Table 1 Chlamydiae-like genes detected in red algae and green plants
From: Did an ancient chlamydial endosymbiosis facilitate the establishment of primary plastids?
Gene name or gene product | Presence | Putative function |
|---|---|---|
Phosphoglycerate mutase | G | Glycolysis |
CMP-KDO synthetase | G | Cell envelope formation |
4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase (ispE) | R and G | Isoprenoid biosynthesis |
Polynucleotide phosphorylase | R and G | RNA degradation |
Aspartate transaminase | R and G | Amino acid metabolism |
Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase | R and G | Translation |
Oligoendopeptidase F | R | Amino acid biosynthesis |
2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase (ispD) | R and G | Isoprenoid biosynthesis |
Enoyl-ACP reductase (fabI) | R and G | Fatty acid biosynthesis |
23S rRNA (Uracil-5-)-methyltransferase | R and G | RNA modification |
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase | R and G | Phospholipid biosynthesis |
ADT/ATP translocase | R and G | ATP/ADP transport |
Isoamylase | R and G | Starch biosynthesis |
Phosphate transporter | G | Phosphate transport |
Hypothetical protein | R | Unknown |
β-Ketoacyl-ACP synthase (fabF) | R and G | Fatty acid biosynthesis |
Malate dehydrogenase | G | Energy conversion |
Sodium:hydrogen antiporter | R and G | Ion transport |
4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl diphosphate synthase (gcpE) (GcpE) | R and G | Isoprenoid biosynthesis |
Sugar phosphate isomerase | G | Sugar interconversion |
Cu-ATPase | R and G | Ion transport |