Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Table 1 Amino acid sequence identities between mammalian ferritin subunits

From: Sequence analysis of dolphin ferritin H and L subunits and possible iron-dependent translational control of dolphin ferritin gene

Subunit type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1: Cetacean ferritin H¹		96	97	91	91	93	93	94
2: Feline ferritin H			98	91	92	95	95	95
3: Canine ferritin H				92	92	96	96	97
4: Equine ferritin H					88	91	92	92
5: Bovine ferritin H						91	92	92
6: Human ferritin H							94	95
7: Rat ferritin H								99
8: Mouse ferritin H
9: Cetacean ferritin L¹	51									91	91	88	90	84	86	78	79
10: Feline ferritin L		52									96	90	93	86	91	86	84
11: Canine ferritin L			52									92	90	86	89	85	82
12: Equine ferritin L				51									86	84	87	84	79
13: Bovine ferritin L					53									83	86	83	83
14: Human ferritin L						56									85	80	78
15: Rabbit ferritin L																85	84
16: Rat ferritin L								50									92
17: Mouse ferritin L									50

¹Amino acid sequences of cetacean ferritin H and L subunits were from P. crassidens, L. obliquidens, G. griseus, and G. macrorhynchus.

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