TABLE 2.

ORFs identified in the region containing the trh and urease gene cluster

ORF	Gene	Position		No. of aaa	Homologous ORFs in database
		5′	3′		Accession no.	% Identity	Note (origin)
1	Transposase	1042	125	306	L40498	88	Transposase (V. anguillarium)
2	trh	1936	1370	189	S67850	100	TRH (V. parahaemolyticus)
3	ureR	3220	2375	282	A40644	53	UreR (P. mirabilis)
4	nikE	3990	3370	207	AAC67221	41	DppE (S. pyogenes)
5	nikD	4682	3993	230	AAC67220	32	DppD (S. pyogenes)
6	nikC	5485	4673	271	AAB67065	31	Putative transmembrane protein (S. typhimurium)
7	nikB	6449	5490	320	AAC67218	32	DppB (S. pyogenes)
8	nikA	7983	6346	546	AAB67063	36	Putative substrate-binding protein (S. typhimurium)
9	ureD	8389	9228	280	P17089	59	UreD (P. mirabilis)
10	ureA	9249	9548	100	Q03282	90	UreA (E. coli)
11	ureB	9562	9882	107	P17087	75	UreB (P. mirabilis)
12	ureC	9882	11582	567	P17086	86	UreC (P. mirabilis)
13	ureE	11640	12116	159	P17090	62	UreE (P. mirabilis)
14	ureF	12147	12809	221	P17091	62	UreF (P. mirabilis)
15	ureG	12821	13456	212	Q06206	88	UreG (P. mirabilis)
16		14836	15660	275

^aaa, amino acid(s).