Table 3.
Genes related to oligotrophic marine environment adaption
| Function | Encoded gene product | Gene |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen sensing and regulation | nitrogen regulation protein | ntrY |
| nitrogen regulatory protein | glnB | |
| Ammonium assimilation | glutamine synthetase | glnA |
| glutamate synthase, NADH/NADPH small subunit | gltD | |
| glutamate synthase, NADPH/NADH large subnit | gltB | |
| Denitrification | nitrate reductase | napA |
| nitrite reductase | nirK | |
| nitric oxide reductase | norB | |
| nitrous oxide reductase | nosZ | |
| Hydrolysis of dissolved organic phosphorus | alkaline phosphatase | phoD |
| Sensing and responding to changes in external/internal P levels | PhoP family transcriptional regulator | phoP |
| histidine kinase | phoR | |
| Sulfate transport | putative sulfate transporter | cysZ |
| sulfate permease | sulP | |
| Iron uptake | TonB-dependent siderophore receptor | / |
| iron(III) ABC transporter | / | |
| ferrous iron transport protein B | feoB | |
| ferrous iron transport protein A | feoA | |
| ferric enterobactin receptor | / | |
| Primary Na + pump | Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit A | nqrA |
| Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit B | nqrB | |
| Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit C | nqrC | |
| Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit D | nqrD | |
| Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit E | nqrE | |
| Na+-translocating NADH/ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit F | nqrF | |
| Primary H+ pump | cytochrome d ubiquinol oxidase subunit I | cydA |
| cytochrome d ubiquinol oxidase subunit II | cydB | |
| cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | coxA | |
| cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | coxB | |
| cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | coxC | |
| cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV | coxD | |
| protoheme IX farnesyltransferase | cyoE | |
| Exporting of Na+ ions | Na+/H+ antiporter | nhaA |
| Na+/H+ antiporter | nhaB | |
| Na+/H+ antiporter | nhaC | |
| Na+/H+ antiporter | nhaP | |
| Other sodium dependent | Na+/proline symporter | / |
| Na+/phosphate symporter | / | |
| cation/acetate symporter | actP | |
| Na+/dicarboxylate symporter | / | |
| Na+/nucleoside permease | / | |
| Na+/iodide cotransporter | / | |
| Na+/K+/Ca2+ exchanger | yrbG | |
| Na+/bile acid transporter | / | |
| Na+/multivitamin transporter | / | |
| Na+/glucose cotransporter | / | |
| proton/Na+-glutamate symporter | / | |
| Extracellular osmolarity and salinity stress adaption | MIP family channel protein aquaporin | aqpZ |