Table 2.

Comparison of translated sequences of putative PA transport genes of N. gonorrhoeae strain FA19 to known PA transport proteins in E. coli strain K12.

Periplasmic PA-binding protein
E. coli	PotDa	PotFa
N. gonorrhoeae			PotF1	PotF2
PotF1 (NGEG_00323)	32.2b	37.8		60.4
PotF2 (NGEG_01921)	31.6	40.8	60.4
PotF3 (NGEG_01368)	27.6	36.2	55.4	53.5
PA transporter permeases
E. coli	PotBc	PotCc	PotHd	PotId
N. gonorrhoeae					PotH
PotH (NGEG_00311)	30.9b	19.7	47.2	15.7
PotI (NGEG_00312)	21.1	38.6	18.0	53.4	18.3
ATP-binding cassette
E. coli	PotAe	PotGe
N. gonorrhoeae			PotG
PotA (NGEG_01780)	39.3b	34.5	34.5
PotG (NGEG_00310)	39.2	54.1

^aPotD (P0AFK9) and PotF (P31133) from E. coli share 33% identities at the residue level.

^bpercent identity at the residue level. Putative protein sequences from N. gonorrhoeae FA19 are translated from the genomic sequences. The highest percent identities for each of the translated sequences from N. gonorrhoeae to the E. coli sequences are in bold.

^cPotB (P0AFK4) and PotC (P0AFK6) from E. coli share 18% identities at the residue level.

^dPotH (P31135) and PotI (P0AFL1) from E. coli share 16% identities at the residue level.

^ePotA (P69874) and PotG (P31134) from E. coli share 33% identities at the residue level.