Table 2.
BLAST analysis of S. flexneri 2a alkA gene
| Bacteria | Gene product | Gene function | Identities (%) |
| Escherichia coli K12 | 3-methyl-adenine DNA glycosylase II | DNA - replication, repair, restriction/modification | 97% |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | 3-methyl-adenine DNA glycosylase II | Macromolecule synthesis, modification: DNA - replication, repair, restriction/modification | 97% |
| Salmonella typhimurium | 3-methyl-adenine DNA glycosylase II | Unknown | 74% |
| Ralstonia solanacearum | putative transcription regulator protein | Miscellaneous; not classified regulator | 38% |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | DNA-3-methyladenine glycosidase II | Unknown | 37% |
| Xanthomonas axonopodis | DNA methylation and regulatory protein | Unknown | 35% |
| Mycobacterium bovis | Methylated-DNA—protein-cysteine methyltransferase | Adaptative response | 34% |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | alkA protein | Unknown | 34% |
| Vibrio cholerae | ada regulatory protein | Unknown | 32% |
| Bacillus anthracis | DNA-3-methyladenine glycosidase | Unknown | 32% |
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus | 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase | DNA repair at suboptimal and maybe even mesophilic temperatures | 30% |