A Comparative Analysis of ABC Transporters in Complete Microbial Genomes

Table 1.

Summary of ABC-Type ATP-Binding Proteins Identified in the Seven Organisms

Organism Gram-negative bacteria Gram-positive bacteria Cyanobacteria Archaea
Eco Hin Hpy Mge Mpn Syn Mja
Total no. of proteins (A) 4289 1717 1566 467 677 3166 1680
 no. of ATP-binding   proteins (B) 78 41 18 16 17 54 17
 percentage of (B)/(A) 1.8 2.4 1.1 3.4 2.5 1.7 1.0
No. of basal clusters 9 8 2 5 4 13 3
 no. of ATP-binding   proteins in basal   clusters 51 30 5 10 9 39 6
 no. of remaining ATPbinding proteins 27 11 13 6 8 15 11
No. of conserved operons 61 30 10 9 9 18 14
 no. of ATP-binding   proteins in conserved   operons 72 32 11 13 13 21 14
 no. of orphan ATPbinding proteins   excluding groups   6 and 8 0 0 3 2 4 21 2
  • (Eco) Escherichia coli; (Hin) Haemophilus influenzae; (Hpy) Helicobacter pylori; (Mge)Mycoplasma genitalium; (Mpn) Mycoplasma pneumoniae; (Syn) Synechocystis sp.; (Mja)Methanococcus jannaschii.

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