Table 2. Differential protein expression of L. hongkongensis at 20°C and 37°C.

Spot no.	Gene no.	Theoretical MW (kDa)	Theoretical pI	Proteins	Functional categories (COG)	Sequence coverage (%)	Peptide matched	MOWSE score	20°C/37°C ratioa	p value
Higher expression at 20°C
1	LHK_02829	30.0	5.03	Acetylglutamate kinase, NAGK-20	Amino acid transport and metabolism	24	6	9.49e+003	+2.50	<0.005
2	LHK_01819	39.0	6.30	Probable porin protein	Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis	36	9	3.86e+005	+2.41	<0.005
3	LHK_00236	49.5	7.06	Peptidase M16 domain protein precursor	—	33	14	2.47e+005	+2.04	<0.05
Only at 20°C
4	LHK_00011	16.9	4.99	Protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase	Post-translational modification, protein turnover, chaperones	41	9	6.28e+03	—	<0.01
5	LHK_01152	49.0	5.44	Probable phage sheath protein	—	28	10	1.11e+005	—	<0.05
6	LHK_01472	23.4	4.70	Ribonuclease activity regulator protein RraA	General function prediction only	36	7	4.13e+03	—	<0.01
7	LHK_01018	30.3	6.66	Methylenetetrahydro-folate dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase	Coenzyme transport and metabolism	45	14	6.67e+007	—	<0.05
Higher expression at 37°C
8	LHK_02337	31.5	5.12	Acetylglutamate kinase, NAGK-37	Amino acid transport and metabolism	38	13	3.48e+004	−2.09	<0.005
9	LHK_02119	23.7	9.22	Hypothetical protein	—	41	8	1.24e+004	−3.06	<0.005
Only at 37°C
10	LHK_02507	44.6	9.11	Probable N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase	Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis	58	20	6.01e+009	—	<0.001
11	LHK_02507	44.6	9.11	Probable N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase	Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis	68	23	7.6e+010	—	<0.05
12	LHK_03194	48.9	7.94	Survival protein SurA precursor	Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones	33	10	3.79e+006	—	<0.005

^aA negative number indicates the inverse ratio of that indicated in the column heading.