Table 1

Homologs of UV repair genes in archaea



Photoreactivation
Alternative excision repair
Bacterial NER
Eukaryotic NER
Eukaryotic FLAP endonuclease

Crenarchaeota
Sulfolobus tokadaii, S. solfataricus
phr


XPB, XPF
FEN-1

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
phr
uvsE

XPB, XPF
FEN-1

Pyrobaculum aerophilum



XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Aeropyrum pernix



XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1
Euryarchaeota
Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
phr1, phr2

uvrA, uvrB, uvrC, uvrD
XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Thermoplasma volcanium, T. acidophilum



XPB, XPD,
FEN-1

Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus
phr

uvrA, uvrB, uvrC
XPF
FEN-1

Archaeoglobus fulgidus



XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Haloarcula marismortui
phr1, phr2
uvsE
uvrA, uvrB, uvrC, uvrD
XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Pyrococcus horikoshii, P. abyssi, P. furiosus



XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Methanopyrus kandleri
phr


XPB, XPF
FEN-1

Methanococcus jannaschii



XPB, XPF
FEN-1

Methanosarcina mazei, M. acetivorans, M. barkeri
phr

uvrA, uvrB, uvrC, uvrD
XPB, XPD, XPF
FEN-1

Crowley et al. Saline Systems 2006 2:11   doi:10.1186/1746-1448-2-11