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. 2011 Jul 26;18(4):291–303. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsr022

Table 2.

Gene repertoires for amino acid and vitamin/cofactor biosynthesis in C. difficile (CD), C. novyi (CN) and SFB

Organisms CD CN SFB
Amino acids
 Glycine, serine and threonine serA serA serA
serB serB
glyA glyA glyA
thrBC thrBC
hom hom
 Cysteine and methionine cysEK cysEK
metAY metAY
metC metC
metH metH
metK metK metK
 Valine, leucine and isoleucine ilvA ilvA
ilvBCD ilvBCD
ilvE ilvE
leuABCD
 Lysine dapABCDEFG dapABCDEFG dapABDFG
lysA lysA lysA
glnA glnA glnA
 Alanine, aspartate  and glutamate asnA asnA
asnB asnB
gltD gltD
 Arginine and proline aspC aspC
aspD aspD
proC proABC
argBCDEFJ argBCDFJ
argGH argGH
 Histidine hisABCDFGHIZ hisABCDFGIZ
hisK hisK
 Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan aroABCEGK aroABCEGK aroABCEGK
aroD aroD
trpB trpB
tyrA tyrA
pheA pheA
Vitamins and cofactors
 Thiamin thiCFGH thiCFGH thiH
thiD thiD
thiI thiI
thiN thiN thiN
isc isc isc
 Riboflavin ribABDH ribABDH
ribC ribC ribC
 Vitamin B6 pdxA
pdxK
pdxS pdxS
 Nicotinate and nicotinamide nadABC nadABC
nadD nadD nadD
nadE
 Pantothenate panBC panBCD
panE panE
 Coenzyme A coaX coaX
coaBC coaBC
coaD coaD coaD
coaE coaE coaE
 Biotin bioA bioAD
bioB bioB
birA birA birA
 Folate pabABC pabABC pabC
folA folA
folBEKP folBEKP
folC folC
 Vitamin B12 hemBCD hemABCDL
hemN hemN
cbiABCDEFGHJKLPT cbiABCDEFGHJKLPT cbiA
cobCDSTU cobDSTU cobC
cobO cobO
eutT