Table 3.
Functional role categories of Rhodoferax antarcticus str. ANT.BRT genes.
| Characteristic | Genes | % of Genome Content * |
|---|---|---|
| Energy and central intermediary metabolism | 438 | 10.3 |
| Amino acid biosynthesis | 107 | 2.5 |
| Transport and binding proteins | 342 | 8.0 |
| Cofactor and prosthetic group biosynthesis | 206 | 4.8 |
| DNA metabolism and nucleotide synthesis | 252 | 5.9 |
| Transcription | 76 | 1.8 |
| Protein synthesis, modification, and degradation | 332 | 7.8 |
| Regulatory functions and signal transduction | 299 | 7.0 |
| Cellular processes (division, chemotaxis, motility, toxin production and resistance, detoxification) | 262 | 6.2 |
| Fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism | 71 | 1.7 |
| Mobile and extrachromosomal element functions | 159 | 3.7 |
| Cell envelope | 251 | 5.9 |
| Proteins with family/domain assignments | 407 | 9.6 |
| Hypothetical proteins | 754 | 17.7 |
| Conserved hypothetical proteins | 558 | 13.1 |
* Because some genes apply to more than one role category, this total exceeds 100%.