TABLE 6.

Genes involved in the aspartate pathway

Step	Locus tag in MGA3	Locus tag in PB1	% Amino acid identity	Common name	Gene	EC no.
−1	MGA3_08600	PB1_13864	94	Aspartate transaminase	aspB	2.6.1.1
1	MGA3_14816	PB1_00835	95	Aspartate kinase I	dapG	2.7.2.4
1	MGA3_03250	PB1_16544	91	Aspartate kinase II	lysC	2.7.2.4
1	MGA3_06765	PB1_11794	92	Aspartate kinase III	yclM	2.7.2.4
2	MGA3_14811	PB1_00840	92	Aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase	asd	1.2.1.11
3	MGA3_14821	PB1_00830	95	Dihydrodipicolinate synthase	dapA	4.2.1.52
4	MGA3_08665	PB1_13924	95	Dihydrodipicolinate reductase	dapB	1.3.1.26
5	MGA3_13651	PB1_02000	95	Tetrahydrodipicolinate N-acetyltransferase	dapH	2.3.1.89
6	MGA3_13566	PB1_02085	89	Acetyl-diaminopimelate aminotransferase	patA	2.6.1.-
7	MGA3_13656	PB1_01995	90	N-Acetyl-diaminopimelate deacetylase	dapL	3.5.1.47
8	MGA3_07875	PB1_13099	88	Diaminopimelate epimerase	dapF	5.1.1.7
9	MGA3_09090	PB1_14319	92	Diaminopimelate decarboxylase	lysA	4.1.1.20
10	MGA3_07720	PB1_05235	62	Putative l-lysine exporter	lysE
10		PB1_00380		Putative l-lysine exporter	lysE2
3a	MGA3_16241	PB1_10002	95	Homoserine dehydrogenase 1	hom1a	1.1.1.3
3a	MGA3_11045			Homoserine dehydrogenase 2	hom2	1.1.1.3
3b	MGA3_16251	PB1_10012	93	Homoserine kinase	thrB	2.7.1.39
3c	MGA3_16246	PB1_10007	96	Threonine synthase	thrC	4.2.3.1
4a	MGA3_14801	PB1_00850	94	Dipicolinate synthase, subunit A	dpaA
4a	MGA3_14806	PB1_00845	95	Dipicolinate synthase, subunit B	dpaB

^aOnly one hom gene is found in PB1.