[Retracted] Comparative Genomic Characterization of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in Cattle and Buffalo

Table 2

Physicochemical characteristics of the IGFBP gene family in cattle.

Gene	Chromosome	Exon count	MW (Da)	A.A	pI	AI	II	GRAVY
IGFBP1	4	4	28794.05	263	6.33	75.02	54.07	−0.295
IGFBP2	2	4	34014.92	317	7.13	72.02	36.20	−0.521
IGFBP3	4	5	31570.09	291	9.03	56.05	47.67	−0.636
IGFBP4	19	4	27890.00	258	7.10	70.00	46.51	−0.483
IGFBP5	2	4	30313.96	271	8.72	61.22	51.81	−0.632
IGFBP6	5	5	24966.92	237	8.73	51.10	63.20	−0.781
IGFBP7	6	5	29078.28	282	8.25	77.84	46.77	−0.193

MW: molecular weight in Daltons; A.A: number of amino acids; pI: isoelectric point; AI: aliphatic index; II: instability index; GRAVY: grand average of hydropathicity index.