. 2008 Mar 14;74(10):3291–3294. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02719-07

TABLE 1.

Presence of folate biosynthesis genes in the genome of L. reuteri JCM1112 as determined by homology searches with L. plantarum WCFS1

L. plantarum WCFS1 open reading frame	Gene	Length of protein (amino acids)^a	Assigned function	L. reuteri JCM1112 orthologue
				Open reading frame	Length of protein (amino acids)^a	% Identity
				Open reading frame	Length of protein (amino acids)^a	Amino acid	Nucleotide
lp3299	folB	122	Dihydroneopterin aldolase (EC 4.1.2.25)	Lreu1280	111	48	58
lp3298	folK	170	2-Amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase (EC 2.7.6.3)	Lreu1279	170	43	55
lp3297	folE	189	GTP cyclohydrolase I (EC 3.5.4.16)	Lreu1278	192	57	59
lp3296	folC2	454	Folylpolyglutamate synthase (EC 6.3.2.17)/dihydrofolate synthase (EC 6.3.2.12)	Lreu1277	419	38	47
lp3295	xtp2	195	XTP pyrophosphatase (EC 3.6.1.-)	Lreu1276	195	35	48
lp3294	folP	263	Dihydropteroate synthase (EC 2.5.1.15)	Lreu1275	387	37	39

Length based on the number of amino acid residues predicted in the gene product.