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Table 3 The 50 GO terms most expanded in the Mtb clade relative to the non-pathogenic, soil-dwelling Mycobacteria

From: Comparative analysis of mycobacterium and related actinomycetes yields insight into the evolution of mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis

GO descriptor

GO term ID

p-valuea

inter-to-intra centroid difference

4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl diphosphate red. activity

GO_0051745

4.80E-08

7.20E+00

dTMP biosynthetic process

GO_0006231

7.30E-07

4.40E+00

response to cAMP

GO_0051591

1.40E-06

1.20E+01

succinate dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) activity

GO_0008177

1.70E-06

5.10E+00

iron ion transport

GO_0006826

2.70E-06

4.70E+00

magnesium ion binding

GO_0000287

2.80E-06

1.70E+00

c fatty-acyl-CoA synthase activity

GO_0004321

5.10E-06

6.50E+00

c acyltransferase activity

GO_0008415

7.60E-06

3.60E+00

transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups

GO_0016765

1.30E-05

2.60E+00

c tricarboxylic acid cycle

GO_0006099

1.30E-05

3.40E+00

d Mo-molybdopterin cofactor biosynthetic process

GO_0006777

1.40E-05

6.30E+00

integral to membrane

GO_0016021

2.00E-05

2.00E+00

acid phosphatase activity

GO_0003993

2.50E-05

3.20E+00

phosphatase activity

GO_0016791

3.20E-05

4.10E+00

erythronolide synthase activity

GO_0047879

4.20E-05

8.20E+00

d 4-alpha-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase activity

GO_0008124

6.80E-05

6.20E+00

c lipid metabolic process

GO_0006629

6.80E-05

4.70E+00

bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic process

GO_0030494

7.00E-05

1.30E+00

plasma membrane

GO_0005886

7.10E-05

2.70E+00

d tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthetic process

GO_0006729

1.10E-04

8.80E+00

c lipid biosynthetic process

GO_0008610

1.20E-04

3.50E+00

phosphatidylcholine metabolic process

GO_0046470

1.60E-04

9.50E+00

c geranyltranstransferase activity

GO_0004337

1.60E-04

6.80E+00

cytoplasm

GO_0005737

1.90E-04

1.40E+00

protein transport

GO_0015031

1.90E-04

1.70E+00

guanosine tetraphosphate metabolic process

GO_0015969

2.20E-04

5.00E+00

glyoxylate cycle

GO_0006097

2.20E-04

4.30E+00

phosphoglycolate phosphatase activity

GO_0008967

2.80E-04

4.30E+00

terpenoid biosynthetic process

GO_0016114

3.90E-04

2.80E+00

sulfur metabolic process

GO_0006790

4.10E-04

5.30E+00

4 iron, 4 sulfur cluster binding

GO_0051539

5.00E-04

2.90E+00

succinate dehydrogenase activity

GO_0000104

5.70E-04

4.60E+00

b mycocerosate synthase activity

GO_0050111

5.80E-04

4.10E+00

c phospholipid biosynthetic process

GO_0008654

6.10E-04

2.30E+00

nucleoside metabolic process

GO_0009116

6.30E-04

3.60E+00

c phosphopantetheine binding

GO_0031177

8.20E-04

3.00E+00

adenylate cyclase activity

GO_0004016

8.30E-04

5.50E+00

D-arabinono-1,4-lactone oxidase activity

GO_0003885

9.70E-04

8.40E+00

anaerobic respiration

GO_0009061

9.90E-04

1.10E+01

nodulation

GO_0009877

1.10E-03

7.10E+00

c prenyltransferase activity

GO_0004659

1.10E-03

4.20E+00

c lysophospholipase activity

GO_0004622

1.30E-03

8.50E+00

c acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity

GO_0003989

1.30E-03

2.40E+00

histidinol-phosphatase activity

GO_0004401

2.10E-03

6.50E+00

pyridine nucleotide biosynthetic process

GO_0019363

2.30E-03

5.00E+00

NAD biosynthetic process

GO_0009435

3.30E-03

1.30E+00

lactate fermentation to propionate and acetate

GO_0019652

3.40E-03

3.40E+00

alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase activity

GO_0008609

3.40E-03

7.10E+00

b cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase activity

GO_0008825

4.00E-03

5.90E+00

methylcrotonoyl-CoA carboxylase activity

GO_0004485

4.40E-03

3.00E+00

  1. aBonferroni-corrected p-value calculated from T-test
  2. b pathogenicity or survival within the host
  3. c Lipid metabolism
  4. d Cofactor biosynthesis
  5. e unknown function