Upon comparison with TSs from various species in other corals, it becomes evident that its Asp-rich conserved sequence (D 96 D 97 XXE 100 ), NSE (D)/DTE conserved sequence (N 257 DLYS 261 YQRD 265 ), and RY (R 345 Y 346 ) motifs are highly conserved across species (Fig. and Supplementary Figure ).