Table 3.

Comparison of the wxacO and rfbC genes of Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri strain 306 with genes of X. campestris pv. musacearum NCPPB4381*, X. oryzae pv. oryzae BXO8† and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola BLS256‡.

Xcc 306 ORFs	Size of deduced product (aa)	Homologue
		Gene/locus_tag	Putative product	Size (aa)	Domain structure§	Identity¶ (%)
wxacO	581	XcampmN_010100007915	Hypothetical protein	581	Transmembrane segments (2); YhhN (1); Trep_Strep (1)	97.4
		orf8	Hypothetical protein	521	Transmembrane segments (10)	44.5
		Xoryp_010100019000	Transmembrane protein	575	Transmembrane segments (2); NnrS (1)	30.1
rfbC	614	XcampmN_010100007900	Truncated O‐antigen biosynthesis protein	566	Glycos_transf_2 (2)	98.0
		orf4	O‐antigen biosynthesis protein	611	Glycos_transf_2 (2)	66.5

^* According to sequence under accession number NZ_ACHT00000000.

^† According to sequence under accession number DQ907230.

^‡ According to sequence under accession number NZ_AAQN00000000.

^§ Domains were predicted by the smart program via the ExPASy Proteomics Server http://ca.expasy.org. Domain symbols: Glycos_transf_2, glycosyl transferase family 2 domain; NnrS, haem‐ and copper‐containing membrane protein domain; Trep_Strep, hydrophobic protein domain; YhhN, possible transmembrane protein domain. The total number of domains is indicated in parentheses.

^¶ According to a blastp search.

aa, amino acid; ORF, open reading frame.