Table 1.

Characteristics ^a of BMA1027 orthologous genes and their encoded products

Strain b	Locus tag	Predicted protein (aa)	MW (kDa)	Potential signal sequence cleavage site c
B. pseudomallei
1026b/DD503*	BP1026B_I1575	1,152	107.4	ASA37▼G, AMA69▼A
K96243	BPSL1631	1,124	104.8	ASA37▼G, AMA69▼A
B. mallei
ATCC 23344	BMA1027	1,012	94.7	ASA37▼G, AMA69▼A

^aSequence analyses were performed using Vector NTI (Life Technologies™) and online tools available through the ExPASy Bioinformatics Resources Portal.

^bGenomic sequences are available through the NCBI genomic BLAST service.

^cThe putative signal sequence cleavage sites were determined using the SignalP 4.1 server.

^*The B. pseudomallei strain DD503 is a derivative of isolate 1026b in which the AmrAB-OprA antibiotic efflux pump has been deleted to facilitate mutant construction [61]. The BMA1027 orthologs of strains DD503 and 1026b are identical (confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis, data not shown).