TABLE 1.

Catabolic genes of P. putida 01G3 involved in biotransformation of alkylbenzene to corresponding catechol derivatives

P. putida 01G3 ebd upper pathway				Similar sequences
Gene	Location (positions)	G+C content (%)	Mol wt (amino acid residues)a	Sequence	% Identityb
ebdAa	4596–5969	52.1	52,283 (459)	RE204 IpbAa	98
				JR1 IpbA1	90
ebdAb	6202–6696	49.1	19,467 (166)	RE204 IpbAb	85
				JR1 IpbA2	76
ebdAc	7266–7593	48.8	11,688 (109)	RE204 IpbAc	87
				JR1 IpbA3	74
ebdAd	7592–8821	59.1	43,390 (411)	RE204 IpbAd	93
				JR1 IpbA4	79
ebdB	8868–9695	54.8	29,093 (276)	RE204 IpbB	95
				JR1 IpbB	85
ebdC	9703–10638	51	34,693 (312)	RE204 IpbC	94
				JR1 IpbC	81

^aPredicted molecular weight (number of amino acid residues) of the corresponding protein based on the gene sequence data. 

^bLevels of identity between P. putida 01G3 ebd gene products and related catabolic enzymes. The sources of enzyme sequences were P. putida RE204 (accession no. AF006691) and Pseudomonas sp. strain JR1 (U53507).