Table 2.
Bacterial RNase E/G homologues represented in the NCBI protein database
| Phylum/Class | Length (aa) | Potential to form degradosome- like complex | Organisms tested for the presence of degradosome-like complexes/Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predicted based on the size of the protein | Experimentally verified | |||
| Actinobacteria | 463-1373 | + | + |
S. coelicolor /[55] M. tuberculosis; M. bovis /[56] |
| Aquificae | 466-470 | - | - | |
| Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi | 503-570 | - | - | |
| Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia group | 510-554 | - | - | |
| Cyanobacteria | 602-808 | - | - | |
| Deferribacteres | 507 | - | - | |
| Elusimicrobia | 488 | - | - | |
| Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria group | 511 | - | - | |
| Firmicutes | ||||
| Bacilli | 441-615 | - | - | |
| Clostridia | 393-571 | - | - | |
| Fusobacteria | 432-458 | - | - | |
| Gemmatimonadetes | 520 | - | - | |
| Nitrospirae | 514-522 | - | - | |
| Planctomycetes | 509-588 | - | - | |
| Proteobacteria | ||||
| Alpha | 411-1123 | + | + |
R. capsulatus/[54] C. crescentus [52] |
| Beta | 394-1125 | + | - | |
| Gamma | 410-1302 | + | + |
E. coli/[32,33] P. syringe/[50] V. angustum S14 RNase E [46] P. haloplanktis [49] |
| Delta | 486-926 | + | - | |
| Synergistetes | 495-547 | - | - | |
| Thermotogae | 454-481 | - | - | |