Table 3.

Fatty acid biosynthesis/metabolism genes which change in regulation following exposure of strain 6179 to BZT.

Functional category	Locus tag	Gene	Protein	Fold change
UPREGULATED
Fatty acid Biosynthesis/Metabolism	LM6179_2576	acpP	Acyl carrier protein	18.25
	LM6179_2579	plsX	Phosphate:acyl-ACP acyltransferase	4.37
	LM6179_2578	fabD	Malonyl CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylase	3.56
	LM6179_2577	fabG	Beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase	7.04
	LM6179_2981	fabHA	Beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III	3.51
	LM6179_2980	fabF	Beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II	3.78
	LM6179_1286	fabI	Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase	4.41
	LM6179_1679	fabZ	(3R)-hydroxymyristoyl-(acyl carrier protein) dehydratase	3.43
	LM6179_2444	fabL	Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase III	3.03
	LM6179_2323	accA	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (carboxyltransferase alpha subunit)	2.37
	LM6179_2099	accB	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase subunit (biotin carboxyl carrier subunit)	1.79
	LM6179_2100	accC	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase subunit (biotin carboxylase subunit)	3.52
	LM6179_2324	accD	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (carboxyltransferase beta subunit)	2.02
	LM6179_2580	fapR	Transcription factor controlling fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism	3.89

A gene is considered to be up-regulated if its expression level is greater when the bacterium is grown in the presence of BZT than in the absence of BZT.