Table 2 Summary of the 16 unique isolated TM binding, penetrating and then transiting peptide sequences isolated using strategy 2 (sequential binding, internalization and then 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

BPT-1

5/30

TPMVERNYNAAD

1

2

4

4.37

BPT-2

3/30

ALWPPNLHAWVP

1

0

5

6.79

BPT-3

3/30

THPSTKVPGTPA

2

0

4

8.44

BPT-4

3/30

TFNPPPPQMPST

0

0

6

5.19

BPT-5

2/30

ILVGDESDGAKP

1

3

4

4.03

BPT-6

1/30

AHSANNFDVKGI

2

1

2

6.79

BPT-7

2/30

VQNSTLSTKMDS

1

1

3

5.81

BPT-8

1/30

MVEKYATLFQSS

1

1

3

5.75

BPT-9

1/30

SHQNYHLTPQPP

2

0

4

6.66

BPT-10

1/30

APTTQRVGWDQS

1

1

2

5.88

BPT-11

2/30

MSTPLGQYTGTK

1

0

3

8.34

BPT-12

1/30

MPLMSEPALEML

0

2

6

3.79

BPT-13

1/30

NYEFSISEQSHD

1

3

1

4.13

BPT-14

1/30

VNPSSLHSHNHS

3

0

3

7.00

BPT-15

1/30

ATNVVIMTQPRP

1

0

6

9.79

BPT-16

2/30

HYPTTQLPHHKQ

4

0

3

8.61