TABLE 3.

Similarities of ORFs within the espC pathogenicity island

Locus	Coordinates	No. of amino acids	Similar protein or locus	% Identity	% Similarity
rorf1	179–559	126	o90a adjacent to o360 in E. coli K-12	51	65
orf1	728–928	66	None
rorf2	935–1105	56	Nitrogen assimilation regulatory protein of Synechocystis sp.	29	55
rorf3	2258–2744	161	Neutral endopeptidase of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris	23	40
orf2	3324–3488	54	None
orf3	3567–4739	390	VirA of Shigella flexneri	19	37
			rOrf2 of the EPEC LEE	43	63
espC	5309–9226	1,305	Pet of EAEC	52	67
orf5	9493–9666	57	None
rorf4	10096–10476	126	Cytochrome b of Anthropoides virgo	26	44
rorf5	10612–10800	62	NahR activator protein of Pseudomonas putida	31	53
orf6.1	11013–11255	80	BfpM of E. coli (putative transposase)	93	95
			V. cholerae putative transposase xtn	67	74
orf6.2	11329–11484	51	V. cholerae putative transposase xtn	77	89
orf6.3	11746–11886	46	V. cholerae putative transposase xtn	42	66
rorf6	12208–12549	113	Prophage CP4-57 integrase	91	93
orf7	13209–14600	463	Probable transposase a of Yersinia pestis plasmid pMT1	95	95
orf8	14715–14966	83	Probable transposase b of Yersinia pestis plasmid pMT1	93	96