Fig. 7. Alignment of the deduced amino acid sequence of amoeba SAMS2 with SAMS sequences of other organisms. Periods represent amino acids identical to those of MetK of E. coli, and dashes show gaps inserted for an optimal alignment of amino acids. ^*1, ATP-binding motif; ^*2, glycine-rich nanopeptide; ^*3, metal-binding sites; ^*4, a site for Cys-121 of human MAT1A, characteristic of liver enzymes; EC, E. coli; XB, X-bacteria; AC, Acanthamoeba castellanii; S2, SAMS2 of amoebae; PI, Phytophthora infestans; AP, Amoeba proteus. Complete genomic or cDNA sequences of SAMS proteins are available in GenBank, for E. coli (accession no. 1708999), A. castellanii (6016547), and P. infestans (23394401). Amino acid sequences of amoeba SAMS1 (U91602) and X-bacteria SAMS (AY324627) are from Choi et al. (Choi et al., 1997) and Jeon and Jeon (Jeon and Jeon, 2003).