Table 6.
Putative recombinational repair genes of C. crescentus.
| Genes in E. coli | Description | Genes in C. crescentus | Similarity with E. coli a |
| absent | ATP-dependent helicase,/nuclease (addA) | CC3538 | |
| absent | ATP-dependent nuclease (addB) | CC3537 | |
|
radA (460 aa) |
DNA repair protein RadA | CC1660 | 280/456 (61%) |
|
recA (353 aa) |
DNA strand exchange and renaturation, DNA-dependent ATPase, DNA- and ATP-dependent coprotease | CC1087 | 257/321 (80%) |
|
recB (1180 aa) |
DNA helicase, ATP-dependent dsDNA/ssDNA exonuclease V subunit, ssDNA endonuclease | absent | |
|
recC (1122 aa) |
DNA helicase, ATP-dependent dsDNA/ssDNA exonuclease V subunit, ssDNA endonuclease | absent | |
|
recD (608 aa) |
DNA helicase, ATP-dependent dsDNA/ssDNA exonuclease V subunit, ssDNA endonuclease | absent | |
|
recE (866 aa) |
exonuclease VIII, ds DNA exonuclease, 5' → 3' specific | absent | |
|
recF (357 aa) |
Recombinational repair protein | CC0159 | 129/272 (47%) |
|
recG (693 aa) |
DNA helicase, resolution of Holliday junctions, branch migration | CC1437 | 362/671 (53%) |
|
recJ (577 aa) |
ssDNA exonuclease, 5' → 3' specific | CC1386 | 281/551 (51%) |
|
recN (553 aa) |
protein used in recombination and DNA repair | CC1983 | 290/570 (51%) |
|
recO (242 aa) |
Bacterial Recombinational repair protein | CC1564 | 79/165 (47%) |
|
recQ (609 aa) |
ATP-dependent DNA helicase | CC3465 | 337/604 (55%) |
|
recR (201 aa) |
recombination and repair putative | CC0269 | 109/192 (56%) |
|
recT (269 aa) |
recombinase, DNA renaturation | absent | |
|
recX (166 aa) |
RecA regulator RecX | absent | |
|
rus (120 aa) |
endodeoxyribonuclease Rus (Holliday junction resolvase) | absent | |
|
ruvA (203 aa) |
Holliday junction helicase subunit A; branch migration | CC3237 | 98/204 (48%) |
|
ruvB (336 aa) |
Holliday junction helicase subunit B; branch migration | 1-CC3236; | 250/318 (78%) |
| 2-CC1283 | 67/136* (49%) | ||
|
ruvC (173 aa) |
Holliday junction nuclease; resolution of structures | CC3238 | 85/151 (56%) |
|
sbcB (475 aa) |
exodeoxyribonuclease I | absent | |
|
sbcC (1048 aa) |
ATP-dependent dsDNA exonuclease | absent | |
|
sbcD (400 aa) |
ATP-dependent dsDNA exonuclease | absent | |
|
ssb (163 aa) |
ssDNA-binding protein factor | CC1468 | 84/110 (76%) |
a. numbers indicate similarity within local alignment in aminoacids (aa). * These genes have coverage lower than 50%.