Myoglobin Amino Acid Comparison
(Glue your amino acid comparison strip over the similarly formatted tables below.)
Table 3. Matching and Nonmatching Amino Acids
Organism
# of Matching Amino Acids
# Nonmatching Amino Acids
Calculate the percent similarity between the amino acid sequence for humans and each of the other organisms using the formula below. Record your
results in Table 4.
Percent Similarity = # of matching AA x 100
Total # AA
Percent Difference = 100% - Percent Similarity
Table 4. Percent Similarity and Difference in Amino Acid Sequences Compared to
Humans
Organism
Percent Similarity
Percent Difference
After everyone in the class has completed their amino acid sequencing recreate the percent similarity to humans line plot below by adding the names
and the percentages of the different species in order.
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