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PROSITE entry PS00268


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General information about the entry

Entry name [info] CECROPIN
Accession [info] PS00268
Entry type [info] PATTERN
Date [info] 01-APR-1990 CREATED;
01-APR-2006 DATA UPDATE;
29-MAY-2024 INFO UPDATE.
PROSITE Doc. [info] PDOC00241

Name and characterization of the entry

Description [info] Cecropin family signature.
Pattern [info]
W-x(0,2)-[KDN]-{Q}-{L}-K-[KRE]-[LI]-E-[RKN].

Numerical results [info]

Numerical results for UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot release 2025_04 which contains 573'661 sequence entries.


Total number of hits 79 in 79 different sequences
Number of true positive hits 59 in 59 different sequences
Number of 'unknown' hits 0
Number of false positive hits 20 in 20 different sequences
Number of false negative sequences 15
Number of 'partial' sequences 0
Precision (true positives / (true positives + false positives)) 74.68 %
Recall (true positives / (true positives + false negatives)) 79.73 %

Comments [info]

Taxonomic range [info] Eukaryotes
Maximum number of repetitions [info] 1
Version [info] 2

Cross-references [info]

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
True positive sequences
59 sequences

CE3D_HYPCU  (P50720), CE3E_HYPCU  (P50721), CE3F_HYPCU  (P50722), 
CE3G_HYPCU  (P50723), CEC1_CERCA  (Q06589), CEC1_DROVI  (Q94557), 
CEC2_CERCA  (Q06590), CEC2_DROVI  (Q94990), CEC2_MANSE  (P14662), 
CEC3_MANSE  (P14663), CEC4_BOMMO  (P14666), CEC4_MANSE  (P14664), 
CEC5_MANSE  (P14665), CECA1_DROMA (P81685), CECA1_DROME (C0HKQ7), 
CECA1_DROSE (P81688), CECA1_DROSI (O61272), CECA2_DROME (C0HKQ8), 
CECA2_DROYA (O61281), CECA_BOMMO  (Q27239), CECA_HELVI  (P83413), 
CECA_HYACE  (P01507), CECA_SPOLT  (Q9XZG9), CECA_TRINI  (P50724), 
CECB_ANOGA  (Q8MUF4), CECB_ANTPE  (P01509), CECB_BOMMO  (P04142), 
CECB_DROMA  (P81686), CECB_DROME  (P14956), CECB_DROSE  (P67791), 
CECB_DROSI  (P67792), CECB_HELVI  (P83414), CECB_HYACE  (P01508), 
CECB_SPOLT  (Q9XZH0), CECC_DROER  (P84222), CECC_DROMA  (P84019), 
CECC_DROME  (O16829), CECC_DROOR  (P84223), CECC_DROSE  (P84020), 
CECC_DROSI  (P84021), CECC_DROTE  (P84225), CECC_DROTK  (P84224), 
CECC_DROYA  (P84226), CECC_HELVI  (P83415), CECD_ANTPE  (P01511), 
CECD_HYACE  (P01510), CECE_BOMMO  (P48821), CECN_AEDAE  (Q17NR4), 
CECP1_ASCSU (P14661), CECP2_ASCSU (Q5H7N6), CECP3_ASCSU (Q5H7N5), 
CECP4_ASCSU (Q5H7N4), CEC_GALME   (A0A6J1WQD0), CEC_GLOMM   (P83403), 
CEC_OIKKI   (P83420), SRX1A_SARPE (P08375), SRX1B_SARPE (P08376), 
SRX1C_SARPE (P08377), SRX1D_SARPE (P18312)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
False negative sequences
15 sequences

CECA1_AEDAL (P81417), CECA2_AEDAL (Q963B0), CECA_AEDAE  (P82592), 
CECA_ANOGA  (P82290), CECA_CULPP  (Q86PR6), CECB1_AEDAL (Q9Y0Y0), 
CECB1_CULPP (Q86PR5), CECB2_AEDAL (Q963A9), CECB2_CULPP (Q86PR4), 
CECC1_AEDAL (Q9Y0X9), CECC2_AEDAL (Q963A8), CECC_ANOGA  (Q8MUF3), 
CECD_BOMMO  (O76146), CECD_GALME  (P85210), DFP4_LONON  (Q5MGD8)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
False positive sequences
20 sequences

AROK_METCA  (Q60BY3), CE05_ECOLX  (Q47500), CE10_ECOLX  (Q47125), 
CS13A_LEPSD (P0DOC6), CYDA_BACSU  (P94364), DTD_LACAC   (Q5FKI6), 
FUSA_STRPN  (A0A0H2URD6), HMCN1_HUMAN (Q96RW7), MUTA_STRVG  (Q05064), 
PI5K5_ARATH (Q9SLG9), PILR3_ARATH (O65679), PROS_HETIT  (W4JX79), 
PRP5_YARLI  (Q6CCZ1), RAD50_THEVO (P58302), RL3_METJA   (P54014), 
RRF_LACP7   (A9KMX5), SPO22_YEAST (P40511), TPCD_COCH5  (M2T7Z1), 
Y3293_ARATH (Q9M8T5), YL339_YEAST (O94085)
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PDB
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3 PDB

pdb_00002n92; pdb_00007deh; pdb_00007voz