Table 2. Predicted properties of ‘PilA–C’ proteins from members of the genus Geobacter and other bacteria with e-pilin genes .
| Organism | GeneID | beta-strands* | alpha helices* | Size (aa) | Signal peptide?† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desulfuromusa kysingii | Ga0056096_02701 | 7 | 2 | 119 | + |
| Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus | D888DRAFT_2041 | 4 | 3 | 125 | + |
| Pelobacter seleniigenes | N909DRAFT_0005 | 5 | 2 | 128 | + |
| Geobacter bemidjiensis | Gbem_2589 | 8 | 3 | 136 | + |
| Geobacter bremensis | K419DRAFT_00800 | 5 | 3 | 129 | + |
| Geobacter sp. OR-1 | WP_041974245 | 5 | 1 | 122 | + |
| Geobacter sp. M18 | GM18_2491 | 5 | 3 | 120 | + |
| Geobacter sp. M21 | GM21_1637 | 4 | 2 | 117 | + |
| Geobacter soli | Not present | ||||
| Pelobacter propionicus | Ppro_1657 | 3 | 2 | 86 | − |
| Geobacter argillaceus | Ga0052872_01799 | 6 | 2 | 121 | + |
| Geobacter argillaceus | Ga0052872_01801 | 5 | 2 | 121 | + |
| Desulfuromonas sp. TF | DTFDRAFT_03629 | 4 | 2 | 124 | + |
| Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus | Ga0056053_00658 | 5 | 1 | 106 | + |
| Geoalkalibacter subterraneus | WP_040199522 | 6 | 2 | 121 | + |
| Desulfuromonas thiophila | Ga0056074_12311 | 6 | 1 | 109 | + |
| Geobacter metallireducens | Gmet_1400 | 6 | 1 | 113 | + |
| Geobacter lovleyi | Glov_2095 | 4 | 3 | 119 | + |
| Geobacter sulfurreducens | GSU1497 | 6 | 2 | 124 | + |
| Geobacter pickeringii | Ga0069007_111761 | 5 | 1 | 109 | + |
| Desulfobotulus alkaliphilus | LZ24DRAFT_00005 | 7 | 1 | 138 | + |
| Flexistipes sinusarabici | Flexsi_2289 | 5 | 4 | 128 | − |
| Desulfobotulus sapovorans | Not present | ||||
| Desulfobacterium autotrophicum | HRM2_27710 | 6 | 2 | 120 | + |
| Desulfobacula phenolica | Not present | ||||
| Desulfobacula toluolica | Not present | ||||
| Thauera linaloolentis | Not present | ||||
| Hippea maritima | Hipma_0736 | 6 | 2 | 107 | + |
| Hippea alviniae | G415DRAFT_0873 | 4 | 2 | 109 | + |
| Deferribacter desulfuricans | DEFDS_1271 | 4 | 1 | 107 | + |
| Thauera humireducens | Not present | ||||
| Thauera terpenica | Not present |
*Alpha helices and beta strands were identified with the Jnet algorithm (Cuff & Barton, 2000) on the Jpred 4 server (Drozdetskiy, 2015).
†Signal peptides were predicted with PSORTb v. 3.0 (Wagner, 2010) and SignalP 4.1 (Nielsen,1997).