BMCRM e00245 Table 1.

Table 1. The number of peptides obtained by virtual cleavage by trypsin that could theoretically match the “reference” set for different biological species.

Biological species	*Number of peptides^ matching the “reference” set**	*Total number of peptides^ resulting from virtual hydrolysis**	%
Homo sapiens	96552	416076	23.2%
Chlorocebus sabaeus	72635	391986	18.5%
Mus musculus	56196	366333	15.3%
Rattus norvegicus	23576	158195	14.9%
Escherichia coli	4465	53324	8.4%
Arabidopsis thaliana	581	277458	0.2%

Note. This table shows the potential number of peptides that can be detected by LC-MS/MS analysis and how many peptides can match the “reference” set. ^*Does not take into account modified peptides, “missing cleavage” and possible nonspecificity of hydrolysis. Peptide size from 9 to 50 amino acid residues.