title: An ABC-transporter system homolog in an organism of the phylogenetic domain Archaea.
abstract: A cluster of genes was identified in an archaeal organism, the methanogen Methanosarcina mazei S-6, that was a homolog of the ABC-transporter system loci of several organisms belonging to the phylogenetic domain Bacteria. The gene number, size, and organization were also similar. The proteins encoded by these genes were similar in structure, hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity profiles, and motifs to the equivalent components of homolog systems in bacteria and eucarya.
authors.affiliation: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, The University at Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jovell
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Macario
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Conway de Macario
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics*; D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D017020:Methanosarcina / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016213:Cyclins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C490090:ORFc protein, Methanosarcina mazei; C085896:OrfB protein, E coli; C490385:OrfD protein, archaeal; D010940:Plant Proteins; C489919:orfF protein, archaea; D004722:Endoribonucleases