Research Article

Taxonomy of Mitochondrial Cytochrome B Proteins of the Same Amino Acid Sequence Length

Table 3

Content of the number of cytochrome b amino acid sequences in the Swiss-Prot database in various biological phyla of animal (Metazoa) kingdom.

Biological phyla and other taxonomic groups of animalsNumber of moleculesNumber of amino acid residues

Chordata (chordate)1 568367–398
Arthropoda (arthropods)16358, 377, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383
Mollusca (mollusks)4367, 379, 380, 397
Cnidaria (cnidarians)3384, 386, 393
Echinodermata (echinoderms)3379, 380
Nematoda (nematodes)3365, 370
Annelida (annelids)2377, 379
Acanthocephalan (thorny-headed worms)1372
Bryozoan (moss animals)1368
Chaetognatha (arrow worms)1378
Entoprocta (goblet worms)1378
Onychophora (velvet worms)1379
Placozoa (tricoplaxes)1383
Priapulida (penis worms)1377
Rotifer (rotifers)1379
Xenacoelomorpha (xenoturbellids)1380
All Metazoa1 608358–398