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. 2020 Jan 10;10:2914. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02914

TABLE 2.

Genes associated with the putative tunicaminyluracil-related gene clusters of Rathayibacter toxicus FH79 (Sechler et al., 2017), R. agropyri CA4 (Schroeder et al., 2018), R. iranicus FH164, R. woodii FH236, Streptomyces chartreusis 3882 (Doroghazi et al., 2011), and Actinosynnema mirum DSM 43827 (Land et al., 2009).

Protein length (aa) and% amino acid identity relative to R. toxicus FH79b
Genea Description R. toxicus R. agropyri R. iranicus R. woodii S. chartreusis A. mirum
tunA Epimerase 330 320(54%) 320(53%) 313(46%) 321(42%) 322(38%)
tunB Radical SAM 337 337(86%) 337(84%) 338(71%) 338(68%) 340(67%)
tunC Acetyltransferase 333 331(52%) 333(51%) 330(38%) 318(28%) 318(29%)
tunD Glycosyltransferase 454 453(55%) 453(55%) 456(40%) 472(37%) 451(38%)
tunE N-deacetylase 232 230(62%) 230(62%) 222(49%) 234(42%) 230(43%)
tunF Epimerase 320 312(60%) 312(60%) 338(45%) 327(35%) 328(35%)
tunG Histidine phosphatase 192 192(36%) 203(31%) 223(30%)
tunH Nucleotide pyrophosphatase 515 509(50%) 509(48%) 499(39%) 515(38%) 510(37%)
tunI ABC transporter 330 320(49%) 320(50%) 324(34%) 304(32%) 302(29%)
tunJ ABC-2 transporter 262 261(65%) 261(64%) 260(47%) 262(44%) 253(47%)
tunK Acyl carrier protein 96 96(45%) 96(44%) 98(33%) 81(30%) 85(28%)
tunL Phospholipid phosphatase 247 239(32%) 243(31%) 537(22%) 229(22%) 293(23%)
tunM Methyltransferase 216
tunN Pyrophosphatase 152
tunO Hypothetical protein 224
tunP Polyketide synthase 407 408(57%) 407(58%) 408(48%)
tunQ Enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase 351 351 279
tunR 4′-phosphopantetheinyl transferase 224 224
tunS Hypothetical protein 122
tunT Hypothetical protein 111

aGenes in bold text are essential for tunicamycin biosynthesis and immunity in Streptomyces chartreusis (Widdick et al., 2018). b–, Absence of gene.