Table 3.

Functional Classification of Conserved Protein Domains vs. Yeast Proteins That Are Homologous to Toxoplasma ESTs

Number of matching sequences[i]
P-fams yeast proteins
Protein kinases/phosphatases24
RNA/DNA binding55
Translation/secretion318
Signaling43
Heat shock/chaperones711
Amino acid metabolism37
Detoxification43
Glycolysis/energy metabolism1313
Nucleotide binding/ATP synthases66
Proteases33
Proteosome/ubiquitin311
GTPases/ATPases38
Cytoskeleton/cell adhesion/structural78
Ribosomal proteins2567
Mitochondrial510
Purine/pyrimidine metabolism54
DNA/RNA replication/transcription720

[i] Number of distinct conserved domain family members (P-fam) or yeast proteins recognized by toxoplasma ESTs.