Essential genes

Parent category	6. Groups of genes
Neighbouring categories	6.1. Essential genes 6.2. Membrane proteins 6.3. GTP-binding proteins 6.4. Phosphoproteins 6.5. Universally conserved proteins 6.6. Poorly characterized/ putative enzymes 6.7. Proteins of unknown function 6.8. Short peptides 6.9. ncRNA 6.10. Pseudogenes
Related categories	none
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Genes in this functional category

Protein synthesis, secretion and quality control

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

• alaS
• argS
• asnS
• aspS
• cysS
• gatA
• gatB
• gatC
• gltX
• glyQ
• glyS
• hisS
• ileS
• leuS
• lysS
• metS
• pheS
• pheT
• proS
• serS
• trpS
• tyrS
• valS

Ribosomal proteins

• rplB
• rplC
• rplD
• rplE
• rplF
• rplJ
• rplL
• rplM
• rplN
• rplP
• rplQ
• rplR
• rplS
• rplT
• rplU
• rplX
• rpmA
• rpmD
• rpsB
• rpsC
• rpsD
• rpsE
• rpsG
• rpsH
• rpsI
• rpsJ
• rpsK
• rpsL
• rpsM
• rpsN
• rpsO
• rpsP
• rpsQ
• rpsR
• rpsS

Ribosome assembly

• engA
• era
• obg
• rbgA
• ysxC
• yqeH

rRNA modification/maturation

• cspR
• ysgA

tRNA modification/maturation

• tilS
• rnpA
• rnpB
• rnz
• cca
• fmt
• folD
• trmD
• trmU
• tsaB
• tsaD
• yrvO

Translation factors

• frr
• fusA
• infA
• infB
• infC
• prfA
• prfB
• tsf
• tufA

Translation/ other

• map
• spoVC

Protein secretion/ chaperones/ protein quality control

• ffh
• groEL
• groES
• prsA
• scr
• secA
• secE
• secY
• trxA
• trxB

Cell envelope and cell division

Cell wall synthesis

• alr
• asd
• dapA
• dapB
• dapF
• ddl
• gcaD
• glmM
• glmS
• murAA
• murB
• murC
• murD
• murE
• murF
• murG
• patA
• pbpB
• racE
• tagB
• tagD
• tagF
• tagG
• tagH
• tagO
• uppS
• walK
• walR
• ykuQ
• ykuR

Cell division

• divIB
• divIC
• ftsA
• ftsL
• ftsW
• ftsZ
• mnaA
• mraY

Cell shape

• mreB
• mreC
• mreD
• rodA

Metabolism

Central energy metabolism

• odhB
• pdhA
• resB
• resC
• yumC

Glycolysis

• eno
• gapA
• pgm

Biosynthesis of amino acids

• glyA
• metK

Biosynthesis of lipids

• accA
• accB
• accC
• accD
• acpA
• acpS
• cdsA
• fabD
• fabF
• fabG
• gpsA
• ispC
• ispD
• ispE
• ispF
• ispG
• ispH
• pgsA
• plsC
• plsX
• plsY
• ywpB

Biosynthesis of nucleotides

• adk
• cmk
• gmk
• guaB
• hprT
• nrdE
• nrdF
• nrdI
• prs
• pyrG
• tmk

Biosynthesis of cofactors

• birA
• dfrA
• dxs
• hepS
• hepT
• menA
• menB
• menC
• menD
• menE
• menH
• nadD
• nadE
• nadF
• ribC
• ytaG

Metal ion transport

• mntA
• mrpA
• mrpB
• mrpC
• mrpD
• mrpF

Biosynthesis of iron-sulphur clusters

• sufB
• sufC
• sufD
• sufS
• sufU

Phosphate metabolism

• ppaC
• yfkN

DNA replication, modification, and chromosome maintenance

DNA replication

• dnaA
• dnaB
• dnaC
• dnaD
• dnaE
• dnaG
• dnaI
• dnaN
• dnaX
• holA
• holB
• ligA
• pcrA
• polC
• priA
• ssbA

Chromosome condensation/ segregation

• gyrA
• gyrB
• hbs
• parC
• parE
• scpA
• smc
• ypuF

DNA restriction/modification

• ydiO
• ydiP

RNA synthesis and degradation

Transcription

• nusA
• rpoA
• rpoB
• rpoC
• sigA

RNases

• rnjA
• rny

Protective functions

• dgkB
• hlpB
• pncB
• rnc
• sknR
• sunI
• yhdL
• ytbE
• yxlC

Unknown

• ycgG
• yddT
• ylaN
• yloU
• yomL
• yqhY