FIGURE 2.

Multiple sequence alignment of selected long and small TLPs of B. distachyon, O. sativa, S. bicolor, T. aestivum, and Z. mays with a known thaumatin protein sequence. Figure shows the alignment of long (OsTLP5, SbTLP2, BdTLP13, ZmTLP13, and TaTLP1-A) and small (BdTLP10, OsTLP25, ZmTLP6, SbTLP29, and TaTLP6-B) TLPs with a known thaumatin (P02883.2| THM1_THADA) protein sequence. The characteristic thaumatin signature motif is shown in the sky blue box. All the conserved cysteine residues were marked with an asterisk. The REDDD motif was marked with a red circle. The FF hydrophobic motif and bottom of acidic cleft forming regions are marked with a green triangle and brown box, respectively. The conserved regions of the thaumatin domain are marked with a black line.