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Supporting Figure 6 S1 A rpL31 C Chlorophyll 53 Medicago sativa synthetase Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 Arabidopsis thaliana Streptophytes Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 67 Oryza sativa 91 Thermosynechococcus elongatus Cyanobacteria 97 Bigelowiella natans * Nostoc punctiforme 54 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlorophyte 72 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 60 Cyanidium caldarium Rhodophyte Arabidopsis thaliana 100 Streptophytes 68 Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 60 Avena sativa 88 79 Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 Bigelowiella natans * Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlorophyte Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 90 Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 100 64 Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 Cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 Bacteria 53 Odontella sinensis Heterokont Chlorobium tepidum Guillardia theta Cryptophyte Rhodospirillum 0.1 rubrum Porphyra purpurea Rhodophyte 100 Thermosynechococcus elongatus Cyanobacterium 99 Clostridium acetobutylicum Bacteria Clostridium perfringens D Fructose-1,6 86 Brassica napus 1 bisphosphatase Brassica napus 2 Campylobacter jejuni 52 0.1 Arabidopsis thaliana 2 60 Arabidopsis thaliana 1 Solanum tuberosum 1 Pisum sativum 2 82 Streptophytes Pisum sativum 1 Acyl carrier protein Glycine max Eukaryotes B (plastid) Spinacia oleracea 1 86 Spinacia oleracea 2 78 Cuphea lanceolata Triticum aestivum Casuarina glauca 88 Oryza sativa Hordeum vulgare Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 88 Olea europaea Chlorophyte Spinacia oleracea 2 Galdieria sulphuraria Rhodophyte 56 Spinacia oleracea 1 Streptophytes Bigelowiella natans 97 * Arabidopsis thaliana 1 98 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 67 Brassica napus 2 Pseudomonas fluorescens 100 Sinorhizobium 73 82 Arabidopsis thaliana 2 meliloti Neisseria meningitidis Brassica napus 1 50 Bacteria Brassica napus 3 100 Haemophilus influenzae 100 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlorophyte 94 Escherichia coli Cyanidium caldarium Rhodophyte Toxoplasma gondii Apicomplexan Cryptophyte Guillardia theta 100 Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 61 Cyanobacteria Porphyra purpurea Rhodophyte Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Bigelowiella natans * 88 Pisum sativum 3 Plasmodium falciparum Apicomplexan 69 Spinacia oleracea 3 Odontella sinensis Heterokont Beta vulgaris Clostridium acetobutylicum Bacterium Musa acuminata Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 94 Pisum sativum 4 Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 Solanum tuberosum 2 Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Cyanobacteria Porteresia coarctata 88 Nostoc punctiforme 77 Oryza sativa 2 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 72 Saccarum sp. Thermosynechococcus elongatus Arabidopsis thaliana 3 Eukaryotes Toxoplasma gondii Apicomplexan 97 3 (cytosol) Chlorobium tepidum Bacterium Brassica napus Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 Cyanobacterium 96 Sus scrofa 1 68 Ralstonia solanacearum Sus scrofa 2 96 Comamonas testosteroni Homo sapiens Xylella fastidiosa 96 Oryctolagus cuniculus Vibrio cholerae Drosophila melanogaster 62 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria 69 Caenorhabditis elegans Haemophilus influenzae 96 Aspergillus nidulans 52 Rhodobacter sphaeroides 76 Schizosaccharomyces pombe 96 Rhodospirillum rubrum Leishmania major Novosphingobium aromaticivorans Phytophthora infestans 0.1 0.1 E Glutamate-1-semialdehyde G rpL1 2,1-aminomutase 100 Lycopersicon esculentum 100 Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 100 80 Nicotiana tabacum Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 Streptophytes Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 95 Glycine max 63 Cyanobacteria 100 86 Thermosynechococcus elongatus Arabidopsis thaliana 83 93 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Hordeum vulgare Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 100 Phaeodactylum tricornutum Heterokont Cyanophora paradoxa Glaucophyte 74 Bigelowiella natans * Guillardia theta Cryptophyte Cyanidinium caldarium Rhodophyte 93 Polytomella sp. Chlorophytes Odontella sinensis Heterokont Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Bigelowiella natans Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 * 98 Porphyra purpurea Rhodophyte Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 Arabidopsis thaliana Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 67 Spinacia oleracea Streptophytes 98 Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301 Cyanobacteria 100 Glycine max 82 Thermosynechococcus elongatus 100 Hordeum vulgare 70 Chlorophyte Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Thermotoga maritima Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 86 Fusobacterium nucleatum Vibrio cholerae Bacteria 81 Aquifex aeolicus 99 80 Escherichia coli Deinococcus radiodurans 83 Haemophilus somnus 0.1 Ralstonia solanacearum 92 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 66 Cytophaga hutchinsonii GAPDH H 98 Vibrio cholerae 1 Chlorobium tepidum Shewanella putrefaciens 2 Oceanobacillus iheyensis Bacteria Prochloron didemni 53 Bacillus subtilis 1 99 Rhodobacter capsulatus 2 Staphylococcus aureus Diplonema ATCC50224 Rhyncopus ATCC50231 Listeria monocytogenes 99 99 Diplonema ATCC50225 Listeria innocua Paracoccus denitrificans 2 Bacillus halodurans 81 Escherichia coli B 100 Vibrio cholerae 3 Bacillus subtilis 2 59 Shewanella putrefaciens 1 Chloroflexus aurantiacus Pseudomonas aeruginosa GAP A/B Rhodobacter capsulatus 1 0.1 Novosphingobium aromaticivorans Streptomyces aureofaciens Thermus aquaticus Bacillus subtilis F rpS22 77 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii A Chlorophyte 97 Arabidopsis thaliana B Pisum sativum A Streptophytes 93 Staphylococcus aureus 98 Arabidopsis thaliana A (plastid) Staphylococcus epidermidis 61 Euglena gracilis Chlorophyte Listeria innocua Chondrus crispus A 64 Rhodophytes Enterococcus faecalis 81 Galdieria sulphuraria Oenococcus oeni 95 Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 91 Streptococcus pneumoniae 82 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Cyanobacteria Streptococcus pyogenes 94 Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 Lactobacillus delbrueckii Bacteria 60 Pseudomonas syringae 67 Oceanobacillus iheyensis 57 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 79 Bacillus halodurans Azotobacter vinelandii Bacillus anthracis Corynebacterium efficiens Deinococcus radiodurans 86 100 Streptomyces coelicor Clostridium perfringens 94 Streptomyces roseofulvus Clostridium acetobutylicum 61 Geobacter metallireducens 100 Geobacter metallireducens 82 Shewanella oneidensis Streptomyces coelicor Bigelowiella natans PLASTID Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 Escherichia coli C 80 83 Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 99 Treponema pallidum Thermosynechococcus elongatus Euglena gracilis Nostoc punctiforme 97 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 60 74 Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 Trypanosoma brucei GAP C 54 Escherichia coli A 68 Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 72 Vibrio cholerae 2 97 Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313 Ralstonia solanacearum Prochlorococcus marinus CCMP1378 68 Homo sapiens 93 Arabidopsis thaliana Streptophytes Dictyostelium discoideum Spinacia oleracea Chlamydomonas reinhardtii GAP C Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlorophyte Plasmodium falciparum (cytosol) 60 Porphyra yezoensis Rhodophyte Giardia lamblia Bigelowiella natans * Saccharomyces cerevisiae 0.1 0.1.
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