Table 1 Genes whose abundance in genomes is linearly correlated to the ubiquity of these genomes
Group | Functional class | Gene | COG | Adjusted R-squared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CELLULAR PROCESSES AND SIGNALING | Cell wall / membrane / envelope biogenesis | Sortase and related acyltransferases | COG1247 | 0.7484 |
Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones | Glutatione peroxidase | COG0386 | 0.8488 | |
Signal transduction mechanisms | Osmosensitive K+ channel histidine kinase | COG2205 | 0.7662 | |
INFORMATION STORAGE AND PROCESSING | Replication, recombination and repair | Nucleotidyltransferase/DNA polymerase involved in DNA repair | COG0389 | 0.73 |
A/G-specific DNA glycosylase | COG1194 | 0.7548 | ||
Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis | Acetyltransferases, including N-acetylases of ribosomal proteins | COG1670 | 0.7714 | |
METABOLISM | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism | 2,4-dihydroxyhept-2-ene-1,7-dioic acid aldolase | COG3836 | 0.7147 |
Coenzyme transport and metabolism | Dihydrofolate reductase | COG0262 | 0.8237 | |
Energy production and conversion | Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase | COG0578 | 0.7355 | |
Coenzyme F420-dependent N5, N10-methylene tetrahydromethanopterin reductase and related flavin-dependent oxidoreductase | COG2141 | 0.7239 | ||
Inorganic ion transport and metabolism | Phosphate/sulphate permeases | COG0306 | 0.7579 | |
Lipid transport and metabolism | Acyl CoA: acetate/3-ketoacid CoA transferase, alpha subunit | COG1788 | 0.7461 | |
Nucleotide transport and metabolism | Thymidilate synthase | COG0207 | 0.7334 |