Table 2.
The comparative characteristics of selected prokaryotic NOSs/NOS-like proteins*
| Prokaryotes: bacteria | ProteinName | Gene Bank Accession # | Length | Similarity to animal NOSs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | SeOx | NP_765153 | 355 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Streptomyces sp. Mg1 | SsmOx | ZP_03175002 | 382 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| S. saprophyticus | SsOx | YP_300967 | 354 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| S. aureus | SaOx | P0A092 | 358 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Oceanobacillus iheyensis | OiOx | NP_693612 | 369 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Deinococcus radiodurans | DrOx | Q9RR97 | 356 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| D. geothermalis | DgOx | YP_603740 | 375 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Bacillus subtilis | BsOx | O34453 | 336 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. halodurans | BhOx | NP_241689 | 366 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. anthracis | BaOx | ZP_00390385 | 356 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. thuringiensis | BtOx | ZP_00741647 | 215 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. thuringiensis | BtOx2 | YP_039435 | 356 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. clausii | BcOx | YP_174766 | 363 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. licheniformis | BlOx | YP_090413 | 365 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| B. cereus | BceOx | AAU20271 | 440 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Geobacillus kaustophilus | GkOx | YP_147529 | 440 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Exiguobacterium sibiricum | EsOx | ZP_00539087 | 366 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Streptomyces avermitilis | SavOx | NP_822706 | 516 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| S. turgidiscabies | StOx | AAW49313 | 400 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| S. scabiei | SscOx | AAO53225 | 400 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
| Archaea (halobacteria) | ||||
| Natronomonas pharaonis | NpOx | CAI49045 | 378 aa | NOS oxygenase domain |
*
The most up-to-date references about individual sequences can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov or JGI using GenBank accession numbers. aa, amino acids (see also Figure 1 for phylogenetic relationships among these and eukaryotic NOSs).