Table 1

Selenoprotein families identified in the Sargasso Sea database

Prokaryotic selenoprotein family
Unique sequences
COG/Pfam ID
COG/Pfam description

Known selenoproteins (209 sequences)
SelW-like protein
48
Pfam05169
Selenoprotein W-related
Peroxiredoxin (Prx)
43
COG1225
Peroxiredoxin
Proline reductase (PrdB)
42
-

Selenophosphate synthetase
28
COG0709
Selenophosphate synthetase
Prx-like protein
22
COG0450
Peroxiredoxin-like
Thioredoxin (Trx)
11
COG3118
Thioredoxin
Formate dehydrogenase alpha chain (fdhA)
8
COG0243
Anaerobic dehydrogenases
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx)
5
COG0386
Glutathione peroxidase
Glycine reductase selenoprotein A (grdA)
1
-

Glycine reductase selenoprotein B (grdB)
1
Pfam07355
Glycine reductase selenoprotein B




New selenoproteins (101 sequences)
AhpD-like protein
27
COG2128
Uncharacterized conserved protein
Arsenate reductase
14
COG1393
Arsenate reductase and related proteins
Molybdopterin biosynthesis MoeB protein
11
COG0476
Dinucleotide-utilizing enzymes, molybdopterin biosynthesis
Glutaredoxin (Grx)
10
COG0695
Glutaredoxin and related proteins
DsbA-like protein
9
COG2761
DsbA-like
Glutathione S-transferase
4
COG0625
Glutathione S-transferase
Deiodinase-like protein
4
Pfam00837
Iodothyronine deiodinase
Thiol-disulfide isomerase-like protein
4
-

CMD domain-containing protein
4
Pfam02627
Carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase
Hypothetical protein 1
4
-

Rhodanese-related sulfurtransferase
3
COG2897
Rhodanese-related sulfurtransferase
OsmC-like protein
3
COG1765
Predicted redox protein, OsmC-like
DsrE-like protein
2
Pfam02635
DsrE-like
DsbG-like protein
1
COG1651
DsbG, Protein-disulfide isomerase
NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase
1
COG2209
NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase
Total
310



Classification of selenoproteins (10 previously known and 15 new prokaryotic selenoprotein families) is supported by COG or Pfam sequence clusters (or both) as shown in this table. The number of individual selenoprotein sequences for each family is indicated.

Zhang et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:R37   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-4-r37