TABLE 2.
Predicted molecular masses and pI of the putative lpfO113 gene products and amino acid identities (and similarities) with related LPF proteins from EHEC O157:H7 EDL933 and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium LT-2
| Gene | Predicted characteristic of product
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% Amino acid identity (similarity) of lpfO113 with:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of amino acids | Mass (kDa) | pI | EDL933 O island 154 (AE005604a) | EDL933 O island 141 (AE005581a) | LT-2 (AE008868a) | |
| lpfA | 190 | 19.7 | 4.9 | 54 (68) | 30 (44) | 28 (42) |
| lpfB | 243 | 27.2 | 9.6 | 30 (38) | 32 (53) | 34 (50) |
| lpC | 840 | 92.8 | 4.8 | 64 (81) | 23 (35) | 39 (61) |
| lpfD | 265 | 29.1 | 6.2 | 34 (49)[Z5220], 30 (44)[Z5221]b | 24 (37) | 28 (39) |
a
Accession number.
b
O island 154 contains two copies of LpfD.