TABLE 2.

Homologies of the predicted proteins encoded by the bee locus genes determined by BLASTP (NCBI, NLM)

Protein	Length (amino acids)	BLASTP hits	Accession no.	Organism	% Identity	% Similarity	Expect (E) value
Bee-1	1,083	Predicted OMPa	ZP_00062640	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	25	38	2e−48
Bee-2	243	Predicted OMP	ZP_00062638	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	33	48	4e−17
Bee-3	495	Predicted OMP	ZP_00062638	Leuconostoc mesenteroides	39	54	3e−80
Srt-1	398	Sortase	EAN10600	Enterococcus faecium	50	71	2e−75
Srt-2	373	Sortase	EAN10837	Enterococcus faecium	45	66	2e−75

^aOMP, outer membrane protein.