TABLE 3.

Deduced function of each ORF within the fragments containing the methyltransferase genes in scaffold 02 and scaffold 66

Gene name	Position, product size (amino acids)	Homologous protein and source	% identity
Fragment in scaffold 02
Methyltransferase gene	37–1407, 443	LigM (vanillate/3-O-methylgallate O-demethylase) (BAK65949), Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6	43
metF	1474–2343, 290	MetF (5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) (AEG51610), Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1	81
orf1	6629–7612, 328	RNase Z (A1KL99.1), Mycobacterium bovis BCG strain Pasteur 1173P2	30
orf2	8145–9017, 291	Hydroquinone 1,2-dioxygenase (WP_007686007), Sphingomonas sp. MM-1	51
dhc	9942–9097, 268	Dhc (5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase) (WP_013849824), Sphingobium chlorophenolicum	79
purU	11003–10116, 296	PurU (formyltetrahydrofolate deformylase) (WP_037457233), Sphingobium chlorophenolicum	86
Fragment in scaffold 66
dmt	1881–3278, 466	LigM (vanillate/3-O-methylgallate O-demethylase) (BAD61059), Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6	46
metF	3467–4333, 289	MetF (5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) (EQB14749), Sphingobium quisquiliarum P25	66
purU	4370–5224, 285	PurU (formyltetrahydrofolate deformylase) (EQB14750), Sphingobium quisquiliarum P25	66
dhc	5227–6087, 287	Dhc (methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase) (EXS71521), Sphingobium sp. Ant17	74