The complete mitochondrial genome of a parasite at the animal-fungal boundary

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Comparison of mt protein genes in Sphaerothecum destruens (SD) with its close relatives within the Ichthyophonida Amoebidium parasiticum (AP), the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis (MB), and the Filasterea Capsaspora owczarzaki (CO) and Ministeria vibrans (MV)

Gene	No. of encoded amino acids^a					% Amino acid identity				Predicted initiation and termination codons in S. destruens
Gene	SD	AP	MB	CO	MV	SD/AP	SD/MB	SD/CO	SD/MV	Initiation codon	Stop codon
atp6	248	249	252	258	247	44	40	41	35	ATG	TAA
atp8	111	81	99	-	206	13	20	–	22	ATG	TAA
atp9	74	74	73	74	74	70	60	68	65	ATG	TAA
cox1	530	507	534	565	529	62	69	64	63	ATG	TAA
cox2	249	253	256	251	251	53	55	48	49	ATG	TAG
cox3	263	262	263	264	261	56	57	59	46	ATG	TAA
cob	380	385	380	381	394	59	62	63	56	ATG	TAG
nad1	335	–	343	331	336	–	57	61	52	TTG	TAG
nad2	478	–	546	477	451	–	25	17	24	ATG	TAG
nad3	117	122	118	117	118	44	55	52	42	ATG	TAG
nad4	476	–	498	477	494	–	49	49	41	ATG	TAG
nad4L	99	99	99	99	109	54	56	54	40	ATG	TAA
nad5	654	668	688	638	638	50	48	51	43	GTG	TAG
nad6	196	–	228	198	198	–	32	35	30	GTG	TAA
tatC	219	–	234	–	–	–	21	–	–	GTG	TAG

^aData for A. parasiticum and M. brevicollis from [28]; data for C. owczarzaki and M. vibrans from [32]

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