Table 2 Proteins predicted to bind purines and analyzed in this study

From: Ubiquitous purine sensor modulates diverse signal transduction pathways in bacteria

Name

Ref. Seq ID

Receptor typea

Motif variantb

Species/strain

Phylogenetic category (Phylum)

Pathogenicity/characteristicsc

R1

WP_219614703

CR

YRWFN

Aeromonas salmonicida

Pseudomonadota

Fish pathogen, mainly salmon. Important economic losses

R2

WP_107944080

CR

YKWYN

Campylobacter concisus

Campylobacterota

Human pathogen, causes inflammatory bowel disease

R3

WP_124259872

CR

YRWFD

Burkholderia vietnamiensis

Pseudomonadota

Human pathogen, causes lung infections. High mortality rate

R4

WP_199478134

CR

FRFYN

Marinomonas spartinae

Pseudomonadota

Halophyte plant isolate, can promote plant growth

R5

WP_131005693

GGDEF/EAL

YRWFN

Clostridioides difficile

Bacillota

Human pathogen, at times fatal. Disrupts gut microbiota

R6

WP_185834821

GGDEF

YKWFN

Vibrio cholerae

Pseudomonadota

Human pathogen, causes life-threatening diarrheal disease

R7

WP_038903150

GGDEF

YHWFN

Dickeya zeae

Pseudomonadota

Plant pathogen, in particular maize and rice

R8

WP_227113344

GGDEF

YRWFN

Eggerthella sinensis

Actinomycetota

Human pathogen, causes life-threatening bacteremia

R9

WP_198537540

GGDEF

YKWFN

Vulcanococcus limneticus

Cyanobacteriota

N2-fixing bacterium, isolated from freshwater

R10

WP_110129388

HK

YKWFN

Coraliomargarita sinensis

Verrucomicrobiota

Isolated from a marine saltern

R11

WP_162024566

HK

YKWFN

Lentimonas sp. CC4

Verrucomicrobiota

Efficient degrader of fucoidan, a major algae product

R12

WP_220621668

HK

YKWFN

Ruficoccus sp. ZRK36

Verrucomicrobiota

Isolated from deep sea cold seep

R13

WP_167859577

S/T phos

YKWFN

Paenibacillus cymbidii

Bacillota

N2-fixing isolated from orchid roots

R14

WP_021170906

S/T phos

YKWFN

Sporomusa ovata

Bacillota

Anaerobic, endospore forming bacterium, isolated from leaves

R15

WP_207952809

S/T phos

YRWFN

Paenibacillus sp. S3N08

Bacillota

Isolated from agricultural soil

  1. The first column specifies the number given to the different receptors.
  2. aCR chemoreceptor, GGDEF/EAL diguanylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase, HK histidine kinase, S/T phos serine/threonine phosphatase.
  3. bLigand binding residues of the dCache_1PU motif are shown. Strands of non-conserved residues between the motif residues are implied according to the motif definition in Fig. 2D.
  4. cThe corresponding references are provided in Supplementary Table 2.