v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
| Type | Family |
| Description | Gas vesicles provide cells with buoyancy, enabling them to remain at the water surface. These organelles are generally synthesized by halophilic archaea and cyanobacteria, as well as some other prokaryotes. A cluster of 12-14 gvp genes (gvpMLKJIHGFEDACNO) is responsible for gas vesicle synthesis in Halobacterium sp. [ ]. GvpF and GvpL are essential for gas vesicle formation and display sequence similarity to one another, both containing predicted coiled-coil domains that are often involved in self-oligomerisation; and are structural components of the vesicle []. |
| Short Name | Gas-vesicle_GvpL/GvpF |