TABLE 3.
Nucleotide positions of inferred alveicin plasmid functional genes and their similarities to each other
| Gene type | Gene | Location ina
|
Size (nucb/aa) | pAlvA-pAlvB % similarity (nuc/aa) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pAlvA | pAlvB | ||||
| Maintenance genes | exc2 | 5012 < 309 | 5115 < 309 | 411/136 | 89/89 |
| mobD | 2220 < 2477 | 2312 < 2569 | 258/85 | 93/89 | |
| mobB | 2484 < 2948 | 2576 < 3040 | 465/154 | 95/93 | |
| mobA | 2182 < 3636 | 2274 < 3728 | 1,455/484 | 93/91 | |
| mobC | 3633 < 3956 | 3745 < 4048 | 324/107 | 92/93 | |
| RNA I (−35) | 4798 > 4803 | 4902 > 4907 | |||
| RNA I (−10) | 4822 > 4827 | 4926 > 4931 | |||
| RNA II (−10) | 4949 < 4954 | 5052 < 5057 | |||
| RNA II (−35) | 4972 < 4977 | 5075 < 5080 | |||
| Bacteriocin genes | |||||
| pAlvA | aat (Toxin) | 491 > 1717 | 1,227/408 | NAc | |
| aai (Immunity) | 1734 < 2069 | 336/111 | 94/92 | ||
| pAlvB | abt (Toxin) | 490 > 1566 | 1,077/358 | NAc | |
| abi (Immunity) | 1583 < 1918 | 336/111 | 94/92 | ||
a
The > or < sign indicates the relative orientation of the gene.
b
Nuc, nucleotides.
c
NA, recombination within the toxin genes makes overall similarity comparisons inappropriate for these genes. See the text for a detailed explanation of their relatedness.