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Table 1 Distribution of OAS related genes in lower Metazoa

From: Origin and development of oligoadenylate synthetase immune system

Latin name

Common name

OAS

Identity to hOAS1

IFN

STAT 1/2

JAK

IFNR

RNaseL

TOP I

Identity to hTOPI

Geodia cydonium

Demosponge

++

26%

–

–

–

–

–

–

 

Tedania ignis

Fire sponge

++

28%

–

–

–

–

–

–

 

Amphimedon queenslandica

Demosponge

++

28%

–

–

+

–

–

++

62%

lubomirskia baicalensis

Demosponge

++

23%

–

–

–

–

–

–

 

Acropora digitifera

Acropora coral

++

31%

–

–

+

–

–

++

70%

Nematostella vectensis

Startlet sea anemone

++

30%

–

–

+

–

–

++

71%

Orbicella faveolata

Mountaius star coral

++

33%

–

–

+

–

–

++

68%

Orchesella cincta

Springtails

++

25%

–

–

+

–

–

++

67%

Crassostrea gigas

Pacific oyster

++

30%

–

–

+

–

–

++

72%

Lottia gigantea

Owl limpet

++

28%

–

–

–

–

–

++

72%

Lingula anatina

Lamp shell

++

31%

–

–

+

–

–

++

64%

Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Acorn worm

++

28%

–

–

+

–

–

++

73%

  1. ++: Nearly complete sequences; +: Fragments; −: No hits found
  2. hOAS1 human OAS1 protein, hTOPI human TOPI protein