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. 2008 Dec 1;191(3):782–794. doi: 10.1128/JB.00965-08

TABLE 2.

Proposed functions and predicted orthologs for differentially expressed P. aerophilum genes

Locus (annotation) Proposed function Conserved domaina Predicted ortholog in Pyrobaculum species
P. arsenaticum P. calidifontis P. islandicum T. neutrophilus
PAE1353 (alternative ORF) O2-scavenging oxidoreductase Region 5′ of Pcal_1950
PAE1355 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit II) O2-scavenging oxidoreductase cl08244: cytochrome c oxidase subunit II Pcal_1950
PAE1357 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) O2-scavenging oxidoreductase cd01660: ba3-like heme-copper oxidase subunit I Pcal_1949
PAE1336 (possible respiratory chain protein) Aerobic O2 reductase Pars_0585
PAE1337 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I/III) Aerobic O2 reductase cl00275: heme-copper oxidase subunit I; cd00386: heme-copper oxidase subunit III Pcal_1943
PAE1338 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit II) Aerobic O2 reductase cl08244: cytochrome c oxidase subunit II Pcal_1944
PAE1340 (respiratory chain protein [SoxI homolog]) Aerobic O2 reductase Pcal_1945
PAE2679 (transcriptional regulator) NO-responsive transcriptional regulator cl00088: HTH ARSR superfamily Pars_0504
PAE2680 (hypothetical protein) NO-responsive transcriptional regulator COG3945: uncharacterized conserved protein Pars_0505 Pcal_1917
PAE1888 (multicopper oxidase) NO2 or N2O reductase cl06664: multicopper oxidase
PAE1263 (molybdopterin oxidoreductase, iron-sulfur-binding subunit) Arsenate respiratory reductase COG0437: HybA, Fe-S-cluster-containing hydrogenase Pars_0387 Pcal_1599 Pisl_1986 Tne_0510
PAE1264 (hypothetical membrane protein) Arsenate respiratory reductase cl01295: polysulfide reductase integral transmembrane protein NrfD Pars_0388 Pcal_1600
PAE1265 (molybdopterin oxidoreductase, molybdopterin-binding subunit) Arsenate respiratory reductase cd02758: MopB tetrathionate reductase; cd02780: molybdopterin-binding, C-terminal (MopB_CT) region of tetrathionate reductase (TtrA); respiratory arsenate As(V) reductase (ArrA) Pars_0389 Pcal_1601b
PAE2859 (molybdopterin oxidoreductase, molybdopterin-binding subunit) Thiosulfate or polysulfide reductase cd02755: MopB_thiosulfate-R-like; cd02775: molybdopterin-binding, C-terminal (MopB_CT) Pars_0938 Pcal_1500 Pisl_0162 Tne_1951
PAE2860 (molybdopterin oxidoreductase, iron-sulfur subunit) Thiosulfate or polysulfide reductase COG0437: HybA, Fe-S-cluster-containing hydrogenase Pars_0937 Pcal_1499 Pisl_0161 Tne_1952
PAE2861 (molybdopterin oxidoreductase, membrane subunit) Thiosulfate or polysulfide reductase cl01295: polysulfide reductase integral transmembrane protein NrfD Pars_0936 Pcal_1498
PAE2696 (Mn catalase) Iron-responsive regulon cd01051: Mn catalase Pars_1142 Pcal_0729
PAE2697 (putative ABC transport protein) Iron-responsive regulon cl00427: binding protein-dependent transport system inner membrane component
PAE2699 [putative Fe(III) ABC transporter ATP-binding protein] Iron-responsive regulon cd03255: ABC_MJ0796_Lo1CDE_FtsE
PAE2700 (putative ABC transport protein) Iron-responsive regulon cl02460: transferrin; cl00115: periplasmic binding protein (PBPb)
PAE0600 (hypothetical protein) Iron-responsive regulon cl00437: ZIP zinc transporter Pars_1201 Pcal_1350
a

From the Conserved Domain Database (CDD). The CDD identifier and product are given. HTH, helix-turn-helix; ARSR, arsenical resistance operon repressor.

b

See Results and Discussion.