Table 5 General trends and correlations between changes in environmental factors, occurrence of selenium utilization traits, and occurrence of selenoproteins and their Cys-containing homologs in bacteria
Environmental factor | Sec-decoding trait | Selenouridine trait | Selenoproteinsa | Cys-containing homologsa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxygen concentration | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
|  | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ |
Temperature | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ND | ND |
|  | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ND | ND |