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. 2004 Nov;186(21):7032–7068. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7032-7068.2004

TABLE 3.

Gene products (listed by gene position)a

Nameb (former name[s]) Gene coordinatesc Coding strand Mol mass (Da) (nucleotides in RNA) Basis for name; known or proposed function Reference(s)d
Cra (gpORF0) 207-428 + 8,704 Putative cre-associated function 302S
Cre* 436-1467 + 38,539 Cyclization recombinase acting on P1 DNA at redundant lox sites on infection; resolves dimers, etc.; possibly modulates copy no. 7,* 10, 21, 106, 182, 302S
C8 1518-1829 + 11,313 Establishment of lysogeny? 280, 281, twS
Ref 2077-2637 + 21,328 Recombination enhancement function; aids microhomology recognition, maximal function requires recBCD activity 184, 207, 337, 338S
Mat (gp1; gp18?) 2716-3468 + 28,933 Particle maturation 191, 346
Res* (EcoP1; R) 3544-6456 111,457 Restriction component (EcoP1) of type III restriction-modification (ResMod) system 68, 107,* 145, 152
Mod* (M, C2, C3) 6459-8399 73,485 Modification and site recognition component of type III ResMod system; modifies pairs of 5′-AGACC sequences 41, 42, 107,* 145,S152, 262
Lxc* (Bof, C6) 8551-8799 9,645 Lowers expression of c1, enhances binding of C1 to its operators 164, 272, 311, 312, 318*S
Ulx 8796-9236 17,079 Unknown; product of gene upstream of lxc twS
DarB* 9270-16037 251,542 Defense (in cis) against a subset of type I Res enzymes, e.g. EcoB, EcoK; putative DNA methyltransferase and DNA helicase; may methylate DNA during injection 155,* twS
Prt (gp13, gp14?) 16113-17822 + 62,731 Portal protein (by similarity) 252, twS
Pro (gp4, gp14?) 17815-18834 + 36,882 Putative head processing protease and ? kinase; required for head morphogenesis and maturation of DarA precursor protein 321, 324, twS
LydE 18817-19029 7,914 Lysis determinant, putative antiholin twS
LydD 18879-19133 9,936 Lysis determinant, putative holin twS
Lyz (gp17) 19126-19683 20,255 Lysozyme 277S
Ssb 19852-20340 + 18,023 Single-stranded DNA binding protein; can suppress E. coli ssb 187S
IsaA 20370-21333 + 35,969 Unknown; product of IS1 associated gene twS
InsB 21442-21945 19,742 Transposition protein InsB of integral P1 IS1 twS
InsA 21864-22139 9,901 Transposition protein InsA of integral P1 IS1 twS
IsaB 22328-22933 + 23,633 Unknown; product of IS1-associated gene 149S
Hxr (ORFVIII) 23045-23353 11,033 Homolog of xre; possible repressor protein 149S
DdrB 23343-26330 108,752 Unknown; product of the second gene downstream of darA; possible protease or response regulator 149SD
IddB 25378-25776 + 13,540 Unknown; product of gene internal to ddrB tw
DdrA (Vad?) 26343-26708 13,013 Uncertain; product of gene downstream of darA; defect possibly alters P1B:P1S:P1M ratios; vad (viral architecture determinant) 149S
DarA* (Vad?, Tsu?) 26705-28624 69,479 Defends against restriction by type I Res endonuclease and enables DarB to function; internal head protein processed by Pro 149,S155,* 304*
Hdf (Gta?) 28626-29228 22,150 Uncertain; homolog to DarA fragment; defect possibly causes gta (generalized transduction affected) phenotype 149
LydB (gp2) 29215-29658 17,097 Lysis determinant; prevents premature lysis, LydA antagonist 149, 277
LydA 29655-29984 11,433 Lysis determinant; holin; promotes cell lysis 149, 277
LydC 30052-30333 10,449 Lysis determinant; putative holin (by homology) twS
Cin* 30461-31021 + 21,230 C-segment inversion; cix site-specific recombinase providing for alternate fiber gene expression and hence host range enlargement 109, 135, 142, 150*
gp Sv′ 31016-32583 + 55,254 Variable part of S′ tail fiber; gene expressed in (−) orientation twS
gpU′ 32586-33119 + 20,676 Tail fiber assembly chaperone (by similarity to Mu homolog); variable gene of tail fiber operon, expressed in (−) orientation 146, twS
gpU* (gp20) 33148-33675 20,258 As gpU′, but expressed in (+) orientation; both gpU′ and gpU may be virion proteins 142,* 146, twS
gpS:Sc + Sv (gp19) 33679-36642 104,837 Tail fiber with a constant (Sc) and variable (Sv) segment as in Mu; Sv is exchanged for shorter Sv′ upon C-segment inversion 104, 146, twS
gpR (gp11? gp12?) 36654-37088 15,973 Tail fiber structure or assembly 104
gp16 37167-38003 31,357 Baseplate or tail tube 104,190, twS
BplA (gp3?) 38003-39436 53,577 Putative baseplate structural protein (by homology), may mediate contact between hub and wedges, as does its homolog in T4 twS
PmgA 39433-39789 13,239 Putative morphogenetic function twS
Sit 39789-43211 120,710 Structural injection transglycosylase; putative tail tube “ruler” 190
PmgB 43293-44174 34,138 Putative morphogenetic function twS
Tub 44189-44800 22,316 Major tail tube protein twS
PmgC 44811-45377 21,017 Putative morphogenetic function twS
SimC* (Sim) 45587-46399 30,800 Confers superimmunity when in high copy number by blocking P1 at entry; requires removal of leader sequence 77, 170, 208*S
SimB (gpORF50) 46374-46691 12,033 Unknown; superimmunity-linked function 213,SD twS
SimA 46713-46844 4,842 Unknown; superimmunity-linked function twS
C4* 47144-47220 + (77) Antisense RNA that inhibits Icd and Ant1/Ant2 synthesis by acting on target ant RNA; processed to active form by RNase P 26, 33, 57,* 58, 112, 115, 130
Icd* (gpORFX) 47271-47492 + 8,397 Reversible inhibition of cell division, apparently required for ant expression 123, 131, 257*
Ant1* (RebA) 47489-48532 + 38,667 Antagonism of C1 repression; forms complex with Ant2 33, 112, 122, 131, 256*
Ant2* (RebB) 47738-48532 + 29,039 Antagonism of C1 repression, forms complex with Ant1 33, 112, 131, 256*
KilA 48697-49497 + 29,575 Unknown, expression can kill host 112, 295
RepL 49527-50372 + 30,857 Lytic replication, initiates replication at oriL (within repL) 112, 295
RlfA 50541-51245 + 27,716 Unknown; possibly replication-linked function twS
RlfB 51245-52444 + 18,632 Unknown; possibly replication-linked function twS
PmgF 51875-52171 11,423 Putative morphogenetic function twS
BplB 52255-52764 18,804 Baseplate twS
PmgG 52776-53357 20,696 Putative morphogenetic function twS
gp21 53393-54208 29,329 Baseplate or tail tube 323, twS
gp22 (gp15?, C7?) 54218-55807 56,935 Sheath protein 323, 325,* twS
gp23 (gp15?, C7?) 55868-57574 62,248 Major head protein, present in P1 heads in full-length (62 kDa) and truncated (44 kDa) forms 323, 325,* twS
ParB* 57800-58801 37,440 Plasmid partitioning; binds to parS, enhances ParA-mediated repression of par operon and ATPase of ParA; can spread over DNA flanking parS, silencing gene expression; pairs parS loci 4, 70, 73, 83, 90,* 114, 203, 258, 343
ParA* 58818-60014 44,269 Plasmid partitioning; weak ATPase, binds to parO repressing transcription, binds to ParB-parS partition complex 4, 37, 70, 73,* 343
RepA* 60572-61432 32,219 Plasmid replication initiated by chaperone-activated monomers at oriR; represses own synthesis; binds at iterated sites (incC and incA) and can handcuff them, controling plasmid copy number 2,* 3, 6, 49, 52
UpfA 61751-62143 14,747 Unknown protein function twS
Mlp 62155-62487 12,597 Membrane lipoprotein precursor (by homology); ? lysis control twS
PpfA 62321-62770 15,744 Possible periplasmic function twS
UpfB 62783-63628 29,310 Unknown protein function twS
UpfC 63580-63864 9,478 Unknown protein function twS
Uhr 64034-64318 + 10,781 Unknown; product of gene upstream of hrdC twS
HrdC 64311-65216 + 33,638 Homolog of RdgC of E. coli; possibly involved in replication, recombination, and/or Dmt function twS
Dmt (Dam) 65216-67477 + 83,595 Predicted bifunctional DNA methyltransferase; methylates A's in GATC sequences, and (by homology) probably C's at unknown sites; affects replication control, late gene expression, packaging 59, 66, twS
tRNA1 68149-68224 + (76) Proposed tRNA-Asn specific for the AAC codon twS
tRNA2 68227-68302 + (76) Proposed tRNA-Thr specific for the ACA codon twS
Plp 68273-68650 13,800 Unknown; putative lipoprotein twS
Upl 68651-68842 7,092 Unknown; product of gene upstream of plp twS
TciA 69034-69459 + 15,187 Tellurite or colicin resistance or inhibition of cell division (by homology) twS
TciB 69459-69623 + 5,752 Tci accessory protein (by homology) twS
TciC 69623-69730 + 3,719 Tci accessory protein twS
tRNA3 69734-69809 + (76) Proposed tRNA-Ile specific for ATA codon twS
Ban* 70096-71460 + 50,479 DnaB (of E. coli) analog and homolog; replicative DNA helicase 67, 195*S237, 254*
Dbn 71460-72458 + 37,379 Unknown; product of gene downstream of ban twS
gp5 72505-73137 21,669 Baseplate 323, twS
gp6 (C5?) 73130-74146 37,222 Tail length determination 323, twS
gp24 (C5?) 74148-74933 28,880 Baseplate or tail stability 323, twS
gp7 74920-75648 27,145 Tail stability 323, twS
gp25 75652-76869 45,834 Tail stability 323, twS
gp26 76879-77256 14,456 Baseplate 323, twS
PmgL 77436-77648 + 9,258 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgM 77651-78229 + 21,888 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgN 78296-78451 + 5,593 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgO 78393-79055 + 24,217 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgP 78953-79579 + 23,198 Putative morphogenetic function twS
Ppp 79579-80253 + 25,568 P1 protein phosphatase, possible role in head morphogenesis twS
PmgQ 80250-80951 + 26,912 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgR (gp8?) 81033-81251 + 8,318 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgS (gp8?) 81253-82515 + 48,345 Putative morphogenetic function; ? prohead scaffolding protein twS
Pap 82588-83094 + 19,200 P1 acid phosphatase (by homology); ? head morphogenesis twS
PmgT 83289-84218 + 35,155 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgU 84023-84358 + 12,163 Putative morphogenetic function twS
PmgV 84355-84717 + 13,975 Putative morphogenetic function twS
UpfM 84900-85013 + 4,343 Unknown protein function twS
UpfN 85029-85226 + 7,153 Unknown protein function twS
UpfO 85204-85344 + 5,238 Unknown protein function twS
Hot 85368-85631 + 9,694 Homolog of theta subunit of DNA polymerase III; ? replication twS
Lxr 85638-86210 22,042 LexA-regulated function twS
HumD* 86385-86774 + 14,313 Homolog of UmuD′ subunit of E. coli repair protein DNA polymerase V (UmuD′-UmuC); complements mutant UmuD′ 200, 217,* 276S
Phd* 86847-87068 + 8,132 Prevention of host death by Doc toxicity; confers, with Doc, addiction to P1; represses transcription of addiction operon 95,* 192,S194, 210
Doc* 87068-87448 + 13,587 Death on curing; toxin of P1 addiction system; reversible inhibitor of protein synthesis; corepressor of addiction operon 95, 121, 192, 210, 211*
PdcA 87432-87632 + 7,630 Unknown; post-doc 192,S tw
PdcB (gpORF93) 87660-88703 + 39,877 Unknown; post-doc 192, tw
Lpa* (gp10) 88792-89244 + 18,117 Late promoter activator 111,* 188S
PacA* (gp9) 89330-90523 + 45,246 DNA packaging; cuts at pac together with PacB 286,S 288*
PacB* 90523-92007 + 55,604 DNA packaging; cuts at pac together with PacA 286,S 287*
C1* 92032-92883 32,544 Controls plaque clarity; primary repressor of lytic functions 79,* 84, 124, 238,S316, 319
Coi* (gpORF4) 92994-93203 7,741 C one (reversible) inactivator; forms 1:1 complex with C1 25, 27, 84, 127, 130*
ImcB (gpORF3) 93169-93264 3,659 Immunity C function; may regulate c1 27, 84
ImcA (gpORF2) 93283-93396 4,340 Immunity C function; may regulate c1 27, 84
a

A more complete table, which includes pI, number of amino acid residues (or nucleotides in RNA), and features of the amino acid sequence (closest homologs and amino acid sequence motifs) is to be found as Table S1 in the supplemental material.

b

Gene products marked by an asterisk were either purified or identified in PAGE gels.

c

Coordinates of genes refer to their positions in the P1 c1-100 mod749::IS5 genome without its nonintegral parts, IS5, and the associated 4-bp duplication. Coordinates of protein-coding genes are from the initial codon through the first stop codon.

d

References marked by an asterisk concern identification of a protein or RNA product of a given gene; those marked by a superscript S concern previously published sequences. Superscript SD, published sequence differs internally from sequences presented here; superscript SP, published sequence is partial; tw, this work.