Bioinformatic evaluation of L-arginine catabolic pathways in 24 cyanobacteria and transcriptional analysis of genes encoding enzymes of L-arginine catabolism in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Schriek, Sarah; Rückert, Christian; Staiger, Dorothee; Pistorius, Elfriede K; Michel, Klaus-Peter

doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-437

Table 4 Presence of genes encoding enzymes of the L-arginine-degrading pathways in the genomes of selected marine and freshwater cyanobacteria.

From: Bioinformatic evaluation of L-arginine catabolic pathways in 24 cyanobacteria and transcriptional analysis of genes encoding enzymes of L-arginine catabolism in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Pathway	Arginase			L-Arginine amidinotransferase			L-Arginine deiminase					L-Arginine oxidase/dehydrogenase
Enzymes	B1	B2	B3	C1	C2	C3	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	E1	E2	E3	E4
Marine species
Prochlorococcus marinus SS 120	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Prochlorococcus marinus str. MIT 9211	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9312	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9313	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Prochlorococcus marinus MED 4	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Prochlorococcus marinus NATL 2A	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. CC 9605	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. CC 9902	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. WH 8102	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. WH 7805	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. WH 5701	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Synechococcus sp. RS 9917	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Crocosphaera watsonii WH 8501	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	+	+
Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS 101	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Freshwater species
Synechococcus elongatus sp. PCC 6301	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+
Synechococcus elongatus sp. PCC 7942	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	n.d.	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+
Synechococcus Yellowstone sp. A JA-3-3-AB	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Synechococcus Yellowstone sp. B JA-2-3B'a (2–13)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+
Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	+	+
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+
Nostoc sp. PCC 7120	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	n.d.	n.d.	+	+	n.d.	+	+	+

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