TABLE 2.
Polymorphic codons defining H6 alleles of flagellin (fliC) in the EPEC 1 clonal group
| Allele | Amino acid and codon in multiple-sequence alignment at codon positiona:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 159 | 174 | 220 | 229 | 287 | 347 | 505 | 555 | 570 | |
| Gln | Asp | Asn | Asn | Asp | Thr | Gly | Gly | Leu | Ser | |
| H6.1 | CAA | GAT | AAT | AAT | GAT | ACG | GGT | GGT | CTG | TCT |
| Gln | Glu | Asp | ||||||||
| H6.2 | CAG | GAA | — | GAT | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gln | Ile | Ala | ||||||||
| H6.3b | CAG | — | ATA | — | — | — | GCT | — | — | — |
| Gln | Asn | Thr | Gly | Leu | Phe | |||||
| H6.4 | CAG | — | — | — | AAT | ACA | — | GGG | TTG | TTT |
a
A dash means that the codon is identical to that of H6.1. Boldface type indicates amino acids that differ from those in the H6.1 sequence. Altered nucleotides are underlined.
b
Insert of six nucleotides at position of 348 (ACT GGT).