TABLE 3.

Genes whose levels of expression were significantly different between the ΔlamA ΔlamR mutant and the wild-type strain

Open reading frame	Gene	Product	Change (fold)a
Upregulated genes
lp_0783		Lipoprotein precursor, peptide-binding protein OppA homolog	3.1
lp_1197	cps2A	Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis protein	27.8
lp_1198	cps2B	Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis protein; chain length determiner Wzz	54.9
lp_1200	galE2	UDP-glucose 4-epimerase	11.9
lp_1201	cps2E	Priming glycosyltransferase	16.0
lp_1202	cps2F	Glycosyltransferase	15.8
lp_1203	cps2G	Glycosyltransferase	11.5
lp_1204	cps2H	Polysaccharide polymerase	5.9
lp_1205	cps2I	Repeat unit transporter	6.4
lp_1207		No product defined	4.4
lp_3411		Extracellular protein	4.3
lp_3412		Extracellular protein	8.1
lp_3413		Cell surface protein precursor	13.5
lp_3414		Extracellular protein	7.4
Downregulated genes
lp_0023	glgA	Starch (bacterial glycogen) synthase	−5.1
lp_0111		Oxidoreductase	−5.9
lp_0525	kup1	Potassium uptake protein	−3.3
lp_0683		Prophage P1 protein 60	−4.0
lp_0885	bglG1	Transcription antiterminator	−12.4
lp_0926		Integral membrane protein	−21.4
lp_0927		Hypothetical protein	−16.9
lp_0930	asp2	Alkaline shock protein	−5.3
lp_1703		Hypothetical protein	−4.7
lp_2658		Glycosyltransferase (putative)	−3.2
lp_3045		Short-chain dehydrogenase/oxidoreductase	−6.1
lp_3082		Transport protein	−5.5
lp_3084		Cell surface protein, ErfK family	−7.1
lp_3085	asnB2	Asparagine synthase (glutamine-hydrolyzing)	−7.7
lp_3087	lamR	RR	−4.2
lp_3128		Stress-induced DNA binding protein	−4.0
lp_3267	gshR4	Glutathione reductase	−3.5
lp_3420	gadB	Glutamate decarboxylase	−2.6
lp_3575		Integral membrane protein	−14.4
lp_3577		Integral membrane protein	−5.0
lp_3578	kat	Catalase	−5.6
lp_3579	nrpR5	Negative regulator of proteolysis	−117.8
lp_3580	lamA	RR; accessory gene regulator protein A	−28.7
lp_3582	lamB	Accessory gene regulator protein B	−14.9
lp_3583	clpL	ATP-dependent Clp protease, ATP-binding subunit ClpL	−10.8
lp_3586	lox	Lactate oxidase	−32.4

^aChange in gene expression in the ΔlamA ΔlamR mutant compared to the wild-type strain.