Evidence that the intra-amoebal Legionella drancourtii acquired a sterol reductase gene from eukaryotes

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Table 1 Best matches of L. drancourtii sterol delta-7 reductase

Organism	Gene Annotation	CovO	CovP	Id
Candidatus Protochlamydia amoebophila	Putative 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase	98.61	97.93	58.92
Coxiella burnetii	Ergosterol biosynthesis ERG4/ERG24 family protein	99.54	94.51	57.44
Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar-group)	Putative sterol delta-7 reductase	98.15	94.22	53.54
Gossypium hirsutum	Sterol delta-7 reductase (DWF5)	96.99	95.88	54.18
Tropaeolum majus	Sterol delta 7 reductase	98.15	97.47	54.01
Arabidopsis thaliana	DWF5	96.99	97.22	52.03
Oryza sativa (indica cultivar-group)	7-dehydrocholesterol reductase	59.72	98.85	59.69
Morus alba	Sterol delta-7 reductase	66.67	100	56.25
Nematostella vectensis	Predicted protein	88.43	95.98	38.74
Ajellomyces capsulatus	Conserved hypothetical protein	96.99	100	34.13

Best alignment results from the nr database of L. drancourtii sterol delta-7 reductase protein showing the organism of each matching protein, percent of L. drancourtii ORF coverage (CovO), percent of matching protein coverage (CovP) and percent identity (Id) of the alignment.

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