HAMAP: Thermoproteus tenax (strain ATCC 35583 / NBRC 100435 / JCM 9277 / Kra 1) complete proteome

General information

Species:  Thermoproteus tenax (strain ATCC 35583 / NBRC 100435 / JCM 9277 / Kra 1)
Species code: THETK
Taxonomy: Archaea; Crenarchaeota; Thermoprotei; Thermoproteales; Thermoproteaceae; Thermoproteus (TaxID: 768679) [NEWT/ NCBI]
Description: Thermoproteus tenax (strain ATCC 35583 / NBRC 100435 / JCM 9277 / Kra 1) is a strictly anaerobic, hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeum isolated from a solfatare in Iceland. T.tenax is sulfur-dependent with optimal growth at 86 degrees Celsius and pH 5.6. One particular feature is the great metabolic versatility, which is not accompanied by a distinct increase of genome size or information density as compared to other Crenarchaeota. T. tenax is able to grow chemolithoautotrophically (CO2/H2) as well as chemoorganoheterotrophically in presence of various organic substrates. All pathways for synthesizing the 20 proteinogenic amino acids are present. In addition, two presumably complete gene sets for NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (complex I) were identified in the genome and there is evidence that either NADH or reduced ferredoxin might serve as electron donor. Beside the typical archaeal A0A1-ATP synthase, a membrane-bound pyrophosphatase is found, which might contribute to energy conservation. Surprisingly, all genes required for dissimilatory sulfate reduction are present, which is confirmed by growth experiments. (Adapted from PMID: 22003381).
Properties: Presence of flagella: No
Human pathogen: No
Interaction: No
Number of membranes: 1
Statistics: Number of THETK entries in UniProtKB: 2047 (14 in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot + 2033 in UniProtKB/TrEMBL)

Genome(s) sequenced

Strain:    ATCC 35583 / NBRC 100435 / JCM 9277 / Kra 1
Genome structure:
Chromosome EMBL accession number FN869859 (circular; 1,841,542 bp) (download entry)
Reference(s):
[1] Pubmed=22003381;
Siebers B., Zaparty M., Raddatz G., Tjaden B., Albers S.V., Bell S.D., Blombach F., Kletzin A., Kyrpides N., Lanz C., Plagens A., Rampp M., Rosinus A., von Jan M., Makarova K.S., Klenk H.P., Schuster S.C., Hensel R. ;
"The complete genome sequence of Thermoproteus tenax: a physiologically versatile member of the Crenarchaeota.";
PLoS ONE 6:E24222-E24222(2011).
Web links:
Bioproject: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/49419
GIB (DDBJ): http://gtps.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/single/index.php?spid=Tten_1
GOLD: http://www.genomesonline.org/cgi-bin/GOLD/GOLDCards.cgi?goldstamp=Gc01999


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