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. 2011 Sep 19;7:135–148. doi: 10.4137/EBO.S7683

Table 1.

Occurrence of prolyl isomerases in archaeal genomes.

Kingdom Order # FKBPs Cyclophilins
Single-domain parvulins Temperature optimum
Single-domain Multi-domain
Crenarchaeota Desulfurococcales 8 1 per genome None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Crenarchaeota Thermoproteales 8 1 per genome None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Crenarchaeota Sulfolobales 12 1 per genome None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Archaeoglobales 3 1 per genome None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Thermoplasmatales 4 1 per genome 1 in Picrophilus
1 in Ferroplasma
none in Thermoplasma
None None thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Thermococcales 9 1 in Pyrococcus
2 in Thermococcus
None None None Pyrococcus: hyperthermophilic;
Thermococcus: thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Halobacteriales 13 1–3 per genome 1 per genome None None Mesophilic/moderatly thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanococcales 12 2 in Methanocaldococcus;
2–3 in Methanococcus
None in Methanocaldococcus;
0–2 in Methanococcus
None None Methanococcus: meophilic
Methanocaldococcus: thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanocellales 1 4 1 None None Mesophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanopyrales 1 1 None None None thermophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanosarcinales 7* 4 in Methanosarcina;
4 in Methanohalophilus; 1 in Methanosaeta concilii;
2–3 in the other genomes
1 per genome; 2 in Methanosaeta concilii None none; 1 in Methanosaeta concilii Mesophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanobacteriales 8 1 per genome 1 per genome None none Mesophilic
Euryarchaeota Methanomicrobiales 6 1–4 per genome 1–2 per genome None 1 in 4 genomes
none in rest
Mesophilic
Euryarchaeota ARMAN 3 2 in Micrarchaeum;
3 in Parvarchaeum
None None 1 in two genomes
none in 1 genome
Mesophilic
Thaumarchaeota 3* 1 per genome 1 per genome 1 per genome;
N. limnia seems to have none
1 per genome Mesophilic/psychrophilic
Korarchaeota 1 1 None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Nanoarchaeota 1 None None None None (Hyper) thermophilic
Caldiarchaeum 1* 1, 2 or 3 (ambiguously annotated) None None None (Hyper) thermophilic

Notes: Refer to Supplementary Table 1 for details.

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Please note that additional genome sequences became available very recently.