Table 1. List of accession numbers/ID numbers for genes and proteins included in the NCBI search and mentioned in the text.

Name	Gene ID	Description	Location	Aliases
ML0405	ID: 909138	hypothetical protein [Mycobacterium leprae TN]	NC_002677.1 (503217..504401)	ML0405
ML2331	ID: 908688	hypothetical protein [Mycobacterium leprae TN]	NC_002677.1 (2761703..2762473)	ML2331
ML2044	ID: 909000	hypothetical protein [Mycobacterium leprae TN]	NC_002677.1 (2434368..2434589, complement)	ML2044
ML2028	ID: 909036	fbpB diacylglycerol acyltransferase/mycolyltransferase [Mycobacterium leprae TN]	NC_002677.1 (2418620..2419603)	fbpB