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Table 2 Distributions of Zn-ribbons in seven ribosomal proteins in sequenced bacterial and organellar genomes

From: Two C or not two C: recurrent disruption of Zn-ribbons, gene duplication, lineage-specific gene loss, and horizontal gene transfer in evolution of bacterial ribosomal proteins

Species

Prefix used in gene names

Taxon

L36

L33

L31

L32

L28

S14*

S18

   

C+, C- or both (B) forms

Escherichia coli

None (genes designated With systematic Four-letter names)

Gamma-proteobacteria

+

-

B

-

-

-

-

Buchnera sp.

BU

 

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

Haemophilus influenzae

HI

 

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PA

 

B

-

B

-

-

-

-

Vibrio cholerae

VC

 

B

-

B

-

-

-

-

Xylella fastidiosa

XF

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Neisseria meningitidis

NM

Beta-proteobacteria

B

-

B

-

-

-

-

Helicobacter pylori

HP

Epsilon-proteobacteria

+

-

+

-

-

+

-

Campylobacter jejuni

Cj

 

+

-

+

-

-

+

-

Caulobacter crescentus

CC

Alpha-proteobacteria

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mesorhizobium loti

Msr, mlr

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rickettsia prowazekii

RP

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bacillus subtilis †

BS

Gram-positive bacteria,

+

-

B

+

-

B

-

Bacillus halodurans †

BH

Bacillus-Clostridium group

+

+

-

+

-

+

-

Lactococcus lactis

L

 

+

B

-

-

-

B

-

Streptococcus pyogenes

SPy

 

+

-

-

+

-

B

-

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

MPN

 

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

Mycoplasma genitalium

MG

 

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

Ureaplasma urealyticum

UU

 

+

+

+

+

-

+

-

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Rv

Actinomycetales

+

+

+

-

-

B

B

Mycobacterium leprae

ML

 

+

-

+

-

-

+

+

Aquifex aeolicus

Aq_

Aquifecales

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

Thermotoga maritima

TM

Thermotogales

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Deinococcus radiodurans

DR

Thermus-Deinococcus group

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

Thermus thermophilus

Not included in trees

 

+

+

NA†

+

NA

+

-

Treponema pallidum

TP

Spirochaetales

+

-

+

+

+

+

+

Borrelia burgdorferi

BB

 

+

-

-

+

-

+

-

Chlamydophyla pneumoniae

CPn

Chlamydiales

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

Chlamydia trachomatis

CT

 

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

Synechocystis PCC6803

sml, ssr

Cyanobacteria

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

Arabidopsis thaliana, chloroplast

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Viridiplantae

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

Guillardia theta, chloroplast

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Cryptophyta

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Porphyra purpurea, chloroplast

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Rhodophyta

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

Reclinomonas americana, mitochondrion

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, core jakobids

NA

NA

-

+

-

-

NA

Homo sapiens, mitochondrion

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Chordata

+

-

NA

+

-

-

-

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mitochondrion

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Fungi

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

Arabidopsis thaliana, mitochondrion

None, see Methods and materials

Eukaryota, Viridiplantae

NA

-

NA

NA

-

-*

-

  1. *S14 was not detected among the available protein sequences from Arabidopsis and the sequence from Vicia faba was used in all analyses (Figure 4). †NA, sequence not available.
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