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Table 3 Summary of select putative bacterial and termite contig functions

From: Metatranscriptome analysis reveals bacterial symbiont contributions to lower termite physiology and potential immune functions

Functional annotations of contigs

Category

 

Bacterial

Termite

Biosynthesis

 

Amino Acid

a 143

11

 

 Alanine

2

0

 

 Arginine

15

0

 

 Asparagine

3

1

 

 Cysteine

3

0

 

 Glutamine

2

1

 

 Glycine

2

1

 

 Histidine

28

0

 

 Isoleucine

7

0

 

 Leucine

6

0

 

 Lysine

16

0

 

 Methionine

18

3

 

 Phenylalanine

2

0

 

 Proline

9

1

 

 Pyrrolysine

1

0

 

 Serine

5

1

 

 Threonine

5

0

 

 Tryptophan

6

0

 

 Tyrosine

3

0

 

 Valine

5

0

 

 Other

22

3

 

Vitamin

29

0

 

 Thiamine

27

0

 

 B6

2

0

 

Fatty Acid

33

12

 

Lipid

5

2

 

Cellular Structure

50

8

 

 Phospholipid

16

8

 

 Peptidoglycan

34

0

Metabolism

 

Carbohydrate

276

88

 

 Glycosyl Hydrolases

204

34

 

 Glycosyl Transferase

67

39

 

 Polysaccharide Lyase

3

7

 

 Carbohydrate Esterase

2

8

 

Chitin

2

33

 

Nitrogen

32

7

 

 Amidohydrolase

14

3

 

 Nitrogenase

6

0

 

 Nitroreductase

9

0

 

 Urease

9

0

 

 Other

8

4

 

Protein

a 207

a 228

 

 Aminopeptidases

15

9

 

 Aspartic-type Peptidases

6

9

 

 Carboxypeptidases

18

30

 

 Cysteine-type Peptidases

12

24

 

 Dipeptidase

11

12

 

 Metallopeptidases

43

61

 

 Serine-type Peptidases

76

81

 

 Threonine-type Peptidases

1

12

 

 Other Peptidases

31

19

Transport

 

ABC Transporters

355

2

 

 Amino Acid

27

0

 

 Urea

4

0

 

 Carbohydrate

42

0

 

 Metal Ion

26

0

 

 C4-dicarboxylate

5

0

 

 Multidrug

13

0

 

 Excinuclease

6

0

 

 Other

232

2

 

Other MFS Transporters

37

11

 

Other Transporters

163

191

Stress regulation

 

Antioxidant/Detoxification Enzymes

69

71

 

Aldo/Keto Reductase

7

1

 

Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase

8

0

 

Catalase

1

1

 

Cytochrome Oxidase P450s

0

31

 

Desulfoferrodoxin

4

0

 

Ferredoxin

27

0

 

Glutaredoxin

0

3

 

Glutathione Peroxidase

1

2

 

Glutathione S-Transferase

5

6

 

Peroxidase

0

6

 

Peroxidasin

0

3

 

Superoxide Dismutase

0

3

 

Thioredoxin

7

14

 

Other

9

1

 

Chaperonin

15

16

 

Other

3

4

  1. Bacterial and termite contig putative functions based on reciprocal best hits and GO molecular function. aSome candidates possess multi-functional annotations