Table 1

Summary of eukaryote-type genes with cyanobacterial ancestry identified in this study

bikonts

unikonts

Chromalveolata

Excavata

Amoebozoa

Opisthokonta

Opisthokonta

Gene family

Pathway

P. ramorum

N. gruberi

D. discoideum

S. cerevisiae

M. brevicollis


Uroporphyrin III methyltransferase

porphyrin

51635

-

-

-

XP_001742170

Cobalamin-independent methionine synthase

methionine

72019

-

-

-

-

Amino acid decarboxylase

amino acid

-

36109

-

-

-

TIC55-like oxidoreductase

unknown

-

52597

-

-

-

Folate/biopterin transporter

folate

72218

-

-

-

-

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

pentose phosphate

71783

30694

-

-

-

Cobalamin synthesis protein

cobalamin

85610

38446

-

-

XP_001746731

Oligopeptidase

unknown

54177

-

-

-

-

YCF45

unknown

83996

2396

-

-

-

Glycerate kinase

glyoxylate

94130

-

-

YGR205w

-

Amino acid aminotransferase

amino acid

-

2119

-

-

XP_001749475

Glyoxalase I family protein-like

unknown

-

29304

-

-

XP_001750995


JGI gene ID (P. ramorum and N. gruberi), gene name (S. cerevisiae) and accession numbers (M. brevicollis) are listed.

Maruyama et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:197   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-197

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