TABLE 2.

Characteristics of A. hydrophila AH-3 polar flagellum gene regions 2, 4, and 5

ORF and region	Nucleotide positions	Protein size (aa)a	Molecular mass (kDa)	pI	Predicted function	Homologous gene	Identity/ similarity (%)
Region 2
1	248-1160	304	32.4	8.99	Flagellin	flaA of Aeromonas salmonicida	81/84
2	1745-2648	301	31.8	8.86	Flagellin	flaB of Aeromonas salmonicida	83/85
3	2689-3127	146	16	4.85	Filament length control	flaG of Aeromonas salmonicida	69/71
4	3157-4564	469	49.9	8.89	HAP-2	flaH of Aeromonas caviae	60/76
5	4592-5012	140	15.9	5.29	Chaperone	flaJ of Aeromonas caviae	58/79
6	6072-7404	444	50.9	5.61	Motility accessory factor	maf-1 of Campylobacter jejuni	26/41
Region 4
1	171-1104	311	32.8	5.31	Stator	motX of Vibrio alginolyticus	54/73
Region 5
1	811-2235	475	53.2	5.24	Flagellum regulator	flrA of Vibrio cholerae	53/65
2	2345-3379	344	37.2	6.18	Two-component sensor kinase	flrB of Vibrio cholerae	40/53
3	3376-4716	447	49.4	5.16	Two-component response kinase	flaM of Vibrio parahaemolyticus	60/73

^aaa, amino acids.