Universally conserved proteins
These proteins are present in all genomes sequenced so far, from archaea and bacteria to man. So, one can say, that there is no life on earth without this small set of proteins. The genes encoding these proteins are usually essential.
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Glycolytic enzymes
Ribosomal proteins
RplA, RplB, RplC, RplE, RplF, RplK, RplN, RplR, RplV, RpsB, RpsC, RpsD, RpsE, RpsG, RpsH, RpsJ, RpsM, RpsQ, RpsS
Cellular processes
Nucleotide metabolism
- Prs phosphoribosyl-PP-synthetase
- Apt adenine phosphoribosyltransferase
- TruA pseudouridylate synthase
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases
tRNA modification
- TsaE tRNA modification enzyme
Note
FtsZ has long been considered to be universally conserved. However, recently some Mycoplasma species lacking FtsZ have been found.
Important publications
Michael Y Galperin, Eugene V Koonin
'Conserved hypothetical' proteins: prioritization of targets for experimental study.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2004, 32(18);5452-63
[PubMed:15479782]
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