(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.) > cellular organisms: NE > Bacteria: NE > PVC group: NE > Planctomycetes: NE > Planctomycetia: NE > Candidatus Brocadiales: NE > Candidatus Brocadiaceae: NE > Candidatus Kuenenia: NE > Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis: NE
LegendThis sequence has been compared to family alignement (MSA) red => minority aminoacid blue => majority aminoacid color intensity => conservation rate title => sequence position(MSA position)aminoacid rate Catalytic site Catalytic site in the MSA MQGNELIEVDTNVRLHIRDWGQGKTIVFIPGWPLSLEMYEYQFTQLPKHG YRCVGITLRGFGKSSKPWGEYTYDVFADDVRKVLEALDLRDVTLAGFSMG GAIALHYMARHKGERVSKLALFGAAAPSFVKRHGFQYGLESAAVNGFIEL CYADRAKLNEDFGKIFFRSENAVSPKLGEWFHNMGMEASPHATAASLIAL RDTDLRGDMAKVNVPTMILHATQDKICLFELAEAMAAGIKGAKLIGFEKS GHALFYEEKEKFNKELANFVG
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has become a main focus in oceanography and wastewater treatment. It is also the nitrogen cycle's major remaining biochemical enigma. Among its features, the occurrence of hydrazine as a free intermediate of catabolism, the biosynthesis of ladderane lipids and the role of cytoplasm differentiation are unique in biology. Here we use environmental genomics--the reconstruction of genomic data directly from the environment--to assemble the genome of the uncultured anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis from a complex bioreactor community. The genome data illuminate the evolutionary history of the Planctomycetes and allow us to expose the genetic blueprint of the organism's special properties. Most significantly, we identified candidate genes responsible for ladderane biosynthesis and biological hydrazine metabolism, and discovered unexpected metabolic versatility.
