Table 2. Repeat sequences and features of 16 VNTRs that overlapped with ORFs.
| VNTR ID | Motif sequence of VNTRs (5′-3′)* | Position of overlapping | Gene ID | Production |
| N1398 | AGTACGGAGGTGATAAA | 5′-end | YPO1239 | putative bacteriophage protein |
| M77 | CAACGTTGGCATTGGATATCCAGGTGGGACCGTGGTCCCAATTAC | 5′-end | pCD76 | hypothetical protein |
| M71 | TTTGCTCTATTGATCTTGCGC | 5′-end | YPO3379 | hypothetical protein |
| N3634 | GTTATTTGATAGGACC | 5′-end | YPO3262 | hypothetical protein |
| M56 | TATCCCTATGACGCTAT | 5′-end | YPO2346 | conserved hypothetical protein |
| yp2769ms06 | TTTCTAAGCTGCCTGTGCAGCAGTGAAC+ spacer** | 5′-end | YPO2469 | hypothetical protein |
| yp3060ms56 | AGATTGTATTTGAAAT | 3′-end | YPO2727 | conserved hypothetical protein |
| yp0120ms01 | GCAGTTAACCTTTTCACT | 3′-end | YPO0112 | conserved hypothetical protein |
| N0320 | AGTGACGC | 3′-end | YPO2872 | exodeoxyribonuclease VII large subunit |
| N4287 | CGAGATGTTTGATTAGGTC | 3′-end | YPO3820 | putative P-type cation-translocating membrane ATPase |
| N4556 | GAGTAGTTGTCAAGAGTGC | 3′-end | YPO4039 | xylulose kinase |
| M28 | GTTAATTG | 3′-end | YPO1379 | seryl-tRNA synthetase |
| N0171 | GTTAAGGTTAGCTATGCA | 3′-end | YPO0158 | siroheme synthase |
| M76 | TGTGGTGATCTAAGCGCAACACAGTTAAAAACAGATTTTAA | 3′-end | YPO3891 | hypothetical protein |
| M65 | TAACAAGTTCAATATGTAA | 3′-end | YPO2674 | putative exported protein |
| M59(ms05) | TTAGCCCATATCAGTAA | 3′-end | YPO1697 | putative chaperone protein; K07346 fimbrial chaperone protein |
*
Bold font indicates start and stop codons.
**
yp2769ms06 was a CRISPR locus, the motif sequence of which was composed by “direct sequence+spacer.” The start codon of YPO2469 was located within the first spacer of this CRISPR.