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. 2011 Sep 23;11:265. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-265

Table 1.

Taxonomic distribution of homologues of APC/C subunits and adaptors/co-activators in major lineages of eukaryotes.

Catalytic arm Structural complex TPR arm subunits and associated proteins Mitotic adaptors Meiotic adaptors






Apc10 Apc11 Apc2 Apc1 Apc4 Apc5 Apc8 Apc6 Apc3 Apc7 Apc12 Apc13 Apc16 Apc9 Apc15 Apc14 Cdc20 Cdh1 Ama1 Rap Cortex
Holozoa/
Choanoflagellata
100 100 100 ≥50 100 100 100 ≥50 100 100
Holozoa/
Metazoa
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ≥50 ≥50 < 50 100 100 < 50 < 50
Holozoa/
Capsaspora
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Fungi/
Dikarya
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ≥50 ≥50 < 50 < 50 < 50 100 100 ≥50
Fungi/
Microsporidia
100 < 50 100 ≥50 100 100 100 100
Fungi/
Chytridiomycota
≥50 100 100 100 ≥50 ≥50 100 100 100 100 100 100
Apusozoa 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Amoebozoa 100 100 ≥50 100 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 100
Excavata ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 < 50 ≥50 < 50
Alveolata/
Ciliata
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ≥50 100
Alveolata/
Apicomplexa
≥50 ≥50 < 50 < 50 < 50 < 50 ≥50 ≥50
Heterokonta 100 ≥50 ≥50 50 < 50 ≥50 100 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 ≥50 100 ≥50
Plantae/
Viridiplantae
100 100 100 100 100 ≥50 100 100 100 ≥50 < 50 ≥50 100 ≥50
Plantae/
Rhodophyta
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Haptophyta 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100, > 50, and < 50 indicate that at least one orthologue has been detected respectively in all, at least 50%, and less than 50% of the studied genomes for a given lineage.