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Table 3 Status of the families invalidated by us (cases 20-23) or in progress (cases 24-31).

From: Synergistic use of plant-prokaryote comparative genomics for functional annotations

Case no.

TAIR ID

COG number/ gene name

Subsystem in SEED

Working functional prediction

Experimental verification status

Homologs annotated

 

20

At5g43600

0624

Experimental - Histidine Degradation

Alternative form of N-formylglutamate deformylase (EC 3.5.1.68)

No deformylase actiivity detected in Streptomyces avermitilis protein

24 a

 

21

At2g23390

3146

COG3146

Pterin-dependent enzyme

Xanthomonas campestris protein lacks benzoate hydroxylase activity in complementation assay

236

 

22

At2g04900

2363 ywdK

COG2363

Thiamine-related transporter

E. coli protein does not mediate uptake of thiazole or hydroxymethylpyrminidine

221

 

23

At1g09150

2016

rRNA modification Archaea; DOE-COG2016

Ribosome assembly/translation termination

In progress in yeast and H. volcanii. Hypothesis that it is involved in acp3psi synthesis invalidated by Fournier labb

30

 

24

At4g26860 At1g11930

0325 yggS

PROSC

Pyridoxal phosphate enzyme related to glutamate metabolism

In progress in E. coli

589

 

25

At1g78620 At5g19930

1836 alr1612

COG1836

Phytol-phosphate metabolism

Shown to be an essential gene in Synechocystis 6803. Further work in progress in Arabidopsis

77

 

26

At5g12950 At5g12960

3533 SAV1144

DOE COG3533

Hydroxyproline-galactosyl hydrolase

In progress in X. campestris

82

 

27

At3g09250

4319 gll0142

COG4319

Folate or pterin metabolism enzyme, possibly an alternative DHFR (EC 1.5.1.3), a pterin reductase, or a dihydroneopterin triphosphate hydrolase

Streptomyces coelicolor, Arabidopsis At3g09250, and Nostoc punctiforme proteins failed to complement E. coli folA (DHFR) strains

59

 

28

At3g12930 At1g67620

0799 alr4169

Iojap

NAD-dependent ribosomal modification, possibly involving phosphoester hydrolysis

No pyrophosphatase or NAD cleavage activity detected in E. coli YbeB or NadD-YbeB fusion protein from Wolinella succinogenes

672

 

29

At3g01920

0009 yciO

YrdC-YciO-Sua5 protein family

RNA/protein modification

In progress in E. coli

195

 

30

At1g03030

1072 yggC

Experimental-yggC

Sugar/polyol kinase

In progress in E. coli

48

 

31

At4g28830

2263

rRNA modification Archaea

Predicted RNA methylase COG2263

In progress in H. volcanii

49

 
  1. a Numbers in italics are for members of families for which the prediction has been invalidated or is in progress, they have not been included in the final count.
  2. b S. Fournier and W. Decatur, University of Massachusetts (unpublished)