A Comparative Analysis of ABC Transporters in Complete Microbial Genomes

Table 2.

The Summary of the Ortholog Groups Showing the Number of ATP-Binding Proteins, the Operon Structure, and Known Functions

Ortholog group Gram-negative bacteria Gram-positive bacteria Cyanobacteria Archaea Known functions (substrates)
Eco Hin Hpy Mge Mpn Syn Mja
1-1 12 5 1 2 2 7 1 sn-glycerol-3-phosphate, maltose/  maltodextrin, putrescine/  spermidine, sulfate/thiosulfate,  molybdate, thiamin
1-2 4 2 1 5 1 glycine betaine/l-proline, taurine,  nitrate
1-3 1 1 1 2 ?
1-4 1 ?
2 9 3 1 1 d-ribose, d-galactose, d-xylose,  l-arabinose
3-1 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 involved in cell division?
3-2 1 1 1 2 ?
3-3 6 2 1 1 glutamate/asparate, glutamine,  arginine, histidine
3-4 1 phosphonate
3-5 2 4 2 branched-chain amino acids
3-6 (1) (1) (1) (1) ?
3-7 1 1 1 1 3 1 phosphate
4-1 12 6 3 2 2 1 (2) oligopeptide, dipeptide, nickel
4-2 (2) ?
5-1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 vitamin B12, ferrichrome, iron(III)  dicitrate, ferric enterobactin
5-2 1 2 2 manganese
5-3 1 4 4 2 2 cobalt
6 7 8 3 3 2 10 multidrug resistance?
7 3 1 1 5 1 capsule polysaccharide export  (ABC-2)
8 (4) (4) (1) (2) (1) ?
9 (1) (1) (1) ?
10 1 1 heme export?
11 3 (ABC-2?)
12 (1) ?
13 (1) ?
 Total 78 42 18 16 17 54 17
  • Most of the transporter genes form operon structures, as indicated by shaded cells. Numbers in parentheses represent functional classes that are apparently different from ABC transporters.

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