Table 5

Classification of polycomb group (PcG) S/T phosphorylation sites

Class

Human + mouse non-overlapping

Pro-directed

42 (37%)

Acidic

36 (32%)

Basic

15 (13%)

Other

20 (18%)

Total

113 (100%)

Classification of PcG phosphorylation sites in relation to amino acid context. Only putative Ser and Thr phosphorylation sites were taken into account when a full 15-mer sequence was available and a sufficiently high phosphorylation probability was predicted.

Niessen et al. Epigenetics & Chromatin 2009 2:10   doi:10.1186/1756-8935-2-10