Table 1.

Genomic conservation of type I and III sulfatases

	Type 1 sulfatases					Type III sulfatases
	AtsA	AtsB	AtsD	AtsF	AtsG	ZnSulf-A	ZnSulf-B	ZnSulf-C
M. tuberculosis H37Rv*	Rv0711	Rv3299	Rv0663	Rv3077	Rv0296c	Rv3796	Rv2407	Rv3762c
M. tuberculosis CDC1551	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
M. smegmatis	+	−	−	+	+	−	+	+
M. marinum	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
M. canetti	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
M. kansasii	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
M. avium	+	−	−	−	−	−	+	+
M. intracellulare	+	−	−	−	+	−	+	+
M. africanum	−	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
M. bovis (BCG)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

+, sulfatase gene is encoded in the genome; −, sulfatase gene is absent in the genome.

^*Rv numbers are provided for each sulfatase encoded in M. tuberculosis H37Rv.