Table 1.
Some characteristics for the different types of non-specific lipid transfer proteins found in maize
| Type | Number of members | GPI-anchored | Spacing pattern | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | No | C | X9,10 | C | X14,15,17 | CC | X18,19 | CXC | X21-24 | C | X13 | C |
| 2 | 9 | No | C | X7 | C | X12,13 | CC | X8,9 | CXC | X23 | C | X6 | C |
| C | 2 | No | C | X9 | C | X14,19 | CC | X9 | CXC | X12 | C | X6 | C |
| D | 16 | No | C | X9,10,13,14 | C | X11,12,14,16-18 | CC | X9,11,12 | CXC | X11,21-24,26 | C | X6-10 | C |
| G | 26 | Yes | C | X5,6,9,10,12 | C | X8,13-18,21 | CC | X12-14,18 | CXC | X21,22,24-27,29,41 | C | X8-10,13,20 | C |
Character “X” represents any amino acid, and the Arabic numeral following “X” stands for the numbers of amino acid esidues.