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. 2017 Sep 18;18:736. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4136-1

Table 5.

Comparison between carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) of Apophysomyces species and other Mucorales

Carbohydrate active enzymes A. variabilis
N (%)
A. elegans
N (%)
A. trapeziformis
N (%)
R. arrhizus a
N (%)
R. miehei a
N (%)
Glycoside hydrolase (GHs) 97 (28.2) 92 (27.1) 95 (26.9) 118 (35.4) 110 (40.7)
Glycosyl transferase (GTs) 118 (34.3) 113 (33.2) 125 (35.4) 143 (42.9) 118 (43.7)
Carbohydrate esterase (CEs) 75 (21.8) 81 (23.8) 76 (21.5) 39 (11.7) 20 (7.4)
Carbohydrate-binding module (CBMs) 51 (14.8) 51 (15) 54 (15.3) 27 (8.1) 20 (7.4)
Polysaccharide lyase (PLs) 3 (0.87) 3 (0.88) 3 (0.85) 6 (1.8) 2 (0.74)
Total 344 340 353 333 270

‘N’ denotes number of CAZymes as predicted by dbCAN database

a The information is collected from Reference No. 23