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From: Purine biosynthesis in archaea: variations on a theme

Figure 2

The presence of genes for the purine biosynthesis pathway in Crenarchaeota, Nanoarchaea, Thaumarchaeota, and Korarchaea. A schematic, taxonomy-based phylogenetic tree is provided, along with order names within the Crenarchaota. The typically bi-functional PurH protein appears twice, as PurH1 (the C-terminal AICAR formyltransferase domain) and PurH2 (the N-terminal IMP cyclohydrolase domain). Additional File 1 contains gene locus tags for each candidate gene. Symbols used: â–  denotes a gene that is a good match. â–¡ denotes a match with some problems, as described in more detail in the text. â–² is used to represent a cluster II PurP protein. [â– ] indicates that the expected gene is split into two adjacent loci. â– - â–  denotes a protein with a domain duplication. Where a "?" appears, a gene is necessary for an otherwise complete purine biosynthesis pathway to be functional, but no gene candidate could be identified with the data available.

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