Table 2

Bacterial RNase E/G homologues represented in the NCBI protein database

Phylum/Class

Length (aa)

Potential to form degradosome- like complex

Organisms tested for the presence of degradosome-like complexes/Reference


Predicted based on the size of the protein

Experimentally verified


Actinobacteria

463-1373

+

+

S. coelicolor /[55]

M. tuberculosis; M. bovis /[56]

Aquificae

466-470

-

-

Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi

503-570

-

-

Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia group

510-554

-

-

Cyanobacteria

602-808

-

-

Deferribacteres

507

-

-

Elusimicrobia

488

-

-

Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria group

511

-

-

Firmicutes

Bacilli

441-615

-

-

Clostridia

393-571

-

-

Fusobacteria

432-458

-

-

Gemmatimonadetes

520

-

-

Nitrospirae

514-522

-

-

Planctomycetes

509-588

-

-

Proteobacteria

Alpha

411-1123

+

+

R. capsulatus/[54]

C. crescentus [52]

Beta

394-1125

+

-

Gamma

410-1302

+

+

E. coli/[32,33]

P. syringe/[50]

V. angustum S14 RNase E [46]

P. haloplanktis [49]

Delta

486-926

+

-

Synergistetes

495-547

-

-

Thermotogae

454-481

-

-


Kaberdin et al. Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:23   doi:10.1186/1423-0127-18-23

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