Figure 5

Relative distance of Metazoa enzymes from homologues of EAA and from NEAA biosynthetic enzymes present in plant and fungi. Phylogenetic trees were obtained for 12 enzymes, using all eukaryotic clustered proteins. Codes for enzymes are the same as in Figure 1 and are shown over the bars. For normalization, a background distance from the plant phylum Streptophyta to the fungi subkingdom Dikarya was measured and represented by triangles (right Y axis). The distance “from” either Streptophyta (green bars) or Dikarya (yellow bars), “to” the branches that group the clades indicated below the bars, were measured and normalized by the distance Streptophyta/Dikarya, yielding the ratio represented by bars (left Y axis). Only the three enzymes on the right (S1, G1 and G2) participate of biosynthesis of NEAAs: serine (S1) and glycine (G1 and G2). K6 and K10 are enzymes that compose lysine biosynthetic pathways which are not complete, respectively, in Streptophyta or Dikarya (see Figure 1). Abbreviations: Art, Arthropoda; Cho, Choanozoa; Cni, Cnidaria; Nem, Nematoda; Pla, Placozoa.