Table 2 Statistical analyses of differences in TMD lengths between different organelles using t-tests and Kullback-Leibler Divergence Measure (KLDM) – Fungi, Plants, Non-Mammalian Vertebrates and Mammals.

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

Fungi

ER

Golgi

TGN/endo

PM

ER

p = 6.3 × 10−51

KLDM = 0.5155

p = 0.004

KLDM = 0.0787

p = 4 × 10−12

KLDM = 0.157

Golgi

p = 6.3 × 10−51

KLDM = 0.4208

p = 1 × 10−42

KLDM = 0.4599

p = 2.9 × 10−22

KLDM = 0.4953

TGN/endo

p = 0.004

KLDM = 0.0779

p = 1 × 10−42

KLDM = 0.4604

p = 8.2 × 10−6

KLDM = 0.166

PM

p = 4 × 10−12

KLDM = 0.1636

p = 2.9 × 10−22

KLDM = 0.8733

p = 8.2 × 10−6

KLDM = 0.1927

Plants

ER

Golgi

Nucleus

PM

ER

p = 8.1 × 10−7

KLDM = 0.0684

p = 1.6 × 10−25

KLDM = 0.3945

p = 6.9 × 10−18

KLDM = 0.2841

Golgi

p = 8.1 × 10−7

KLDM = 0.0818

p = 1.9 × 10−43

KLDM = 0.4499

p = 4 × 10−4

KLDM = 0.4539

Nucleus

p = 1.6 × 10−25

KLDM = 0.4884

p = 1.9 × 10−43

KLDM = 0.502

p = 8.5 × 10−58

KLDM = 0.942

PM

p = 6.9 × 10−18

KLDM = 0.2578

p = 4 × 10−4

KLDM = 0.3519

p = 8.5 × 10−58

KLDM = 0.7979

Non-Mammalian Vertebrates

ER

Golgi

TGN/endo

PM

ER

p = 7.4 × 10−13

KLDM = 0.4353

p = 0.024

KLDM = 0.4005

p = 0.051

KLDM = 0.2239

Golgi

p = 7.4 × 10−13

KLDM = 0.4018

p = 6.9 × 10−30

KLDM = 0.9439

p = 5.7 × 10−43

KLDM = 0.6351

TGN/endo

p = 0.024

KLDM = 0.4154

p = 6.9 × 10−30

KLDM = 0.8613

p = 0.485

KLDM = 0.1081

PM

p = 0.051

KLDM = 0.2528

p = 5.7 × 10−43

KLDM = 0.5843

p = 0.485

KLDM = 0.1181

Mammals

ER

Golgi

TGN/endo

PM

ER

p = 4.4 × 10−18

KLDM = 0.4732

p = 1.3 × 10−10

KLDM = 0.4936

p = 2.9 × 10−9

KLDM = 0.205

Golgi

p = 4.4 × 10−18

KLDM = 0.439

p = 7.1 × 10−37

KLDM = 0.434

p = 8.8 × 10−63

KLDM = 0.417

TGN/endo

p = 1.3 × 10−10

KLDM = 0.5438

p = 7.1 × 10−37

KLDM = 0.4457

p = 0.003

KLDM = 0.174

PM

p = 2.9 × 10−9

KLDM = 0.2016

p = 8.8 × 10−63

KLDM = 0.3761

p = 0.003

KLDM = 0.1678