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Table 3 Distribution of glutamine codons in both ciliate MT subfamilies

From: The Tetrahymena metallothionein gene family: twenty-one new cDNAs, molecular characterization, phylogenetic study and comparative analysis of the gene expression under different abiotic stressors

CdMT

Glutamine codons

CAA

UAA

UAG

CAG

Total

TpigMT-1

3

1

0

0

4

TpyrMT-1

0

0

0

0

0

TpyrMT-2

2

10

2

0

14

TtheMTT1

2

4

1

0

7

TtheMTT3

2

5

1

1

9

TtheMTT5

2

1

0

0

3

TrosMTT1

2

2

0

0

4

TtroMTT1

3

1

0

0

4

TmobMT1

4

1

0

0

5

TvorMT1

4

0

0

0

4

ThegMT1

2

2

0

0

4

ThegMT2

2

4

2

0

8

ThegMT3

1

3

0

1

5

ThegMT4

1

10

5

1

17

TborMTT1

2

4

0

0

6

TborMTT2

3

3

1

0

7

TelliMTT1

1

6

2

0

9

TelliMTT2

3

5

3

0

11

TmalaMTT1

1

5

1

0

7

TmalaMTT2

3

3

1

0

7

TmalaMTT3

2

5

0

0

7

TmalaMTT4

0

5

0

0

5

TpatMTT1

2

4

1

0

7

TpatMTT2

2

4

5

0

11

TamerMTT1

1

4

1

0

6

TamerMTT2

2

4

1

0

7

Total (%) a

52 (29.21 %)

96 (53.93 %)

27 (15.17 %)

3 (1.69 %)

178 (100 %)

CuMT

 

TpigMT-2

6

0

0

0

6

TtheMTT2

4

0

0

0

4

TtheMTT4

4

0

0

0

4

TrosMTT2

5

0

0

0

5

TtroMT1

5

0

0

1

6

TtroMT2

2

0

1

1

4

Sp1.7-MT1

3

2

2

0

7

TelliMTT6

5

1

0

0

6

TelliMTT8

3

2

0

0

5

TmalaMTT5

3

1

0

0

4

TborMTT3

4

7

2

0

13

TborMTT4

2

0

0

0

2

TborMTT6

4

7

2

0

13

TborMTT7

5

2

1

0

8

TborMTT8

5

0

0

0

5

TamerMTT3

4

0

0

0

4

ImMTT2

1

9

0

0

10

Total (%) a

65 (61.32 %)

31 (29.24 %)

8 (7.55 %)

2 (1.89 %)

106 (100 %)

  1. New MTs reported in this study are in bold text.a Total glutamine residues using a type of codon and percentage