TABLE 2.
Homologues of the enterocin gene cluster ORFs
| Enterocin (amino acids) | Homologue
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % Identity | % Similarity | Comment (reference) | |
| EntA (65) | EntA | 100 | NA | Enterocin A prepeptide (8) |
| EntI (103) | ORF2 | 96 | NA | Putative immunity gene (8) |
| EntF (48) | EntF | 100 | NA | Enterocin induction factor (51) |
| EntK (427) | SapK | 45 | 60 | Histidine kinase, sakacin A system (7) |
| CbnK | 38 | 63 | Histidine kinase, carnobacteriocin B2 (59) | |
| EntR (250) | SapR | 62 | 78 | Response regulator, sakacin A (6) |
| CbnR | 63 | 70 | Response regulator, carnobacteriocin B2 (59) | |
| EntT (717) | CbnT | 74 | 86 | ABC transporter, carnobacteriocin B2 system (59) |
| MesI | 48 | 68 | ABC transporter, mesenterocin Y105 system (24) | |
| SapT | 47 | 67 | ABC transporter, sakacin A system (6) | |
| ComA | 47 | 66 | ATP-binding transport protein, competence factor secretion in S. pneumoniae (34) | |
| HlyB | 31 | 50 | ATP-binding transport protein, hemolysin A secretion in E. coli (67) | |
| EntD (455) | CbnD | 48 | 67 | Accessory factor for CbnT (59) |
| ComB | 27 | 48 | Accessory factor for ComA (35) | |
| SapE | 24 | 49 | Accessory factor for SapT (6) | |
| ORF1 (59) | ||||
| ORF2 (71) | LafX | 43 | 61 | One component of lactacin F (1, 23) |
| LcnM | 34 | 40 | One component of lactococcin M (73) | |
| LcnN | 28 | 38 | Second component of lactococcin M (73) | |
| ORF3 (71) | ||||
| ORF4 (166) | YteI | 43 | 65 | Putative protease from B. subtilis (45) |
| SppA | 29 | 47 | Protease IV, signal peptide peptidase from E. coli (38, 54) | |
| ORF5 (115) | YteJ | 39 | 63 | Unknown function, encoded directly after the gene for YteI (45) |