Table 5

Distribution of zinc-, non-heme iron- and copper-binding proteins in the three domains of life

Zna

Non-heme Feb

Cuc


Bacteria

4.9

3.9

0.3


Archaea

6.0

7.1

0.4


Eukarya

8.8

1.1

0.3


The numbers show the fractions (in %) of proteins with binding sites for Zn, non-heme Fe and Cu, respectively, as related to the total protein content, in the representatives of the three domains of life, determined by application of the same bioinformatics approaches [135].

a – Based on the data from [250];

b – Based on the data from [251];

c – Based on the data from [311];

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