This is a list of genes that were acquired or lost during the evolution of the Trypanosomatidae

This info has been taken from the interactive gene tree

Accession codes of all genes for 13 taxa are available in a Microsoft Excel document

Genes either lost from B. saltans or gained by P.confusum
biopterin/folate/pteridine transporter
enzymes of ubiquinone biosynthesis
Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase
methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
3-demethylubiquinone-9 3-methyltransferase
2-polyprenyl-6-hydroxyphenyl methylase
3-demethylubiquinol 3-O-methyltransferase or hexaprenyldihydroxybenzoate methyltransferase
2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol hydroxylase or monooxygenase
ubiquinone biosynthesis methyltransferase
ubiquinone biosynthesis methyltransferase or 2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase
pteridine reductase PTR1
Bromodomain factor 1
farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase or solanesyl diphosphate synthase
ferrous iron transport protein, putative (LIT1-1)
S-methylthioribose kinase
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-like
Adenosine deaminase
tyrosine aminotransferase, putative
enoyl-CoA hydratase, enoyl-CoA isomerase/3-hydroxyacyl dehydrogenase(trifunctional enzyme, partial)
xylulokinase

The ancestral trypanosmatid lost over 50% of its genes relative to B. saltans, including the following metabolic genes:
2-amino-3-carboxymuconate-6-semialdehyde decarboxylase
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coenzyme a hydrolase-like protein
aspartic protease (lysosomal)
Cathepsin D (aspartic protease, 3.4.23.5)
Galactokinase
glucoamylase-like protein
lysine ketoglutarate reductase| saccharopine dehydrogenase
Lysosomal aspartic protease
mitochondrial RNA helicase-like protein
N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate etherase
ornithine aminotransferase
peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase
thiolase protein-like
trehalase
UDP-galactopyranose mutase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

Genes acquired after the split Trypanosomatids and Paratrypanosoma
beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
Haem uptake protein or multi-pass transmembrane protein (LHR1)
putative threonine dehydratase
Serine racemase (threonine dehydratase)
Ribulokinase
thiolase protein-like (most likely trifunctional protein Beta subunit), homologous to yeast peroxisomal fox3 but lacks PTS
threonine dehydratase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase
xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase xprt

Genes lost after the split of paratrypanosoma and other trypanosomatids
3-hydroxyanthranilate-dioxygenase
Histidine-ammonia lyase
Imidazolonepropionase
Formiminoglutamase
kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
Tryptophan enzymes 1,3 and 5:
tryptophan-dioxygenase oxidoreductase, kynurenine monodioxygenase, 3-hydroxyanthranitae dioxygenase
urocanate hydratase

Genes lost in the split of Trypanosoma and (Blechomonas plus Phytomonas)
D-lactate dehydrogenase-like (glycosomal)
D-lactate dehydrogenase-like protein (glycosomal)
Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase (racemase), mitochondrial
methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, putative
propionyl-CoA carboxylase
phosphatidylethanolamine n-methyltransferase-like protein
S-methylthioribose kinase
xylulokinase

Genes acquired by Trypanosoma
GPI inositol deacylase 2 | GPIdeAc2
phospholipase A1, putative
proline racemase

Genes lost from all Trypanosoma
4-coumarate--CoA ligase/fatty acyl-CoA synthase
C-22 sterol desaturase|cytochrome p450-like protein
chitinase
Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
methionine synthase, (Homocysteine S-methyltransferase), cobalamin dependent
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, putative
methylthioribulose-1-phosphate dehydratase/enolase-phosphatase E1 (bifunctional)
phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase, putative
serine hydroxymethyltransferase, cytosolic
serine hydroxymethyltransferase, mitochondrial
thiamine biosynthesis-like protein
xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase xprt

Genes acquired by the Leishmaniinae
arginase, putative
argininosuccinate synthase
Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase-like protein (probably cytosolic)
coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
dihydroxyacetone kinase (triose kinase)
Galactokinase
ferrochelatase
gamma-glutamyl kinase
glucoamylase-like protein
glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP), putative
Indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase | phenylpyruvate decarboxylase
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate transaminase
L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase
lipase
membrane-bound acid phosphatase, putative
methionine synthase, cobalamin independent
mitochondrial RNA helicase-like protein
old yellow enzyme | NADH:flavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase
protoporphyrinogen oxidase-like protein
UDP-galactopyranose mutase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

Metabolic genes lost by the Leishmaniinae
alternative oxidase (TAO)
Arginine kinase
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA lyase
L-threonine dehydrogenase
sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase

Genes acquired by the African trypanosomes
Dicer protein DCL2

Genes lost from the African trypanosomes
2-aminoethylphosphonate:pyruvate aminotransferase-like protein
Acireductone synthase / enolase-phosphatase E1 (bifunctional) | 2,3-diketo-5-methylthio-1-phosphopentane phosphatase
asparaginase-like protein|similar to
Asparaginase, putative
CMP-sialic acid transporter (CMP-Sia-Tr)
D-lactate dehydrogenase (homologous to yeast Dld3, acts on D-2-hydroxyglutarate
dihydroxyacetone kinase (triose kinase)
formiminoglutamase
fructosamine kinase, putative
FTHS (c-1-tetrahydrofolate synthase, cytoplasmic, putative)
Galactokinase
gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase-like protein
glyoxalase I, trypanothione-dependent
Glucokinase
glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP), putative
Haem uptake protein or multi-pass transmembrane protein (LHR1)
histidine-ammonia lyase
imidazolonepropionase
L-ascorbate peroxidase
Na/H antiporter-like protein
old yellow enzyme | NADH:flavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase
phosphoenolpyruvate mutase
phosphoglucomutase
Phosphomannomutase-like
protein geranylgeranyltransferase type II alpha subunit
quinonoid dihydropteridine reductase (QDPR)
Ribulokinase
Serine acetyltransferase
short chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
thiol-dependent reductase TDR1 | Glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)
thiolase protein-like (most likely trifunctional protein Beta subunit), homologous to yeast peroxisomal fox3 but lacks PTS
tyrosine aminotransferase, putative
UDP-galactopyranose mutase
UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase
Urocanase

Metabolic genes acquired by B. ayalai and the phytomonads
Isopropyl alcohol dehydrogenase | Alcohol dehydrogenase (Zn-containing) (1.1.1.1) (NAD)

Genes lost by both B. ayalai and the Phytomonads
beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase
Argonaute 1 AGO1
Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase-like protein (probably cytosolic)
Dicer protein DCL1
hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA lyase
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate transaminase
L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase
lipase
membrane-bound acid phosphatase, putative
methionine synthase, cobalamin independent
old yellow enzyme | NADH:flavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase
sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase

Genes acquired by crithidia and Leptomonas
Argininosuccinate lyase
Catalase
Cathepsin D (lysosomal aspartatic protease)
lysine/diaminopimelate decarboxylase
diaminopimelate epimerase
glycerol dehydrogenase, bacterial type

Genes lost by Crithidia and Leptomonas
Glyceraldehyde-phosphate dehydrogenase-like

Genes acquired by T.brucei and T.congolense
none

Genes lost from T. brucei and T. congolense
proline racemase
putative threonine dehydratase
Serine racemase (threonine dehydratase)
saccharopine dehydrogenase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

metabolic genes acquired by the phytomonads
Cathepsin D (aspartic protease (lysosomal)

More than 1000 genes were lost by the phytomonads
2-aminoethylphosphonate:pyruvate aminotransferase-like protein
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coenzyme a hydrolase-like protein
3-methylcrotonoyl-coa carboxylase beta subunit-like
4-coumarate--CoA ligase/fatty acyl-CoA synthase
acid phosphatase
acyl-coa dehydrogenase (long-chain specific),isovaleryl-coA dehydrogenase
acyl-coa dehydrogenase (medium chain specific)
acyl-coa dehydrogenase (short/branched chain specific)
acyl-coa dehydrogenase, putative (short branched chain)
aminomethyltransferase, or glycine synthase, mitochondrial precursor, putative (subunit of the glycine-cleavage system or T protein) (2 copies)
apocytochrome c1
aromatic L-alpha-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase
asparaginase-like protein
Asparaginase, putative
ATP synthase beta subunit, putative
Beta-ketoacyl (ACP) synthase family protein
3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II
C-22 sterol desaturase,cytochrome p450-like protein
chitinase
Cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein, putative
cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5, probable
cytochrome c oxidase subunit viii
cytochrome c oxidase subunit iv
cytochrome c oxidase subunit IX
cytochrome c oxidase subunit vi
cytochrome c oxidase subunit vii
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
D-lactate dehydrogenase (homologous to yeast Dld3, acts on D-2-hydroxyglutarate)
delta-6-fatty acid (linoleyl-CoA?) desaturase-like
electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase
enoyl-coa hydratase, mitochondrial
enoyl-coa hydratase, peroxisomal
enoyl-CoA hydratase/enoyl-CoA isomerase/3-hydroxyacyl dehydrogenase(trifunctional enzyme, partial)
Ferric reductase transmembrane protein (LFR1)
ferrochelatase-like protein
FTHS (c-1-tetrahydrofolate synthase, cytoplasmic, putative)
gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase-like protein
glyoxalase I, trypanothione-dependent
Glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase
Glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, possible ER
glycine dehydrogenase (Glycine-cleavage complex P-protein)
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C
kynureninase, possible
L-ascorbate peroxidase
ascorbate peroxidase
L-gulonolactone oxidase, putative
L-threonine 3-dehydrogenase
lathosterol oxidase-like protein, C5 sterol desaturase
methionine synthase, (Homocysteine S-methyltransferase), cobalamin dependent
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, putative
MTFC/MTFD (C-1-tetrahydrofolate synthase, cytoplasmic, putative) bifunctional protein
Na/H antiporter-like protein
old yellow enzyme , NADH:flavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase
PEX12
PEX14, putative
phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase, putative
phospholipase A2 ?
phospholipase c-like protein
Phosphomannomutase-like
propionyl-coa carboxylase beta chain, putative
protein geranylgeranyltransferase type II alpha subunit
protoheme IX farnesyltransferase
putative electron transfer flavoprotein beta-subunit beta-etf-flavoprotein small subunit
pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) kinase,
quinonoid dihydropteridine reductase (QDPR)
reiske iron-sulfur protein precursor
Ribulokinase
sco1 protein homolog, mitochondrial precursor, probable
Serine acetyltransferase
short chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
thiolase protein-like (most likely trifunctional protein Beta subunit), homologous to yeast peroxisomal fox3 but lacks PTS
transaldolase, probable
ubiquinol--cytochrome-c reductase, probable
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase | UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase 2
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase
uracil phosphoribosyltransferase

Genes acquired by the Leptomonads
none

Genes lost by the Leptomonads
aromatic L-alpha-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase
fructosamine kinase, putative

Only in T. cogolense
none

Genes lost from T. congolense
3-ketoacyl-coa thiolase, possible
cdp-diacylglycerol synthetase-like protein
cystathionine beta-synthase, probable
cysteine synthase
delta-6-fatty acid (linoleyl-CoA?) desaturase-like,
Diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase
frataxin
farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase|solanesyl diphosphate synthase
glucoamylase-like protein
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-like
glycine-cleavage system H protein, putative
LABCG5 ABC transporter of haem
Mannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase | GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase
N18M|20 kDa subunit
riboflavin kinase/fmn adenylyltransferase-like protein
pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase, putative
putative threonine dehydratase
ubiquinol--cytochrome-c reductase, probable

Only in T. brucei
none

Genes lost from T. brucei
putative threonine dehydratase

Only acquired by T. vivax
putative threonine dehydratase
Serine racemase (threonine dehydratase)
saccharopine dehydrogenase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

Genes lost by T. vivax
3-demethylubiquinone-9,3-methyltransferase
2-polyprenyl-6-hydroxyphenyl methylase
3-demethylubiquinol 3-O-methyltransferase/ hexaprenyldihydroxybenzoate methyltransferase
3-oxoacyl-(acyl-carrier protein) reductase
6-phosphogluconolactonase, putative | gulonolactonase
cystathionine gamma-lyase
delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase, putative
frataxin
homoserine kinase
L-gulonolactone oxidase, putative
LABCG5 ABC transporter of haem
pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase, putative
Threonine synthase-like
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase | UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase 2
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase / UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase
uracil phosphoribosyltransferase

Genes acquired by T. cruzi
alanine racemase

Genes lost from T. cruzi
ACPM|SDAP Acyl carrier protein
alternative oxidase (TAO)
aromatic aldehyde dehydrogenase, mitochondrial precursor (10-formyl-THF dehydrogenase-like)
argonaute protein AGO1
ATP synthase delta chain, mitochondrial precursor-like protein
ATP synthase epsilon (or delta) subunit, possible
Dicer protein DCL1
glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD)
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD)
methionine synthase, cobalamin independent
mitochondrial carrier protein-like protein (uncoupling protein)
mitochondrial RNA helicase-like protein
ornithine decarboxylase, probable
PEX10 | peroxisome assembly protein, putative
PEX2 |glycosome import protein (GIM1)
Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase proenzyme-like protein
phosphatidylserine synthase-like
phospholipase c-like protein
Phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase (EC 6.3.2.5)|(PPC synthetase)
ribokinase-like protein
Ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase (ribonucleotide reductase)
S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (regulatory subunit, prozyme)

Genes acquired by B. ayalai
gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase-like protein
ferrochelatase-like protein

Genes lost from B.ayalai
alternative oxidase (TAO)
argininosuccinate synthase
Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase-like protein (probably cytosolic)
coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
dihydroxyacetone kinase (triose kinase)
Galactokinase
gamma-glutamyl kinase
glucoamylase-like protein
glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP), putative
Indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase | pyruvate/indole-pyruvate carboxylase
iron/ascorbate oxidoreductase family protein, putative or thymine-7-hydroxylase-like protein
Kynurenine--oxoglutarate transaminase
L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase
lipase
methionine synthase, cobalamin independent
mitochondrial RNA helicase-like protein
old yellow enzyme | NADH:flavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase
protoporphyrinogen oxidase-like protein
thiol-dependent reductase TDR1 | Glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)
UDP-galactopyranose mutase
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

Genes acquired by strain EM1
Galactokinase

Genes lost by Phytomonas EM1
GMP synthase
iron-sulfur cluster NifU-like protein
ornithine decarboxylase
phosphatidylethanolamine n-methyltransferase-like protein
Phosphopantothenate-cysteine ligase
putative proton-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase
vacuolar-type proton translocating pyrophosphatase 1
PYR2 aspartate carbamoyltransferase
PYR3 dihydroorotase (fragment)
Succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur subunit
UDP-galactose /glucose pyrophosphorylase (2.7.7.64)

 

Genes acquired by strain Hart1
Indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase | pyruvate/indole-pyruvate carboxylase

Genes lost by Phytomonas Hart 1
Acireductone synthase/enolase-phosphatase E1 (bifunctional) | 2,3-diketo-5-methylthio-1-phosphopentane phosphatase
C-14 sterol reductase, putative
Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase
dihydroxyacetone kinase (triose kinase)
fructose-6-phosphate2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase
Glucokinase
GPI mannosyltransferase
Haem uptake protein or multi-pass transmembrane protein (LHR1)
Inosine-adenosine-guanosine-nucleosidehydrolase|IAGNH
membrane-bound acid phosphatase precursor MBPA
methionine synthase reductase, mitochondrial precursor-like
MTFC/MTFD(C-1-tetrahydrofolate synthase, cytoplasmic, putative) bifunctional protein
N18M|20 kDa subunit
Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase proenzyme-like protein
Phosphomannomutase, putative
pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase, putative
Sterol 14-alpha (lanosterol) demethylase (CP51)
ycf45 chloroplast homologue

Genes acquired by L. seymouri
none

Metabolic genes lost by L. seymouri
4-coumarate--CoA ligase/fatty acyl-CoA synthase
Alanine aminotransferase
argininosuccinate lyase
argininosuccinate synthase
argonaute protein AGO1
ATP synthase alpha subunit
ATP synthase alpha subunit
coproporphyrinogen III oxidase
diaminopimelate epimerase
beta-glucosidase tr07374,tr07375,tr07376
Dicer protein DCL1
Ferric reductase transmembrane protein (LFR1)
iron/ascorbate oxidoreductase family protein, putative or thymine-7-hydroxylase-like protein
lathosterol oxidase-like protein,C5 sterol desaturase
lipase
lysine/diaminopimelate decarboxylase tr08303|g08888_seq27|g08889_seq27
Maltase Glucoamylase (Alpha-glucosidase) () (3.2.1.3) (Glucan-1,4-alpha-glucosidase)
alpha-glucosidase
membrane-bound acid phosphatase precursor MBPA
Monoglyceride lipase
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase [ATP], glycosomal
phosphofructokinase
s-adenosylmethionine synthase or methionine adenosyltransferase
thiol-dependent reductase TDR1 | Glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)

Genes acquired by L. pyrrhocoris
none

Genes lost from L. pyrrhocoris
aminomethyltransferase, or glycine synthase, mitochondrial precursor, putative (subunit of the glycine-cleavage system or T protein)
citrate synthase
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, possible ER
pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase, putative

Genes acquired by C. fasciculata
none

Genes lost from C. fasciculata
aminomethyltransferase, or glycine synthase, mitochondrial precursor, putative (subunit of the glycine-cleavage system or T protein)
citrate synthase
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD)
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, possible ER
Phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.36) (PPC-DC) (CoaC)
protein geranylgeranyltransferase type II alpha subunit
pteridine reductase

Genes acquired by L. major relative to C. fasciculata and L.pyrrhocoris
ATP synthase beta subunit, putative
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-like
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, possible ER
ubiquinol--cytochrome-c reductase, probable

Genes lost from L. major
argonaute protein AGO1
beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase
Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase
Dicer protein DCL1
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C
S-methylthioribose kinase

Metabolic genes lost at by P. confusum only
1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-coenzyme A hydrolase-like protein
3'-nucleotidase
alternative oxidase (TAO)
glutathione (trypanothione) peroxidase
adenylosuccinate lyase
arginine kinase
ATP synthase beta subunit, putative
gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase-like protein
Glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase
Glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase
glutathione (trypanothione) peroxidase
methionine synthase, cobalamin independent
D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
PEX10 | peroxisome assembly protein, putative
PGFS||prostaglandin f2-alpha synthase|Large subunit of NADP+ dependent arabinose dehydrogenase| reductasepyruvate carboxylase
phenylalanine-4-hydroxylase, putative
PGFS,prostaglandin f2-alpha synthase,Large subunit of NADP+ dependent arabinose dehydrogenase/reductase | aldoketoreductase
quinonoid dihydropteridine reductase (QDPR)
Phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase,hypothetical protein

Genes either lost from B. saltans or gained by P.confusum
biopterin/folate/pteridine transporter
enzymes of ubiquinone biosynthesis
Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase
methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
xylulokinase
3-demethylubiquinone-9 3-methyltransferase
2-polyprenyl-6-hydroxyphenyl methylase
3-demethylubiquinol 3-O-methyltransferase or hexaprenyldihydroxybenzoate methyltransferase
2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol hydroxylase or monooxygenase
ubiquinone biosynthesis methyltransferase
ubiquinone biosynthesis methyltransferase or 2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase
pteridine reductase PTR1
Bromodomain factor 1
farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase or solanesyl diphosphate synthase
ferrous iron transport protein, putative (LIT1-1)
S-methylthioribose kinase
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-like
Adenosine deaminase
tyrosine aminotransferase, putative
enoyl-CoA hydratase, enoyl-CoA isomerase/3-hydroxyacyl dehydrogenase(trifunctional enzyme, partial)