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. 2009 Jun 23;9:140. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-140

Table 2.

SMR subclass member diversity within putative metabolite operons and their association to common metabolite ORF based on genomic loci surveys of sequenced Archaeal and Bacterial chromosomes.

SMR association to the following operons

Amino Acid Transport/Metabolism Multidrug Resistance Lipid Mtabolism
SMR Subclass Subclass Member Total number of Loci Lys/Arg Trp/Tyr/Phe Other Amino Acids Polyamine (spe/cad/put) & Betaine Glyco-peptide & Poly-ketide β-lactam metabolism Sn-G3P Fatty Acid synthesis

SUG sugE

Putative operons 118 lys trp/aro liv/ilv/pro put/spe/bet MFS/ABC/ecn/bleo tetR/pbp ugp/pls fab/acc
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 0.8% 4.2% 1.7%/0.8%/0.8% 0.8%/1.7%/0.8% 3.4%/2.5%/3.4%/0.8% 5.1%/0.8% 0.8%/2.5% 1.7%/0.8%
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 29.7% 20.3% 2.0% 5.1% 22.9% 23.7% 7.6% 17.8%

SMP emrE/smr

Putative operons 92 lys tyr pro/his/met/cys put/bet/dpp ABC/bleo/hlx tetR/pbp glp fab/ech
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 1.1% 1.1% 1.1%/1.1%/1.1%/2.2% 1.1%/3.3%/1.1% 1.1%/1.1%/2.2% 8.7%/1.1% 3.3% 1.1%/2.2%
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 22.8% 14.1% 12.0% 14.1% 28.3% 10.9% 9.8% 22.8%

PSMR yvaE**

Putative operons 16 --- --- pro --- MFS/ABC tetR --- acp/fab
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- --- 12.5% --- 6.3%/18.8% 1.1% --- 12.5%/6.3%
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 25.0% 18.8% --- 43.8% 12.5% 6.3% 18.8%

PSMR yvaD**

Putative operons 7 arg --- --- --- --- tetR --- acp/fab
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 14.3% --- --- --- --- 14.3% --- 28.6%
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 14.3% --- --- --- --- 28.6% --- 42.9%

PSMR ydgE/ydgF

Putative operons 22 lysR --- --- spe* --- --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 4.5% --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 54.5% --- --- 31.8% 22.7% --- --- 22.7%

PSMR ebrA/ebrB

Putative operons 16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 12.5% 6.3% --- 6.3% 31.3% 43.8% --- 50.0%

PSMR ykkC/ykkD

Putative operons 9 --- aro liv spe MFS --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 22.2% 55.6% 11.1% 11.1% 33.3% 33.3% 11.1% 44.4%

PSMR yvdR/yvdS 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Total loci 283

SMR association to the following operons

Vitamin Metabolism Nucleotide Metabolism Horizontal Gene Transfer System

SMR Subclass Subclass Member Total number of Loci Vitamin (Vit.) B1, B2, & BB3 (thi, rib, nia) Vit. B7 & BB9 (bio/fol) Vit. B6 & BB12 (Pyd & Cob) Coenz. Q10 (Ubi) & F420 Pur Pyr Int/Tn/Mat Plasmid Phage genes

SUG sugE

Putative operons 118 thi/nad fol --- ubi pur ctp tn/rve vap/kill ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 0.8/2.5% 0.8% --- 1.7% 4.2% 0.8% 2.5% 2.5% ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 7.6% 1.7% 2.5% 11.9% 22.0% 3.4% 21.2% 9.3% 5.9%

SMP emrE/smr

Putative operons 92 thi/nad bio/fol cob --- pur --- tn/rve --- Pro-phage DLP12
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 1.1%/1.1% 1.1%/1.1% 2.2% --- 1.1% --- 3.3% --- 1.1%
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 17.4% 12.0% 3.3% 9.8% 8.7% 3.3% 14.1% 2.2% 4.3%

PSMR yvaE**

Putative operons 16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) --- 6.3% --- 25.0% --- --- 12.5% --- ---

PSMR yvaD**

Putative operons 7 --- --- --- ubi pur --- --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- --- --- 28.6% 14.3% --- --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) --- 14.3% --- 42.9% 42.9% 28.6% 14.3% --- ---

PSMR ydgE/ydgF

Putative operons 22 --- --- --- --- --- --- tn/rve tra/cop ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci --- --- --- --- --- --- 4.5% 9.1% ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 13.6% 18.2% --- --- 18.2% 4.5% 9.1% 9.1% 13.6%

PSMR ebrA/ebrB

Putative operons 16 nad* fol --- --- pur --- --- --- ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 12.5% 6.3% --- --- 6.3% --- --- --- ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 18.8% 25.0% 12.5% 6.3% 25.0% --- 25.0% --- 6.3%

PSMR ykkC/ykkD

Putative operons 9 rib bio --- --- pur pyr --- cdt ---
Frequency in operon/total surveyed loci 11.1% 11.1% --- --- 22.2% 11.1% --- 11.1% ---
Frequency of occurrence in each locus (10 gene radius) 22.2% 11.1% 11.1% --- 33.3% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% ---

PSMR yvdR/yvdS 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Total loci 283

* Indicates these SMR members have experimentally demonstrated transport involvement in the metabolite transport.

** Calculated value listed in table includes both isogenic gene occurances and gene pairs.

Abreviations of genes listed in table: ABC ABC-type antimicrobial peptide transport system; aro aromatic amino acid biosynthesis; bet transport and biosynthesis/degradation of glycine betaines; bleo bleomycin resistance genes; bio involved in biotin (vitamin B7) metabolism; cdt plasmid encoded cytotoxin genes; cob involved in cobalamin vitamin B6 metabolism; dpp ABC-type dipeptide/oligopeptide/nickel transport system; fol involved in folate metabolism; glp utilization of glycerol and sn-glycerol 3-phosphate (sn-G3P); hlx hemolysin genes involved in host virulence; lysR lysine transcriptional regulator; liv/ile branched amino acid biosynthesis (val, ile, leu); met/pro/his/cys amino acid biosynthetic genes; MFS multidrug efflux major facillitator superfamily genes; nad involved in nicotine and nicotinamide metabolism; nag GlcNAc uptake and metabolism; nai (niacin) vitamin B3 metabolism; pbp penicillin binding proteins/cell wall biosynthesis proteins; pls involved in sn-glycerol-3-phosphate phsopholipid biosynthesis; put transport and biosynthesis/degradation of putrescine; pts phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system; pur involved in purine nucleotide biosynthesis; pyd (pyridoxine) vitamin B12 metabolism pyr involved in pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis; rib involved in riboflavin metabolism; spe transport and biosynthesis/degradation of spermidine; tetR tetracyclin resistance transcriptional regulator; thi (thiamin) vitamin B1 metabolism; tn/rve transposons and integron maturases; trp/tyr biosynthesis of tryptophan/tyrosine; ubi involved in ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10) biosynthesis; ugp uptake of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate and glycerophosphoryl diesters; vap/kill host plasmid virulence and toxin genes.