Open AccessNucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the elongation factor Tu from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima
Author(s) -
Bachleitner Marianne,
Ludwig Wolfgang,
Otto Stetter Karl,
Schleifer Heinz
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03231.x
Subject(s) - thermotoga maritima , thermophile , biology , nucleic acid sequence , eubacterium , gene , genetics , ef tu , coding region , escherichia coli , bacteria , rna , transfer rna
The gene coding for the elongation factor Tu (EF‐Tu) of Thermatoga maritima was cloned and sequenced. The predicted amino acid sequence was compared with those of other eubacteria, an archaebacterium and two eukaryotes as well. The similarity values and the distance matrix tree show that Thermotoga is more closely related to the eubacteria than to the representatives of the other urkingdoms. Thermotoga maritima represents the deepest branching within the tree of EF‐Tu sequences from all eubacteria studied so far.