Caenorhabditis brenneri is a small nematode, closely related to the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Its genome is being sequenced by Washington University in St. Louis Genome Sequencing Center. This species has previously been referred to as C. sp 4 and Caenorhabditis sp. CB5161, but was recently formally described and given its scientific name. This name is in honor of Sydney Brenner, recognizing his pioneering role in starting active research in the field of C. elegans biology and development.

Sequence Statistics

No Sequences30705
No Amino Acids12161636
Min Seq. Length4
Avg. Seq. Length396.080
Max Seq. Length22383
Seq. Length 1σ392.107

Disorder Prediction Statistics

Predictor % Genome Disordered % Genome Disordered in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered Avg. % of Disordered Regions in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered and in SCOP Domains
VLXT 30.935 5.059 30.171 20.038 4.661
VSL2b 38.538 5.190 38.169 17.880 4.807
PrDOS 37.714 4.097 38.664 14.262 3.782
PV2 43.520 7.203 46.289 19.154 6.886
IUPred-S 18.951 1.061 19.193 8.796 1.083
IUPred-L 21.285 1.370 24.840 14.252 1.615
Espritz-N 27.272 2.996 26.172 15.366 2.607
Espritz-X 17.620 0.738 19.203 7.036 0.926
Espritz-D 8.956 0.438 37.686 5.910 3.110

SUPERFAMILY Domains

% Amino Acids with SCOP Assignment % Sequences with SCOP Assignment No of Domains No of Superfamilies No of Families Avg. Family Size Avg. Domain Length Domain Pairs Unique Domain Architectures
34 45 21945 931 757 23.6 396 1027 3355

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