Genome-wide analysis of the metallothionein gene family in cassava reveals its role in response to physiological stress through the regulation of reactive oxygen species

Table 1 Characteristics of MeMT genes

Gene name	Gene ID	ORF (bp)	ORF (aa)	MW^a (kDa)	pI	Cys number	Cys content (%)	Spacer^d (aa)
MeMT1	MANES_01G174200	237	78	7.8	4.77	8 + 6^b	18.0	40
MeMT2	MANES_01G174400	303	100	10.0	5.22	8 + 6	14.0	40
MeMT3	MANES_02G133200	237	78	7.6	5.63	8 + 6	18.0	40
MeMT4	MANES_03G110500	204	67	6.9	5.08	4 + 6	15.0	35
MeMT5	MANES_07G091300	282	93	9.5	4.89	8 + 6	15.0	40
MeMT6	MANES_08G079000	240	79	7.9	5.63	8 + 6	17.7	41
MeMT7	MANES_08G079100	249	82	8.3	5.16	8 + 6	17.0	42
MeMT8	MANES_08G079200	246	81	8.4	4.68	8 + 6	17.2	41
MeMT9	MANES_11G110300	276	91	8.7	8.13	6 + 6 + 5^c	18.6	20/13
MeMT10	MANES_15G086700	201	66	6.8	5.08	4 + 6	15.0	34

^aMW Molecular weight; ^b (8 + 6) the Cys number with 8 in the N- and 6 in the C-terminus; ^c (6 + 6 + 5) the Cys number with 6 in the N-terminus, 5 in the C-terminus, 6 in the middle of both the N-terminus and the C-terminus; ^dSpacer the number of aa between Cys cluster

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