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. 2005 Jun;4(6):1102–1115. doi: 10.1128/EC.4.6.1102-1115.2005

TABLE 1.

Gene candidates for horizontal transfer in S. cerevisiae and A. gossypii

Species and locus name/gene name Deletion phenotypea In sibling speciesb Function Percent identity/best bacterial alignment
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    YKL216W/URA1 Uracil auxotroph Yes Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase 71/Lactococcus lactis
    YJL217W Viable Yes Unknown 64/Xanthomonas axonopodis
    YFR055W Viable Yes Cystathionine beta-lyase 60/Yersinia pestis
    YJL218W Viable Yes Acetyltransferase 59/Methanosarcina mazei
    YOL164W/BDS1 Alkyl-, aryl-sulfatase negative Yes Alkyl-, aryl-sulfatase 55/Rhodopseudomonas palustris
    YDR540C Viable Yes Unknown 54/Enterococcus faecalis
    YNR058W/BIO3 Biotin auxotroph Yes 7,8-Diamino pelargonic acid amino transferase 49/Yersinia enterocolitica
    YPL245W Viable Yes Unknown 44/Lactobacillus plantarum
    YMR090W Viable Yes Unknown 42/Lactobacillus plantarum
    YNR057C/BIO4 Biotin auxotroph Yes Dethiobiotin synthesis 40/Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum
Ashbya gossypii
    AGL264W IS605-TnpB Not known Transposase 25/Helicobacter pylori
a

Results of open reading frame deletion by the Saccharomyces Genome Deletion Project (55).

b

Saccharomyces sensu stricto species (10, 26) except where indicated.