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. 2018 Nov 30;11(1):41–53. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy251

Table 2.

Peroxiomal Genes Identified in Nephromyces and Cardiosporidium and Their Functional Category

Protein Abbr. Vb Cv C N Tg Pf Cp
Glyoxylate pathway
Isocitrate lyase ICL x x
MLS MLS x x x
Citrate synthase CS x x x x x x
Aconitase ACO x x x x x x
Malate dehydrogenase MDH x x x x x x x
Peroxisome
Biogenesis factor 1 Pex1 x x x x
Biogenesis factor 2 Pex2 x x x x x
Biogenesis factor 3 Pex3 x x x
Ubiquitin carrier protein Pex4 x x x x x x x
Biogenesis protein 5 Pex5 x x x x x
Biogenesis protein 6 Pex6 x x x x x
Biogenesis protein 7 Pex7 x x x x x
Biogenesis protein 10 Pex10 x x x x x
Biogenesis factor 11 Pex11 x x x x x
Biogenesis protein 12 Pex12 x x x x
Biogenesis factor 13 Pex13
Membrane protein 14 Pex14 x x x x x
Membrane protein 15 Pex15
Biogenesis factor 16 Pex16 x x x
Membrane protein receptor Pex19 x
Biogenesis protein 22 Pex22 x x x x x x x
Biogenesis factor 26 Pex26
Membrane channel PMP22 x x x x
Membrane protein 4 PMP27
ATP/ADP-transporter PMP34 x x x x x
Fatty acid ABC-transporter PMP70 x x x x x
ROS metabolism MPV17 x x x x x x
Protein Abbr. Vb Cv C N Tg Pf Cp
Fatty acid oxidation
 α-Oxidation 2-Hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase HPCL2 x x
Phytanoyl-CoA hydrolase PHYH x x
 β-Oxidation α-Methylacyl-CoA-racemase AMACR
Acyl-CoA-oxidase ACOX x x x x x
Multifunctional protein DBP x x x x x
Sterole carrier protein 2 SCPX x x
Multifunctional protein PBE
Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1 ACAA1 x x x x x
2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase PDCR x x x x x
d(3,5)-d(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA isomerase ECH x x x x x
ATP-binding cassette, subfamily D ABCD x x x x x
Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase ACSL x x x x x x
Solute carrier family 27, member 2 VLACS x x x
Other oxidation Acyl-CoA thioesterase 8 PTE
Nucleoside disphosphate-linked m. NUDT19 x
Amino acid metabolism
Multifunctional protein AGT x x x x x
d-Amino-acid oxidase DAO
Isocitrate dehydrogenase IDH x x x x x x
N1-acetylpolyamine oxidase PAOX x x
l-Pipecolate oxidase PIPOX x x
Hydroxymethylgluatryl-CoA lyase HMGCL x x x x x
(S)-2-hydroxy-acid oxidase HAO x x x x
Antioxidant system
Hydrogen peroxide metabolism Catalase CAT x x x x
Superoxide dismutase SOD x x x x x
Nitric-oxide synthase, inducible INOS
Peroxiredoxin 1 PRDX1 x x x x x x
Peroxiredoxin 5 PRDX5
Glutathione metabolism
Glutathione S-transferase kappa 1 GSTK1 x x x x
Protein Abbr. Vb Cv C N Tg Pf Cp
Etherphospholipid biosynthesis
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltr. DHAPAT x x x x x
Alkyldihydroxyacetone phosphate syn AGPS x x x
Fatty acyl-CoA reductase FAR x x x x
Purine metabolism
Xanthine dehydrogenase XDH x x x x
Urate oxidase UO x x x x
Retinol metabolism
Dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family DHRS4 x x x x
Sterol precursor biosynthesis
Mevalonate kinase MVK
Phosphomevalonate kinase PMVK

Note.—(x) denotes presence of gene and (−) absence. Vb, Vitrella brassicaformis; Cv, Chromera velia; C, Cardiosporidium; N, Nephromyces; Tg, Toxoplasma gondii; Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Cp, Cryptosporidium parvum. Table modified based on Ludwig-Klinger et al. (2017).