Table II.

Comparison of avocado NCED genes and their encoded proteins

Properites	PaNCED1	PaNCED2	PaNCED3
GenBank accession no.	AF224672	AF224670	AF224671
Total message length (bp)	2,153	1,967	2,310
3′-Untranslated region (bp)	377	226	388
5′-Untranslated region (bp)	66	166	44
Total coding bases (bp)	1,710	1,575	1,878
No. of amino acids	569	524	625
Predicted molecular mass (kD)	63.1	59.6	69.7
Percent of identity to VP14a	63	29	61
pI	7.4	9.0	8.2
Induction during ripening	Yes	No	Yes
Induction during wilting	Yes	No	No
Predicted chloroplast transit peptideb	Yes	No	Yes
In vitro ability to produce xanthoxin	Yes	No	Yes

^a At the amino acid level. 

^b Based on the predictions of ChloroP (Emanuelsson et al., 1999).