Methanosarcinaceae

Phase-contrast photo of Methanosarcina barkeri, type strain MST

Methanosarcinaceae
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Halobacteriota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Balch and Wolfe 1981[1]
Genera

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In taxonomy, the Methanosarcinaceae are a family of the Methanosarcinales.[2]

Phylogeny

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[6][7][8]

Methanohalobium Zhilina & Zavarzin 1988

Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002

Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985

Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988

Methanomethylovorans Lomans et al. 2004

Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Methanimicrococcus Sprenger et al. 2000

Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936

Unassigned gerea:

  • Halomethanococcus Yu & Kawamura 1988
  • "Methanolapillus" Protasov & Brune 2023
  • "Ca. Methanovorans" Chadwick et al. 2022

Biochemistry

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A notable trait of Methanosarcinaceae is that they are methanogens that incorporate the unusual amino acid pyrrolysine into their enzymes.[9] The enzyme monomethylamine methyltransferase catalyzes the reaction of monomethylamine to methane. This enzyme includes pyrrolysine. The unusual amino acid is inserted using a unique tRNA, the anticodon of which is UAG. In most organisms, and in most Methanosarcinaceae proteins, UAG is a stop codon. However in this enzyme, and anywhere else pyrrolysine is incorporated, likely through contextual markers on the mRNA, the pyrrolysine-loaded tRNA is inserted instead of the release factor. They also have a unique aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase to specifically load this tRNA with pyrrolysine. This unique adaptation is still the subject of significant study.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b A.C. Parte; et al. "Methanosarcinaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. ^ a b C.L. Schoch; et al. "Methanosarcinaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ "ar53_r220.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ Lehninger A, Nelson D, Cox M. Lehninger principles of biochemistry. 6th ed. New York: W.H. Freeman; 2013 p. 1124-1126.

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