Evolution of the Heme Peroxidases of Culicidae (Diptera)
Table 1
Percentages of amino acid residues in heme peroxidases that are conserved among sets of dipteran taxa.
Protein
Set of taxa compared
No. aligned residues
Ae. aegypti and C. quinquesfasciatus
Ae. aegypti, C. quinquesfasciatus, and A. gambiae
D. melanogaster and D. grimshawi
Culicidae and Drosophilidae
HPX1
672
87.5%***
79.8%***
85.3%***
56.3%***
HPX2
609
68.1%
50.6%
61.9%
24.8%
HPX4
868
85.5%***
74.3%***
88.1%***
54.0%***
HPX5
746
93.4%***
91.4%***
96.0%***
78.8%***
HPX6
800
82.0%*
64.9%***
78.8%***
41.4%***
HPX7
654
58.3%**
46.0%
67.1%1
18.7%1
HPX12
654
41.4%***
35.5%***
CG42331
1132
74.9%
54.8%
72.1%***
34.0%**
DBLOX-N
585
86.8%***
72.5%***
83.8%***
39.5%***
DBLOX-C
775
92.5%***
86.5%***
92.3%***
66.3%***
Chi-square tests of the hypothesis that the proportion conserved is equal to that for HPX2 in the same set of taxa (Bonferroni-corrected): *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
1Homologous to both HPX7 and HPX12 (see Figure 1).
