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. 1999 Feb;181(4):1330–1333. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1330-1333.1999

TABLE 2.

Distribution of genes for GP metabolism in archaea whose complete genome sequences have been reported

Archaeon Nutrition egsA gpsA glpK glpA
Methanococcus jannaschii Autotroph + (+)a
Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Autotroph + +
Archaeoglobus fulgidus Heterotroph + + + +
a

A gene for G-3-P dehydrogenase has been identified but it has not been shown to be gpsA or glpA (1).