Table 1 Mean hydrophobic lengths of TMDs of different organelles.

From: Transmembrane Domain Lengths Serve as Signatures of Organismal Complexity and Viral Transport Mechanisms

Organism

ER

Golgi

TGN/endo/Nucleus

PM

Fungi

22.60 ± 6.4

n = 2446

20.25 ± 5.8

n = 4686

23.28 ± 5.7

n = 865

24.80 ± 8.3

n = 785

Plants

22.80 ± 6.7

n = 1813

23.80 ± 7.7

n = 3197

19.40 ± 7.8

n = 801

24.47 ± 5.3

n = 2519

Non-Mammalian Vertebrates

23.13 ± 7.1

n = 327

19.86 ± 5.9

n = 823

24.26 ± 6.4

n = 429

24.00 ± 6.8

n = 1072

Mammals

23.65 ± 6.1

n = 1082

21.44 ± 6.9

n = 1657

25.90 ± 7.4

n = 644

24.95 ± 6.4

n = 3113

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