Table 3.
Homology of translated ORFs in the bacA loci of various rhizobia
| Rhizobium NGR234 ORF (no. of aa encoded) | Putative function of encoded protein |
S. meliloti 1021 |
R. leguminosarum 3841 |
R. etli CFN42 |
M. loti MAFF303099 |
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| ORF (no. of aa encoded) | % Identity (% similarity) | ORF (no. of aa encoded) | % Identity (% similarity) | ORF (no. of aa encoded) | % Identity (% similarity) | ORF (no. of aa encoded) | % Identity (% similarity) | ||
| c23790 (257) | Methionine aminopeptidase (Map2) | SMb21002 (249) | 92 (95) | RL3560 (252) | 75 (88) | RHE_CH03116 (252) | 74 (87) | ||
| c23780 (414) | Major facilitator superfamily (MSF) protein | SMb21000 (377) | 84 (88) | RL3558 (404) | 59 (73) | RHE_CH03113 (372) | 58 (71) | mlr7400 (401) | 49 (65) |
| bacA (378) | Cell envelope modification; peptide uptake | bacA (420) | 60 (75) | bacA (421) | 65 (79) | bacA (421) | 64 (77) | mlr7399 (419) | 53 (69) |
| c23760 (334) | Hypothetical protein | SMb20998 (334) | 83 (93) | RL3556 (328) | 62 (75) | RHE_CH03111 (329) | 60 (74) | mlr7402 (335) | 53 (67) |
| c23750 (192) | Putative transmembrane protein | SMb20997 (194) | 85 (93) | RL3555 (194) | 60 (77) | RHE_CH03110 (194) | 62 (78) | ||