Overview
‘How far can we push chemical self‐assembly?’
Utility
Approach
Comparative genomics
Genetics
Biochemistry
A minimal genome
Escherichia coli | Mycoplasma | 3D structure |
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Coliphage f29 DNA polymerase | + | + |
Coliphage P1 Cre recombinase | − | + |
>Coliphage Lox/Cre recombinase site | − | + |
Coliphage T7 RNA polymerase | Analog | + |
>Coliphage T7 RNA polymerase initiation site | Analog | + |
>Coliphage T7 RNA polymerase class II termination site | Analog | + |
Lucerne viral hammerhead RNA | − | + |
RNase P RNA | + | + |
RNase P protein | + | + |
>RNase P site/RNA primer for DNA polymerase | + | + |
Small subunit 16S ribosomal RNA | + | + |
All 21 small subunit ribosomal proteins (1–21) | + except 1, 21 | + |
Large subunit 5S ribosomal RNA | + | + |
Large subunit 23S ribosomal RNA | + | + |
Large subunit 23S rRNA G2445>m2G methylase: unidentified | Unknown | − |
Large subunit 23S rRNA U2449>dihydroU synthetase: unidentified | Unknown | − |
Large subunit 23S rRNA U2457>pseudoU synthetase | Unknown | − |
Large subunit 23S rRNA C2498>Cm methylase: unidentified | Unknown | − |
Large subunit 23S rRNA A2503>m2A methylase: unidentified | Unknown | − |
Large subunit 23S rRNA U2504>pseudoU synthetase | Unknown | − |
All 33 large subunit ribosomal proteins (1–7, 9–11, 13–25, 27–36) | + except 25, 30 | + |
Translational initiation factor 1 | + | + |
Translational initiation factor 2 | + | + |
Translational initiation factor 3 | + | + |
Translational elongation factor Tu | + | + |
Translational elongation factor Ts | + | + |
Translational elongation factor G | + | + |
Translational release factor 1 | + | + |
Translational release factor 2 | − | + |
Translational release factor Gln methylase | + | + |
Translational release factor 3 | − | + |
Ribosome recycling factor | + | + |
33/45 tRNAs (see Figure 3) | Set of 29 | + |
tRNA C34>lysidine synthetase | Unidentified | + |
tRNA A34>I deaminase | Unidentified | + |
tRNA U34>cmo5U (=V) synthetases: unidentified | − | − |
tRNA U34>2sU Cys desulfurase | − | + |
tRNA U34>2sU synthetase | Unidentified | + |
tRNA U34>cmnm5U GTPase | Unidentified | + |
tRNA U34>cmnm5U synthetase | Unidentified | + |
tRNA cmnm5U34>nm5U>mnm5U synthetase | Unidentified | − |
tRNA G37 N1‐methylase | + | + |
tRNA A37>t6A N6‐threonylcarbamoyl‐A synthetase: unidentified | Unidentified | − |
tRNA A37>i6A synthetase | − | + |
tRNA i6A37>s2i6A>ms2i6A synthetase | − | + |
All 22 aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetase subunits (20 enzymes) | + except Gly sub., Gln | + except Gly sub., Ala |
Met‐tRNA formyltransferase | + | + |
Chaperonin GroEL | + | + |
Chaperonin GroES | + | + |
151 genes=38 RNAs+113 proteins |
Tools
Biochemical subsystems
Genome replication
Transcription
RNA processing
A minimal translatome
Purified translation
An in vitro ribosome
In vitro tRNAs
Post‐translation
Compartments and division
Integrating the subsystems
Completion
Acknowledgements
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