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. 2013 Apr 16;8(4):e61404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061404

Figure 4. Genomic organization of the chromosomal plc – sph gene cluster.

Figure 4

The operon comprises phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (plc) and sphingomyelinase (sph). Pplc-sph refers to the putative promoter region of the plc-sph operon. Three black bars in the promoter region represent the identified −35, −10 boxes and the ribosome-binding site. Pplc (white thick arrow) designates a 538-bp fragment spanning the operon promoter region Pplc-sph used for successful complementation, while the inter-genic region is covered by Psph (499bp; white thick arrow). The position of inplc_for and insph_rev primer binding for co-transcription analysis are indicated by two small black arrows. *putative promoter region directly upstream of sph start codon (Psph).