Table 2. Selected features of the bpaB genomic locus of B. mallei ATCC 23344.

Locus tag number	Length of gene product and predicted MW	Description
BMA0838	231 aa, 26-kDa	Putative DNA-binding response regulator of the OmpR family (CDD number 223816, E-value of 2.31e-57).
BMA0839	80 aa, 9-kDa	Hypothetical protein, no conserved domain found or similarity to other proteins.
BMA0840 (bpaB)	1090 aa, 105-kDa	AT, 99% identical to B. pseudomallei 1026b BpaB [40].
BMA0841	223 aa, 23-kDa	Putative OmpA_C-like OM protein based on the high level of sequence similarity of residues aa 110–204 to CDD domain number 143586 (E-value of 4.22e-22).
BMA0842	509 aa, 56-kDa	Hypothetical protein. Residues 81–175 show sequence similarity with TPR domain (Tetratricopeptide repeat domain, CDD number 238112, E-value of 1.94e-10). Proteins containing this domain are often involved in protein-protein interactions.