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Table 1 Function of genes showing the largest differences as a function of the sulfur source

From: Extracting biological information from DNA arrays: an unexpected link between arginine and methionine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

Gene

Mean

Standard

Function

  

deviation

 

argD

2.378

1.032

Arginine biosynthesis

argF

2.874

0.735

Arginine biosynthesis

argG

1.911

0.411

Arginine biosynthesis

argH

3.414

1.139

Arginine biosynthesis

argJ

3.252

0.873

Arginine biosynthesis

comGC

1.841

0.730

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

comGD

2.149

0.628

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

levD

2.653

0.757

PTS system - fructose-specific IIA component

ycbD

2.071

0.452

Probable aldehyde dehydrogenase

yqiX

3.052

0.297

Probable amino-acid ABC permease (binding protein)

yqiY

2.351

0.744

Probable amino-acid ABC permease (permease)

yqiZ

3.178

0.659

Probable amino-acid ABC permease (ATP-binding protein)

yqzE

2.000

0.946

Hypothetical protein

ytzD

3.378

0.839

Hypothetical protein, downstream gene of operon argGH

ahpF

-3.013

0.601

Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (large subunit) - reduces organic hydroperoxides in their reduced dithiol form

   

hydroperoxides in their reduced dithiol form

katA

-1.964

0.914

Vegetative catalase

ytmI

-2.418

0.489

Possible methionine sulfoxide acetyl transferase (operon

   

ytmIJKLMhisPytmOytnIJribRhipOytnM)

ytmJ

-2.480

0.787

Methionine - methionine sulfoxide ABC permease (binding protein)

   

(this paper)

ytmL

-1.852

0.979

Methionine - methionine sulfoxide ABC permease (permease) (this

   

paper)

ytmO

-2.258

0.439

Methionine sulfoxide monooxygenase (this paper)