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Table 2 Clades (and species within Saccharomycetes) containing notably low percentages of prion and prion-like proteins

From: Emergence and evolution of yeast prion and prion-like proteins

 

% NQPs in proteome*

% prion predictions in proteome**

Fraction of known prions conserved as N/Q-rich

Fraction of known prions conserved as predicted prions**

Fraction of N/Q-rich PAFs conserved as N/Q-rich

Fraction of N/Q-rich PAFs conserved as predicted prions**

Clades

  Eurotiales

0.85 %

1.11 %

2.3/10

2.4/10

3.1/26 (12 %)

3.9/26 (15 %)

  Schizosaccharomycetes

0.72 %

1.29 %

1.5/10

1.3/10

1.5/26 (6 %)

1.5/26 (6 %)

  Agaricomycetes

0.69 %

0.94 %

0.8/10

0.6/10

0.8/26 (3 %)

1.3/26 (5 %)

Species within Saccharomycetes

 

  Ogataea parapolymorpha (non-WGD species)

1.12 %

1.61 %

3/10

2/10

4/26 (15 %)

4/26 (15 %)

  Ashbya gossypii (non-WGD species)

1.70 %

1.51 %

5/10

3/10

8/26 (31 %)

4/26 (15 %)

For comparison:

 

  Post-WGD Saccharomycetes

7.19 %

4.34 %

7.5/10

6.8/10

16.6/26 (70 %)

15.8/26 (61 %)

  Non-WGD Saccharomycetes

4.70 %

3.38 %

5.3/10

5.1/10

10.2/26 (32 %)

9.5/26 (37 %)

  1. *For clades, overall average values
  2. **The union of prion predictions for the PLAAC and PAPA programs is used