Table 2.

Alignment of probable PhoP binding sites in B. breve UCC2003 with putative PhoP binding sites in high-GC-content Gram-positive species

Organism	Locus	Putative gene name	Sequencea	Strand relative to gene
Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003	Bbr_1682	pstS	CTGTTCATCTTCTGTTTACTGAT	+
	Bbr_1684	phoR	AAGTTCGCCTATTGTTCATTTTT	−
	Bbr_1573	phoU	AAGTTGTTCTACTGTTCATTGGG	−
Bifidobacterium longum NCC2705	BL0315	pstS	GTGTTCATCTTCTGTTTACTGAT	+
	BL0317	phoR	AAGTTCGTCTATTGTTCATTTTT	−
	BL1658	phoU	AAGTTGTTCTACTGTTCATTGGG	−
Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC 15703	BAD_0278	pstS	CTGTTCATCTTCCGTTCACCGTT	+
	BAD_0276	phoR	GCGTTCACCTTCCGATAATCCTC	−
	BAD_1548	phoA	GTGTTCATCTGCCGTTCTTCTGT	+
Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1	BDP_0387	pstS	CTGTTCATCTACCGTTCACCGAT	+
	BDP_0385	phoR	GCGTTAACCCTCCGATAATCCAG	−
Bifidobacterium animalis BB12	BIF_01097	pstS	ACGTTCACGCTAAATTCACCGTT	+
	BIF_01099	senX3	TGGCTCACCTTCTGCGGCGTGTC	−
Brevibacterium linens BL2	BlinB_010200010959	pstS	TCATTCATCTTCCATTCACTTAG	+
Arthrobacter aurescensTC1	AAur_0195	pstS	TCGTTCACCTTCCGTTCACCTTT	+
Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)	SCO1845	pitH	CAGTTCATCTTCCGTTCACCCTG	+
	SCO4142	pstS	GGGTTCACCCGGCGTTCATTTAC	+
Frankia alni ACN14a	FRAAL6535	pstS	TTGTTCATCTTTCGTTCACTCCG	+
Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli CTCB07	Lxx18420	pstS	TCGTTAACCTTCCGTTTACCACT	+
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv	Rv0928	pstS3	AAGTTCGCCGACCGTTAACCTAG	+
	Rv2984	ppk	CCGTTGGTCTGCCGTTCACCCCC	−
Propionibacterium acnes SK137	HMPREF0675_3383	pstS	GTGTTCACGTTGCGTTCACCTTG	+
Consensus			NNGTTCAYY-Y4-GTTCAYYNNN

^aA consensus sequence for B. breve could be deduced. Conserved positions are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate positions with respect to the translational point. R, purine; Y, pyrimidine; N, any nucleotides.