Table 8.
Other peptidase families possibly present in LUCA. The following peptidase families are present in all kingdoms but not found within most phyla in some kingdoms. These may have been present in LUCA and subsequently lost in some phyla.
Family | Type example | Kingdoms with few represented phyla |
---|---|---|
C26 | gamma-glutamyl carboxypeptidase | Chromista |
C44 | amidophosphoribosyltransferase precursor | Fungi, Chromista |
M14 | carboxypeptidase A | Archaea |
M16 | pitrilysin | Archaea |
M28 | aminopeptidase Y | Chromista |
M38 | beta-aspartyl dipeptidase | Fungi |
M50 | S2P endopeptidase | Fungi |
M79 | RCE1 peptidase | Fungi |
S15 | Xaa-Pro dipeptidyl peptidase | Animalia, Viridiplantae (absent from Streptophyta), Fungi, Chromista, Protozoa |
S33 | prolyl aminopeptidase | Chromista |
T2 | asparaginase | Protozoa |
T3 | gamma glutamyl transpeptidase | Protozoa, Archaea |