legume ) barrel medic ( medicago truncatula ) pea ( pisum sativum ) cotton ( gossypium hirsutum ) soybean ( glycine max ) wheat ( triticum aestivum ) the genomes of the following plants were screened for intermolecular peptides in the same way as in example 6 . genome arabidopsis thaliana oilseed rape ( brassica napus ) alfalfa ( medicago sativa ) rice ( oryza sativa ) sorghum ( sorghum bicolor ) maize ( zea mays ) loblolly pine ( pinus taeda l .) barley ( hordeum vulgare ) pearl millet ( pennisetum glaucum ) finger millet ( eleusine coracana ) foxtail millet ( setaria italica ) forage grasses , ( lolium perenne , lolium multiflorum and festuca pratensis ) lotus japonicus ( a model legume ) barrel medic ( medicago truncatula ) pea ( pisum sativum ) cotton ( gossypium hirsutum ) soybean ( glycine max ) wheat ( triticum aestivum ) [ 0121 ] the amino acid pairings resulting from reading the anticodon for naturally occuring amino acid residues in the 5 ′- 3 ′ direction amino complementary complementary amino complementary complementary acid codon codon amino acid acid codon codon amino acid alanine gca ugc cysteine serine uca uga stop gcg cgc arginine ucc gga glycine gcc ggc glycine ucg cga arginine gcu agc serine ucu aga arginine agc gcu alanine agu acu threonine arginine cgg ccg proline glutamine caa uug leucine cga ucg serine cag cug leucine cgc gcg alanine cgu acg threonine agg ccu proline aga ucu serine aspartic acid gac guc valine glycine gga ucc serine gau auc isoleucine ggc gcc alanine ggu acc threonine ggg ccc proline asparagine aac guu valine histidine cac gug valine aau auu isoleucine cau aug methionine cysteine ugu aca threonine isoleucine aua uau tyrosine ugc gca alanine auc gau aspartic auu aau acid asparagine glutamic acid gaa uuc phenylalanine leucine cug cag glutamine gag cuc leucine cuc gag glutamic cuu aag acid uua uaa lysine cua uag stop uug caa stop cug cag glutamine glutamine lysine aaa uuu phenylalanine threonine aca ugu cysteine aag cuu leucine acg cgu arginine acc ggu glycine acu agu serine methionine aug cau histidine tryptophan ugg cca proline phenylalanine uuu aaa lysine tyrosine uac gua valine uuc gaa glutamic acid uau aua isoleucine proline cca ugg tryptophan valine gua uac tyrosine ccc ggg glycine gug cac histidine ccu agg arginine guc gac aspartic ccg cgg arginine guu aac acid asparagine the relationships between amino acids and the residues encoded in the complementary strand reading 3 ′- 5 ′ amino complementary complementary amino complementary complementary acid codon codon amino acid acid codon codon amino acid alanine gca cgu arginine serine uca agu serine gcg cgc ucc agg arginine gcc cgg ucg agc serine gcu cga ucu aga arginine agc ucg serine agu uca serine arginine cgg gcc alanine glutamine caa guu valine cga gcu alanine cag guc valine cgc gcg alanine cgu gca alanine agg ucc serine aga ucu serine aspartic gac guc valine glycine gga ccu proline acid gau auc isoleucine ggc ccg proline ggu cca proline ggg ccc proline asparagine aac uug leucine histidine cac gug valine aau uua leucine cau gua valine cysteine ugu aca threonine isoleucine aua uau tyrosine ugc acg threonine auc uag stop auu uaa stop glutamic gaa cuu leucine leucine cug gac asp acid gag cug leucine cuc gag glutamic cuu gaa acid uua aau glutamic cua gau acid uug aac asparagine cug gac aspartic acid asparagine aspartic acid lysine aaa uuu phenylalanine threonine aca ugu cysteine aag uuc phenylalanine acg ugc cysteine acc ugg tryptophan acu uga stop methionine aug uac tyrosine tryptophan ugg acc threonine phenylalanine uuu aaa lysine tyrosine uac aug methionine uuc aag lysine uau aua isoleucine proline cca ggu glycine valine gua cau histidine ccc ggg glycine gug cac histidine ccu gga glycine guc cag glutamine ccg ggc glycine guu caa glutamine all publications , patents , and patent applications cited are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety . baranyi l , campbell w , ohshima k , fujimoto s , boros m and okada h . 1995 . the antisense homology box : a new motif within proteins that encodes biologically active peptides . nature medicine . 1 : 894 - 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