TABLE 1.

Location of START domains in human START-domain-containing proteins and PFA0210c orthologues

Information was obtained from the NCBI protein resource. Proteins are grouped as described (5, 6).

Family	Name	Length (amino acids)	START domain (amino acids)	Extension
Human
Cholesterol/sterol carrier	StarD1 (StAR)	285	67–280	5
	StarD3a	445	233–441	4
	StarD4b	205	5–205	0
	StarD5	213	6–211	2
	StarD6	220	1–204	16
Sphingolipid/glycerolipid carriers	StarD2 (PCTP)	214	4–210	4
	StarD7c	370	117–325	45
	StarD7d	269	16–224	45
	StarD10	291	19–241	50
	StarD11 (CERT)	598	364–598	0
Rho-GAP START domains	StarD12 (DLC-1)e	1528	1315–1518	10
	StarD13 (DLC-2)f	1124	911–1115	9
	StarD8g	1107	894–1098	9
Thioesterase START domains	StarD14 (BFIT)	607	344–583	24
	StarD15 (CACH)	555	311–546	9
Other	StarD9h	4705	4496–4705	0
Plasmodium spp.
P. falciparum	PFA0210c	466	149–382	84
P. chabaudi	PCHAS_020730	415	101–331	84
P. knowlesi	PKH_020910	476	161–392	84
P. berghei	PBANKA_0208900	441	118–349	92
P. yoelii	PY17X_0210300	431	119–350	81
P. vivax	PVX_081550	495	179–410	85

^a This is isoform 1.

^b This is isoform a.

^c This is isoform CRA_a.

^d This is mitochondrial isoform X1.

^e This is isoform 1.

^f This is isoform X2.

^g This is isoform X2.

^h This is isoform X1