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Table 2 Distribution and functional content of HisR regulons in Firmicutes

From: Evolution of transcriptional regulation of histidine metabolism in Gram-positive bacteria

Order

Genera (examples)

Target genes

Count

Bacillales (126 genomes)

Bacillus; Brevibacillus; Geobacillus; Paenibacillus; etc

his operon

40

Bacillus; Brevibacillus; Paenibacillus; Solibacillus; Staphylococcus etc

his operon; yuiF

52

Desmospora; Kurthia; Lysinibacillus; Salinicoccus; etc

his operon; hisR

26

Lactobacillales (4 genomes)

Enterococcus, Carnobacterium

tdcP-tdcA-tyrT

4

Eubacteriales (169 genomes)

Clostridium; Eubacterium; Ruminococcus; Subdoligranulum; etc

his operon

22

Alkaliphilus; Clostridium

his operon; yuiF

2

Christensenella; Anaerostipes; Blautia; Butyrivibrio; Coprococcus; etc

his operon; hisR

114

Lachnobacterium; Lachnoclostridium; Bryantella; Roseburia; etc

his operon; hisXYZ*

86

Clostridium

yuiF

3

Clostridium; Eubacterium; Caloramator

hisXYZ*

6

Eubacterium; Blautia; Oribacterium; Peptococcus; Flavonifractor; etc

hisR; hisXYZ*

8

Halanaerobiales (7 genomes)

Halanaerobium; Halothermothrix

his operon

2

Halanaerobium; Halobacteroides

his operon; yuiF

3

Acetohalobium

his operon; hisR

1

Orenia

his operon; hisXYZ*

1

Natranaerobiales

Natranaerobius (1 genome)

his operon; hisR

1

Thermoanaero-bacterales (36 genomes)

Caldicellulosiruptor; Desulfovirgula; Moorella; Caldanaerovirga; etc

his operon

29

Carboxydothermus; Thermoanaerobacter

his operon; hisR

7

Acidaminococcales (4 genomes)

Acidaminococcus

his operon; hisR

2

Phascolarctobacterium; Succinispira

his operon; hisXYZ*

2

Selenomonadales (16 genomes)

Megamonas; Mitsuokella;Selenomonas; Anaeromusa; Thermosinus

his operon; hisXYZ*; hisR

14

Pelosinus; Selenomonas

hisXYZ*; hisR

2

Veillonellales (11 genomes)

Dialister; Megasphaera; Veillonella

his operon; hisXYZ*; hisR

8

Anaeroglobus; Megasphaera; Veillonella

his operon; hisXYZ*

7

Tissierellales (13 genomes)

Anaerococcus; Finegoldia; Parvimonas

hisR

7

Gottschalkia

his operon

1

Peptoniphilus

yuiF

5

TOTAL number of operons controlled by HisR (387 genomes):

 

635

  1. The HisZ component of histidine ABC transporter is marked with asterisk to distinguish it from eponymous enzyme