Novel specificities emerge by stepwise duplication of functional modules

Table 1.

Homologous complexes identified in the manually curated protein complex data set, with a description of the general function and specificity of each complex


Complex name

Function

Specific to
Pyruvate dehydrogenase Carbohydrate oxidation in TCA Pyruvate
2-Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase Carbohydrate oxidation in TCA 2-Oxo-glutarate
Ftase Protein prenytransferase C15 isoprenoid, Rho and Ras small, GTPases, laminin, heterotrimeric G proteins, etc.
GGTase I C20 isoprenoid, Rho and Ras small GTPases
RabGGTase C20 isoprenoid, Rab small GTPases
SBF complex Transcriptional activation during cell cycle progression Transcription of G1 cyclins, cell wall biosynthesis genes, etc.
MBF complex Transcription of S-phase cyclins, genes required for DNA synthesis, etc.
SWI/SNF complex Transcriptional activation and repression Not essential for growth. Transcription of genes involved in mating type switching, sucrose fermentation
Chromatin remodelling
RSC complex Essential for mitotic growth. Active in chromosomal segregation
Organization of cytoskeleton. Transcription from RNA
Pol. II promoters (uncertain)
MSH2/MSH3 DNA mismatch repair Loops with two to eight unpaired bases, one-base insertion/deletion loops
MSH2/MSH6 Base-base mismatches, one-base insertion/deletion loops
AP-1 complex Coat protein binding Clathrin, endosome to Golgi transport
Ap-2 complex Clathrin, endocytosis at plasma membrane
AP-3 complex Unknown Unknown, transport to lysosome
B-COPI subcomplex
Coat protein binding
F-COPI coat
  • Further complexes from this data set that have some resemblance, but are below the score threshold considered by us, are discussed in the Supplementary Material. RabGGTase, the AP-complexes and COPI do not share components with any other complex, and as such are the result of complete duplications. All other complexes share at least one component and are the result of partial duplications.

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  1. Genome Res. 15: 552-559

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