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Table 1 Numbers of isoforms and cellular locations of ATPS, APSK, APR, PAPR and SiR. Numbers of isoforms and cellular locations, predicted or experimental (bold type) of ATP-sulfurylase (ATPS), APS kinase (APKS), APS reductase (APR), PAPS reductase (PAPR) and sulfite reductase (SiR) found in eukaryotic genomes. CP: plastid; CY; cytosol; MT: mitochondria; § ATPS and APSK proteins are fused; n: activity also detected in nucleus; *: gene model may be truncated at 5' end; a: APR without FeS cofactor binding sites; †: EST survey only; x: Organism does not reduce sulfate; p: fusion to inorganic pyrophosphatase.

From: Sulfate assimilation in eukaryotes: fusions, relocations and lateral transfers

 

ATPS

APSK

APR

PAPR

SiR

NO PLASTID

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

METAZOAN

             

H. sapiens x

             

MYCETOZOAN

 

2§n

  

2§n

        

D. discoidum x

 

1

  

1

        

CHOANOFLAGELLATE

             

M. brevicollis

 

1§

  

1§

    

1

 

1

 

FUNGI

             

S. cerevisiae

 

1

  

1

    

1

 

1

 

A. nidulans

 

1

  

1

    

1

 

1

 

HETEROKONT

             

P. sojae

 

1§

  

1§

    

1

 

1

 

1° RED PLASTID

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

RHODOPHYTE

             

C. merolae

1

1

  

1

1

    

2

  

2° RED PLASTID

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

HETEROKONT

             

T. pseudonana

1§p

1

 

1§

1

2a

    

1

  

HAPTOPHYTE

             

E. huxylei

1

1§p

   

1a

    

1

  

ALVEOLATE

             

T. gondii x

 

1

  

1

        

1° GREEN PLASTID

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CHLOROPHYTE

             

C. reinhardtii

2

  

1

 

1

    

2

  

O. taurii

1

  

1

 

1

    

1

  

O. lucimarinus

1

  

1

 

1

    

1

  

BRYOPHYTE

             

P. patens

2

  

1

3

1+1a

    

3

  

LYCOPODIOPHYTE

             

S. moellendorffii

1

  

2

2

1+1a

    

1*

  

SPERMOPHYTE

             

A. thaliana

4

  

2

2

3

    

1

  

O. sativa

1

1

 

2

1

2

    

1

  

2° GREEN PLASTID

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

CP

CY

CP

CY

MT

EUGLENIDS

             

E. gracilis†

  

2

    

2

    

1

CHLORARACHNIOPHYTE

             

B. natans†

1

    

1a

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