TABLE 2.

The first 30 genes with the most downregulated expression in Δtat

No.	Gene ID	Fold change (Δtat/WT)	P value	FDR	Gene namea	Description
1	PPECC33_RS21010	0.001	1.0E-147	4.6E-144	tatA	Sec-independent protein translocase subunit TatA
2	PPECC33_RS21015	0.001	9.10E-66	4.48E-63	tatB	Sec-independent protein translocase subunit TatB
3	PPECC33_RS21020	0.002	4.21E-28	3.27E-26	tatC	Sec-independent protein translocase subunit TatC
4	PPECC33_RS22680	0.011	2.7E-106	6.0E-103	yjcZ	YjcZ-like family protein
5	PPECC33_RS10255	0.024	2.31E-72	2.05E-69	tap	Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein IV
6	PPECC33_RS10440	0.025	1.48E-39	2.12E-37	fliC*	Flagellin FliC
7	PPECC33_RS10260	0.027	1.73E-41	2.85E-39	tar	Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein II
8	PPECC33_RS06330	0.033	3.33E-83	4.91E-80	ycgR*	Flagellar brake protein
9	PPECC33_RS12795	0.033	1.38E-48	3.59E-46	flxA	FlxA-like family protein
10	PPECC33_RS10270	0.036	3.73E-43	8.26E-41	cheA	Chemotaxis protein CheA
11	PPECC33_RS10245	0.040	3.04E-58	1.12E-55	cheB	Protein-glutamate methylesterase/protein glutamine deamidase
12	PPECC33_RS10445	0.045	5.80E-38	8.03E-36	fliD*	Flagellar filament capping protein FliD
13	PPECC33_RS10275	0.046	3.14E-66	1.74E-63	motB*	Flagellar motor protein MotB
14	PPECC33_RS10240	0.049	6.55E-53	2.23E-50	cheY	Chemotaxis response regulator CheY
15	PPECC33_RS10235	0.051	2.01E-78	2.23E-75	cheZ	Protein phosphatase CheZ
16	PPECC33_RS10250	0.051	4.46E-63	1.97E-60	cheR	Protein-glutamate O-methyltransferase CheR
17	PPECC33_RS05845	0.054	2.70E-49	7.46E-47	flgK*	Flagellar hook-associated protein FlgK
18	PPECC33_RS24055	0.054	8.65E-53	2.74E-50	yjiH	Nucleoside recognition pore and gate family inner membrane transporter
19	PPECC33_RS05790	0.058	1.33E-59	5.35E-57	flgM*	Anti-sigma-28 factor FlgM
20	PPECC33_RS10280	0.058	1.01E-37	1.36E-35	motA*	Flagellar motor stator protein MotA
21	PPECC33_RS10265	0.061	3.95E-42	7.00E-40	cheW	Chemotaxis protein CheW
22	PPECC33_RS05850	0.066	8.01E-42	1.36E-39	flgL*	Flagellar hook-associated protein FlgL
23	PPECC33_RS20080	0.068	2.30E-33	2.37E-31	uhpT	Hexose-6-phosphate:phosphate antiporter
24	PPECC33_RS19225	0.073	2.41E-40	3.82E-38	pdeH	Cyclic-guanylate-specific phosphodiesterase
25	PPECC33_RS07750	0.075	1.63E-69	1.03E-66	trg	Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein Trg
26	PPECC33_RS10455	0.090	3.90E-11	8.23E-10	fliT*	Flagella biosynthesis regulatory protein FliT
27	PPECC33_RS10450	0.108	5.03E-24	3.28E-22	fliS*	Flagellar export chaperone FliS
28	PPECC33_RS05785	0.118	1.25E-20	6.93E-19	flgN*	Flagellr biosynthesis chaperone FlgN
29	PPECC33_RS03935	0.135	1.45E-42	2.80E-40	modA	Molybdate ABC transporter substrate-binding protein
30	PPECC33_RS07110	0.137	5.51E-20	2.91E-18	trpE	Anthranilate synthase component I

^aGenes marked with an asterisk (*) are related to flagellar biosynthesis.