TABLE 2.
Genes encoding benzoate-CoA ligase and the upper benzoyl-CoA pathway in different anaerobes
| Enzyme | Gene
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodopseudomonas palustris | Magnetospirillum spp. | Thauera aromatica | Azoarcus spp. | Geobacter metallireducens | Syntrophus aciditrophicus | |
| Benzoate-CoA ligase | badA | bclA | bclA | bzdA | bamY | bamY |
| BCRa α-subunit | badF | bcrA | bcrA | bzdQ | ||
| BCR β-subunit | badE | bcrB | bcrB | bzdO | ||
| BCR γ-subunit | badD | bcrC | bcrC | bzdN | ||
| BCR δ-subunit | badG | bcrD | bcrD | bzdP | ||
| Ferredoxin | badB | fdx | fdx | bzdM | ||
| BCRoab | bamBCDEFGHI? | bamBCDEFGHI? | ||||
| Enoyl-CoA hydratase | badK | dch | dch | bzdW | bamR | bamR |
| Hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase | badH | had | had | bzdX | bamQ | bamQ |
| Oxoacyl-CoA hydrolase | badI | oah | oah | bzdY | bamA | bamA |
a
BCR from facultative anaerobes.
b
BCR from obligate anaerobes.