Gene assembly consisting of small units with similar amino acid composition in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome

Abstract

Amino acid compositions of all genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae were determined using a computer analysis of the complete genome. The amino acid composition of an assembly of several genes or a single gene consisted of 3000–7000 amino acid residues forming a certain pattern of amino acid composition. This rule was independent not only of the gene size, but also of the gene position. Thus, the small units, consisting of 3000–7000 amino acid residues, showed a similar amino acid composition, and they formed all the genes in the complete genome.