Table 1 Summary of the four unique isolated TM transmigrating peptide sequences isolated using strategy 1 (direct entry to ME) and their characteristics.

From: Discovery of a Biological Mechanism of Active Transport through the Tympanic Membrane to the Middle Ear

Peptide

Frequency

Sequence

Numbers of functional amino acids

pI

Basic

Acidic

Hydrophobic

TMT-1

6/22

SPPGKFLESLRS

2

1

4

8.46

TMT-2

2/22

TLSPKMPGGGYW

1

0

4

8.26

TMT-3

10/22

SADSTKTTHLTL

2

1

2

6.64

TMT-4

4/22

DVGAGRWFSDNG

1

2

1

4.21

TMT-5

NA

SDDSRPIAQFAI

1

2

1

3.92

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