Table 3.

Conserved Tandem Clusters with Known Functions

Category Function Average cluster size Organisms (Number of clusters[i]) Typical arrangement of membrane proteins[ii]
Membrane transportABC transporter (sugar, phosphate, sulfate, spermidine/putrescine, sn-glycerol-3-phospate)2.2Mj, Mt, Af (2), Ph (4), Ec (7), Hi (2), Bs (8), Mg (2), Mp (2), Mtu (7), Bb (2), Tp (2), Aa, Ss (4) Ec: b1124[6]–b1125[6]
ABC transporter (di-, oligo-peptide)2.1Af, Ph (4), Ec (7), Hi (3), Hp (2), Bs (3), Mg, Mp, Mtu (2), Bb (2) Ec: b1485[6]–b1486[6]
ABC transporter (ribose)2.7Ph, Bs, Mg, Mp, Bb (2), Tp (3) Mp: A65_orf517[9]– A65_orf311[7]
ABC transporter (branched-chain amino acid, sugar)2.1Mj, Af (4), Ec (2), Ss Ec: b3456[8]–b3457[7]
ABC transporter (polar amino acid)2.1Ec (4), Hi, Hp, Bs (2) Bs: glnP[4]–glnM[6]
ABC transporter (ferrichrome, iron)3.4Ec (2), Bs (5), Ss Bs: fhuG[9]–fhuB[10]
ABC transporter (iron (III) dicitrate)2.0Hi, Bs, Tp Bs: ytgD[9]–ytgC[7]
ABC transporter2.8Ph, Ec (2), Hi (2), Bs (3), Mg, Mp, Mtu (3) Ec: b0886[4]–b0887[6]
ABC transporter?2.5Mtu (4) Mtu: Rv0587[6]–Rv0588[6]
PTS system IID, IIC component2.7Ec (2), Bs Ec: b1818[7]–b1819[4]
Cobalt transport permease and cobalamin biosynthesis protein3.3Mj (2), Mt (2), Af (2), Ss Mj: MJ1089[5]–MJ1090[2]– MJ1091[6]
Branched-chain amino acid transporter3.0Hi, Hp, Bs Bs: azlD[4]–azlC[6]
Glucose, hexose transporter3.0Sc (3) Sc: YDR342[9]–YDR343C[9]
Protein export membrane protein2.9Ph, Ec, Hi, Hp, Mtu, Bb, Tp, Ss Hp: HP1549[5]–HP1550[5]
Biopolymer transport protein3.3Ec (2), Hi (2), Hp (2), Ss (3) Ec: b3005[1]–b3006[2]
Multidrug resistance protein Major facilitator family transporter2.5Ec (3), hi, Aa, Bs Ec: b2685[1]–b2686[10]
ATP synthesis (A, B, C chain)[iii] 4.8Ec, Hi, Bs, Mtu, Ss Bs: atpF[1]–atpE[1]–atpB[5]
K+ transporting ATPase (A, B, C chain)3.5Ec, Mtu, Ss Ss: slr1728[9]–slr1729[7]– slr1730[1]
Transporting ATPase (Na+, Ca2+, H+)3.0Sc (2) Sc: YDR038C[10]– YDR039C[10]– YDR040C[10]
Electron transport systemNADH (monoxide) dehydrogenase quinone oxidoreductase formate hydrogenase, hydrogenase-45.5Af, Ph, Ec (3), Hp, Bs, Mtu (2), Aa (2), Ss (3) Ec: b2276[11]–b2277[12]– b2278[13]–b2279[1]– b2280[3]–b2281[1]– b2282[7]
Cytochrome c oxidase cytochrome o ubiquinol oxidase5.6Aa (2), Bs (2), Ec, Ss (3), Mtu Bs: ctaA[7]–ctaB[7]–ctaC[3]– ctaD[14]–ctaE[4]
Cytochrome d ubiquinol oxidase cytochrome bd II oxidase4.0Ec (2), Hi, Bs, Mtu, Aa, Ss Ec: b0733[6]–b0734[7]
Cytochrome c-type biogenesis protein5.0Ec, Hi Ec: b2196[13]–b2197[1]– b2198[1]–b2199[6]– b2200[7]
Cell motilityFlagellar motor protein chemotaxis motB,A protein2.3Ec, Hp, Bs (2), Bb, Tp, Aa Ec: b1889[1]–b1890[4]
Flagellar biosynthesis protein5Ec (2), Bs, Tp, Aa Bs: fliP[4]–fliQ[2]–fliR[6]– flhB[4]–flhA[7]
Metyl-accepting chemotaxis protein2.9Ec, Bs, Bb (2), Tp, Ss (2) Bb: BB0596[2]–BB0597[2]
Spore germination protein2.0Bs (3) Bs: yndD[5]–yndE[10]
OthersTwo-component system (sensor kinase, response regulator)2.2Ec (2), Bs, Ss Ec: b2218[1]–b229[1]
Formate dehydrogenase2.0Ec (2), Hi, Aa Ec: b1475[1]–b1476[4]
NAD(P) transhydrogenase3.3E, Hi, Mtu Ec: b1602[7]–b1603[5]
Rod shape-determinant protein and penicillin binding protein 22.5Ec, Hi, Bb, Tp Ec: b0634[8]–b0635[1]
HflK, HflC γCII stability-governing protein2.7Ec, Hi, Tp Ec: b4174[1]–b4175[1]
Tetrahydromethanopterin S-methyltransferase4Mj, Mt Mj: MJ0847[5]–MJ0848[6]– MJ0849[8]–MJ0850[1]

[i] The number is 1 if not specified.

[ii] The predicted number of transmembrane segments in brackets.

[iii] ATP synthase and ATPase are also categorized electron transport system.