Table 1

The twelve families of universally conserved genes missing in mammals

Gene Family Name1
A.t2
S.c2
A.g2
D.m2
C.e2
Loss extends to
Function
EC
KEGG pathway

ACH
0
1
1
1
1
Deutero.
Acetyl-CoA Hydrolase, Pyruvate Metabolism
3.1.2.1
sce00620
TPS
4
1
1
1
2
Deutero.
Trehalose 6P biosynthesis
2.4.1.15
Sce00500
YD56
4
3
2
1
1
Chordates
Multicopper Ion transporter
1.-.-.-
XXX
YMT1
1
1
1
3
1
Chordates
Putative oxidroeductase and K+ ion transporter
XXX
XXX
PNC1
0
1
1
1
1
Chordates
Nicotinate and Nicotinamide Metabolism
3.5.1.19
sce00760
YM74
3
2
1
1
1
Chordates
Transcription factor activity/DNA Binding
XXX
XXX
THDH1/ILV1
1
1
1
1
2
Chordates
Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine Biosynthesis. Threonine Metabolism
4.3.1.19
sce00260
GLT
1
1
1
1
1
Chordates
Glutamate synthesis
1.4.1.13
sce00251 sce00910
AMT/MEP -1,2,3
6
3
1
1
4
Eu-chordates
Amonium Transporter
XXX
XXX
YKH1
0
1
1
1
9
Mammals
Metabolism, oxidoreductase
XXX
XXX
URH1
2
1
3
3
2
Mammals
Uridine catabolism, hydrolase activity
3.2.2.3
XXX

1 Gene family name is given according to the gene's name in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

2 Number of gene copies from the considered family present in the genome, for each model species, A.t = Arabidopsis thaliana, S.c = Saccharomyces cerevisiae, A.g = Anopheles gambiae, D.m = Drosophila melanogaster, C.e = Caenorhabditis elegans.

3 KEGG's biochemical pathway's accession number for Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Danchin et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006 6:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-5