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Table 2 Horizontally transferred genes participating in metabolic roles in the cell.

From: Blueprint for a minimal photoautotrophic cell: conserved and variable genes in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

Gene

Product

General function

Synpcc7942_0056

perosamine synthetase

Antibiotic biosynthesis

Synpcc7942_0184

putative phosphate permease

Transport

Synpcc7942_1007

fumarate hydratase

Citrate cycle

Synpcc7942_1398

cellulose synthase (UDP-forming)

Starch and sucrose metabolism

Synpcc7942_1468

putative monovalent cation/H+ antiporter subunit B

Oxidative phosphorylation

Synpcc7942_1473

putative monovalent cation/H+ antiporter subunit D

Oxidative phosphorylation

Synpcc7942_1474

putative monovalent cation/H+ antiporter subunit C

Oxidative phosphorylation

Synpcc7942_1851

ferredoxin--nitrite reductase

Nitrogen metabolism

Synpcc7942_1852

precorrin-8X methylmutase

Chlorophyll metabolism

Synpcc7942_1853

precorrin-2 C20-methyltransferase

Chlorophyll metabolism

Synpcc7942_1854

precorrin-3 methyltransferase

Chlorophyll metabolism

Synpcc7942_1855

cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide synthase

Chlorophyll metabolism

Synpcc7942_2151

cellulose synthase (UDP-forming)

Starch and sucrose metabolism

Synpcc7942_2238

glucose transport protein

Transport

Synpcc7942_2436

peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

Repair Oxygen damage

Synpcc7942_2460

DNA-cytosine methyltransferase

DNA restriction-modification system