Figure 1

Sequence analysis and 3D-structure modelling of LsMVP orthologues. (a) ML cladogram of the three full-length LsMVP paralogues and MVP orthologues identified in C. elongatus and T. californicus with the tree rooted on T. californicus. (b) Gene models were derived from alignment of the RACE consensus transcript sequences to the chromosome level genome assembly of the Pacific salmon louse (GCF_016086655.3), exons plotted in green, introns indicated by arcs. Scale bars represent chromosomal ___location. (c) Protein tertiary structures of LsMVP and C. elangatus orthologues as predicted by AlphaFold2 from the hypothetical protein sequences and the experimental structure for comparison (PDB 4V60, Chain A).