Table 2.

List of 51 genes that are expressed 3-fold and lower in the wild-type versus Δ bsaN mutant strains (p < 0.01)

Gene locus ID	Gene	Protein description	Fold repression
T3SS3 apparatus
BPSS1545	bsaO		−3.3
BPSS1547	bsaM		−5.6
BPSS1548	bsaL		−5.0
BPSS1549	bsaK		−4.7
BPSS1550	bsaJ		−3.9
BPSS1551	orgA		−3.0
Flagella-dependent motility
BPSL0281	flgL	Flagellar hook-associated protein	−3.3
BPSL3319	fliC	Flagellin	−3.7
BPSL3320	fliD	Flagellin	−3.0
BPSL3321		Unknown	−3.1
Polyketide biosynthesis
BPSS0130		Non-ribosomal peptide synthase	−3.1
BPSS0303-BPSS0311		PKS biosynthesis locus	−3.0 - (−6.1)
BPSS0328		Malate/L-lactate dehydrogenase	−7.8
BPSS0329		Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase	−9.6
BPSS0330		Amino acid transporter	−19.7
BPSS0331		Dihydrodipicolinate synthase	−19.0
BPSS0332		Hydroxyproline-2-epimerase	−21.7
BPSS0333		Deaminating oxidase subunit	−18.8
BPSS0334		Deaminating oxidase subunit	−24.7
BPSS0335		Deaminating oxidase subunit	−20.1
BPSS0337			−3.0
BPSS0338		Transposase	−12.0
BPSS0339		4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate	−8.2
Lipid metabolism
BPSS2037		Inner membrane fatty acid desaturase	−3.0
BPSS2038		Acyl carrier protein	−3.4
BPSS2039		Cyclopropane-fatty-acyl-phospholipid synthase	−3.6
BPSS2040		Inner membrane fatty acid desaturase	−3.2
Energy metabolism
BPSL1744	arcB	Ornithine carbamoyltransferase	−3.4
BPSL1745	arcC	Carbamate kinase	−3.2
BPSL2404		Periplasmic ligand binding protein	−7.3
BPSL2405		FAD-dependent deaminase	−5.4
BPSS1885		Aromatic hydrocarbons catabolism-related reductase	−3.1
BPSS1886		Aromatic hydrocarbons catabolism-related dioxygenase	−4.2
BPSS1887		Aromatic oxygenase	−3.1
BPSS1888		Aromatic oxygenase	−3.0
BPSL2380	cyoC	Cytochrome bo oxidase subunit	−3.4
BPSL2381	cyoD	Cytochrome bo oxidase subunit	−3.0
Regulatory
BPSS0336		AraC-type regulator, adjacent to polyketide genes	−8.1
Adaptation
BPSL3369	acoD	Glycine betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	−4.0