The evolution of YidC/Oxa/Alb3 family in the three domains of life: a phylogenomic analysis

Background: YidC/Oxa/Alb3 family includes a group of conserved translocases that are essential for protein insertion into inner membranes of bacteria and mitochondria, and thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts. Because mitochondria and chloroplasts are of b

The authors are indebted to Dr. Gui-Lin Sun, Wen-Kai Jiang, Dr. Jiu-Hong Dong and Chun-Lin Yang for their helpful discussion. We are grateful to Dr. Jin-Ling Huang (East Carolina University, America) for his advice on English writing. This work was suppor