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. 2014 Mar 14;9(3):e92236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092236

Table 1. Arsenic-related genes involved in bacterial arsenic resistance and transformation.

Family Gene Product
ars arsR Arsenic transcriptional regulator
arsB Arsenic efflux pump
arsC Arsenate reductase
arsH Putative flavoprotein
acr3 Arsenic efflux pump ACR3 family
arsA Arsenite active ATPase
arsD ars operon trans-acting repressor
arsO Monooxygenase
glo Glyoxalase/bleomycin resistance protein
mfs Major facilitator superfamily
arr arrA Respiratory As(V) reductase large subunit
arrB Respiratory As(V) reductase small subunit
aio aioA Arsenite oxidase large subunit
aioB Arsenite oxidase small subunit
aioX Phosphonate-binding periplasmic protein
aioS Periplasmic sensor, signal transduction, histidine kinase
aioR Two component, sigma54 specific, transcriptionalregulator, Fis family protein
aioC Cytochrome c, monoheme
aioD Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein A
arsM arsM Arsenite S-adenosylmethyltransferase

Note: ars, cytoplasmic AsV reduction; arr, periplasmic AsV reduction; aio, arsenite oxidation; arsM, arsenite methylation.