TABLE 5.

Comparison of genes in the 6.7-kb region of cosmid CP465 from Rahnella aquatilis HX2 with genes of Enterobacter intermedium 60-2G,^a Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC418,^b and Rahnella aquatilis ISL19^c

HX2 ORF	Size of deduced product (aa)	Homologue
		Gene	Putative product	Size (aa)	Identity (%)
ORF1	345	orfX	Dipeptidase-like protein	>239d	28.2
		orfX	Membrane dipeptidase	>271e	43.2
ORF2	23	pqqA	PqqA involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	23	86.9
		pqqA	PqqA involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	23	86.9
ORF3	303	pqqB	PqqB involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	307	71.8
		pqqB	PqqB involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	308	74.2
ORF4	255	pqqC	PqqC involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	251	82.5
		pqqC	PqqC involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	251	82.9
ORF5	85	pqqD	PqqD involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	92	58.7
		pqqD	PqqD involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	92	60.9
		pqqD	Coenzyme PQQ synthesis protein D	85	98.8
ORF6	396	pqqE	PqqE involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	374	72.5
		pqqE	PqqE involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis; coenzyme PQQ synthesis protein E	380	78.7
		pqqE		396	96.2
ORF7	697	pqqF	PqqF involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	693	30.7
		pqqF	PqqF involved in pyrroloquinoline biosynthesis	761	32.5

^aAccording to sequence under accession number AY216683, except where noted.

^bAccording to sequence under accession number X58778.

^cAccording to sequence under accession number AF007584.

^dIncomplete ORF.

^eIncomplete ORF.