TABLE 1.
Branched-chain-amino-acid carrier proteins of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria
| Protein | Organism | Amino acid characteristica
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Nonpolar (%) | Polar (%) | Acidic (%) | Basic (%) | Size (kDa) | pI | ||
| BrnQ | S. aureus | 442 | 58 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 49.058 | 9.96 |
| B. subtilis | 439 | 58 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 46.875 | 9.64 | |
| L. delbrueckii | 446 | 59 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 47.864 | 9.44 | |
| S. typhimurium | 438 | 60 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 46.418 | 9.29 | |
| E. coli | 438 | 59 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 46.092 | 9.14 | |
| BraB | P. aeruginosa | 437 | 60 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 45.28 | 8.83 |
| C. perfringens | 338 | 54 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 35.861 | 9.47 | |
| BraZ | P. aeruginosa | 437 | 61 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 45.271 | 9.66 |
a
Characteristics are predicted theoretically.