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Table 1 Characteristics of hexamerin genes and respective subunits in the honey bee.

From: The four hexamerin genes in the honey bee: structure, molecular evolution and function deduced from expression patterns in queens, workers and drones

 

Gene structure

 

Conceptual product

 

Hexamerin genes/subunits

ORF (nt)

Exon number

Amino acid Number

Molecular mass (kDa)

pI

Signal peptide length

hex 70a/HEX 70a

2,055

6

684

79.19

6.45

21

hex 70b/HEX 70b

2,052

7

683

77.26

6.64

21

hex 70c/HEX 70c

2,061

6

686

79.44

7.67

19

hex 110/HEX 110

3,027

8

1008

110.21

6.37

24

  1. Molecular mass and pI calculated using http://expasy.org/cgi-bin/protparam and http://phobius.sbc.su.se/
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