TABLE 2.

Similarity between L. pneumophila Tra and Inc plasmids

Protein	Plasmid	% Ident/Sima	No. of aa	Functionb	Accession no.c
TraH	R751d	62/81	68	Relaxosome stability	S22993
	RP4e	58/78			S23000
TraI	R751	38/58	480	DNA relaxase	S22994
	RP4	40/60			S23001
	ColI-P9f	25/42			AB021078
TraJ	R751	39/55	114	OriT binding	S22996
	RP4	37/52			A34172
TraK	R751	33/51	104	OriT binding	S22997
	RP4	32/50			S23003
TraL	R751	70/80	241	ATP/GTP binding	T08536
	RP4	71/82			S23003
TraM	R751	36/68	141	Regulation	T08537
	RP4	38/69			S23005

^a% Ident/Sim is the percent identity/similarity between the L. pneumophila protein and its homologue.

^bPutative function as predicted from similarity.

^cAccession number for the protein used.

^dIncPβ plasmid.

^eIncPα plasmid.

^fIncI plasmid.