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.