Identification of new members of the MAPK gene family in plants shows diverse conserved domains and novel activation loop variants

Mohanta, Tapan Kumar; Arora, Pankaj Kumar; Mohanta, Nibedita; Parida, Pratap; Bae, Hanhong

doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1244-7

Table 1 Table representing genome size of different plant species and number of MAPK genes present per genome (species)

From: Identification of new members of the MAPK gene family in plants shows diverse conserved domains and novel activation loop variants

Sl. No	Name of plant species	Abbreviation of MAPKs	Type of organism	Ploidy level	Genome size (Mbs)	Total No. of loci	Total No. of MAPK genes
1	Aquilegia coerulea	AcMPK	Dicot	Diploid	302	24823	10
2	Arabidopsis thaliana	AtMPK	Dicot	Diploid	135	27416	20
3	Brachipodium distachyon	BdMPK	Monocot	Diploid	272	26552	16
4	Brassica rapa	BrMPK	Dicot	Diploid	283.8	26374	30
5	Capsella rubella	CrMPK	Dicot	Diploid	134.8	26521	18
6	Carica papaya	CpMPK	Dicot	Diploid	135	27332	9
7	Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	CreinMPK	Algae	Haploid	111+ 7.8	12264	6
8	Citrus clememtina	CcMPK	Dicot	Diploid	301.4	24533	12
9	Citrus sinensis	CsMPK	Dicot	Diploid	319	25376	12
10	Coccomyxa subellipsoidea	CsubMPK	Algae	Haploid	49	9629	4
11	Cucumis sativus	CsMPK	Dicot	Diploid	203	21494	14
12	Eucalyptus grandis	EgMPK	Dicot	Diploid	691	36376	13
13	Fragaria vesca	FvMPK	Dicot	Diploid	240	32831	11
14	Glycine max	GmMPK	Dicot	Tetraploid	975	54175	31
15	Gossipium raimondi	GrMPK	Dicot	Diploid	761.4	37505	28
16	Linum usitatissimum	LuMPK	Dicot	Diploid	318.3	26374	24
17	Malus domestica	MdMPK	Dicot	Diploid	881.3	26.374	28
18	Manihot esculenta	MeMPK	Dicot	Diploid	533 (760)	30666	17
19	Medicago truncatula	MtMPK	Dicot	Diploid	241 + 16.6	44135	17
20	Micromonas pusila	MpMPK	Algae	Haploid	22	10660	4
21	Mimulus guttatus	MgMPK	Dicot	Diploid	321.7	26718	6
22	Oryza sativa	OsMPK	Monocot	Diploid	372	39049	17
23	Ostreococcus lucimarinus	OlMPK	Algae	Haploid	13.2	7796	3
24	Panicum virgatum	PvMPK	Monocot	Tetraploid	1358	65878	27
25	Phaseolus vulgaris	PvMPK	Dicot	Diploid	521.1	27197	14
26	Physcomitrella patens	PpMPK	Bryophyte	Haploid	480	32272	8
27	Picea abies	PaMPK	Gymnosperm	Diploid	1960	28354	14
28	Populus trichocarpa	PtMPK	Dicot	Diploid	422.9	41335	21
29	Prunus persica	PperMPK	Dicot	Diploid	227.3 + 224.6	27864	12
30	Ricinus communis	RcMPK	Dicot	Diploid	400	31221	12
31	Selaginella moellendorffii	SmMPK	Pteridophyte	Haploid	212.5	22273	6
32	Setaria italica	SiMPK	Monocot	Diploid	405.7	35471	16
33	Solanum lycopersicum	SlMPK	Dicot	Diploid	900	34727	17
34	Solanum tuberosum	StMPK	Dicot	Diploid	800	35119	12
35	Sorghum bicolor	SbMPK	Monocot	Diploid	697.5	34496	16
36	Thellungiella halophila	ThMPK	Dicot	Diploid	238.5	26351	16
37	Theobroma cacao	TcMPK	Dicot	Diploid	330.8	29452	12
38	Vitis venifera	VvMPK	Dicot	Diploid	487	26346	12
39	Volvox carteri	VcMPK	Algae	Haploid	125.4	14971	5
40	Zea mays	ZmMPK	Monocot	Diploid	2500	??????	19

From this table it is evident that, the number of genes in a specified gene family don’t directly proportional to its genome size.

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