Table 1.
Maize proteins with no obvious homologs in Arabidopsis
| Protein | GenBank accession number | Function |
| BETL(2-4) | CAB4466(2-4) | Anti-microbial, endosperm |
| Ribosome-inactivating proteins | S11859, CAC16167, P10593, T03942 | Anti-microbial, anti-fungal |
| Female gametophyte-specific protein ES3 | AAK08134 | Defensin |
| Basal layer anti-fungal peptides | CAC21604, CAC21605, CAC21607 | |
| Trypsin inhibitor | TIZM, TIZM1, S36236 | Anti-insect |
| RAB-17 | S08633 | Vesicle traffic |
| FDR3 | AAK53546 | Iron stress |
| ZmGR2(b,c) | BAA7480(6,7) | Gibberellin-responsive |
| Aluminum-induced proteins | AAB86493, T01322 | |
| ABA- and ripening-inducible-like protein | T02081 | |
| Bundle-sheath cell specific protein 1 | BAB20906 | C4 photosynthesis |
| Peroxidase K | AAC79955 | |
| Phytase | T04130 | Degradation of phytic acid, the main phosphor storage in maize seeds |
| ESR1c1 | CAA67122 | Endosperm-specific |
| Teosinte-branched protein 1 | AAK30124 | Associated with maize domestication (specific alleles) |
| Globulin 1O | C53234 | Storage |
| Ae(1,3) | CAB5655(2,3) | Amylase extender; modification of kernel starch composition |
| Arabinogalactan protein | AAF43497 | Cell-wall component |
| Probable membrane protein DAD1 | T01578 |
The maize proteins were compared against the Arabidopsis protein set using BLASTP (see text for details). Maize query sequences are listed that did not match any Arabidopsis sequences at the 1e-5 level. Not listed: zeins, some sequences of highly biased composition and putative maize-specific proteins. Brackets () are used to show related entries; for example, BETL2 has GenBank accession number CAB44662, and BETL3 CAB44663.