Table 2.
Distribution of selenoproteins in eukaryotes. a
| Phylum, Division | Species | Number of selenoproteins |
|---|---|---|
| Nematoda | Caenorhabditis elegans | 1 |
| Caenorhabditis briggsae | 1 | |
| Arthropoda | Apis mellifera | 1 |
| Drosophila melanogaster | 3 | |
| Drosophila pseudoobscura | 3 | |
| Anopheles gambiae | 3 | |
| Chordata | Mus musclulus | 24 |
| Homo sapiens | 25 | |
| Gallus gallus | 24 | |
| Xenopus tropicalis | 24 | |
| Ascomycota | Schizosaccharomyces pombe | 0 |
| Yarrowia lipolytica | 0 | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 0 | |
| Dictyosteliomycota | Dictyosteliumd iscoideum | 5 |
| Anthophyta | Oryza sativa | 0 |
| Medicago truncatula | 0 | |
| Populus trichocarpa | 0 | |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | 0 | |
| Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 12 |
| Ostreococcus tauri | 26 | |
| Ostreococcus lucimarinus | 29 | |
| Rhodophyta | Cyanidioschyzon merolae | 0 |
| Heterokontophyta | Thalassiosira pseudonana | 16 |
| Apicomplexa | Cryptosporidium parvum | 0 |
| Plasmodium falciparum | 4 | |
| Plasmodium chabaudi | 4 | |
| Plasmodium yoelii | 4 |
a Modified from Lobanov et al., [34]