Gene content and organization of a 281-kbp contig from the genome of the extremely thermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus P2

Authors
Charlebois, RL Singh, RK Chan-Weiher, CCY Allard, G Chow, C Confalonieri, F Curtis, B Duguet, M Erauso, G Faguy, D Gaasterland, T Garrett, RA Gordon, P Jeffries, AC Kozera, C Kushwaha, N Lafleur, E Medina, N Peng, X Penny, SL She, QX St Jean, A van der Oost, J Young, F Zivanovic, Y Doolittle, WF Ragan, MA Sensen, CW
Citation
Rl. Charlebois et al., Gene content and organization of a 281-kbp contig from the genome of the extremely thermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus P2, GENOME, 43(1), 2000, pp. 116-136
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
GENOME
ISSN journal
08312796 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
116 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0831-2796(200002)43:1<116:GCAOOA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The sequence of a 281-kbp contig from the crenarchaeote Sulfolobus solfatar icus P2 was determined and analysed. Notable features in this region includ e 29 ribosomal protein genes, 12 tRNA genes (four of which contain archaeal -type introns), operons encoding enzymes of histidine biosynthesis, pyrimid ine biosynthesis, and arginine biosynthesis, an ATPase operon, numerous gen es for enzymes of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, and six insertion sequen ces. The content and organization of this contig are compared with sequence s from crenarchaeotes, euryarchaeotes, bacteria, and eukaryotes.