Table III.
Summary characteristics of seed-specific genes
| Code | Code Description | ≥2 | ≥4 | ≥10 | Percentage of Class ≥2a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | Amino acid metabolism | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| C | Carbohydrate metabolism | 13 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| DEV | Development | 19 | 14 | 10 | 25 |
| DNA | DNA-modifying enzymes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| L | Lipid metabolism | 23 | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| RB | Ribosome, protein translation | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| RNA | Acting on RNA | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| SEM | Secondary metabolism | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| SP | Storage protein | 6 | 6 | 6 | 86 |
| STD | Signal transduction (kinases, etc.) | 19 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| T | Transcription factors | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| UF | Unidentified function | 56 | 37 | 20 | 13 |
| NSH | Nonsignificant homology | 112 | 74 | 37 | 13 |
The number of seed-specific sequences in each code class are given for the ratio categories ≥2, ≥4, and ≥10. The numbers are based on duplicated seed versus leaf and seed versus root experiments.
a
Percentages of sequences in each class with seed-specific ratio ≥ 2.