TABLE 3.
Comparison of products encoded by the B. fragilis 9343 PS A locus to sequences in the GenBank database
| ORF | Size (aaa) | Organism and enzyme | Enzyme description | % Identity/similarityb | Accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| orf1 | 334 | Mus musculus Jnkbp1 | JNK-binding protein 1 | 21/39 (95–226) | AB029482 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa OrfC | Serine/threonine protein kinase homolog | 34/50 (261–330) | AAD32693 | ||
| upaY | 172 | Bacteroides fragilis UpbY | Unknown | 67/83 (1–170) | AF285774 |
| Bacteroides fragilis UpcY | Unknown | 25/52 (2–168) | AF048749 | ||
| Myxococcus xanthus TaA | NusG-like protein | 24/41 (8–165) | AJ012097 | ||
| upaZ | 157 | Bacteroides fragilis UpbZ | Unknown | 64/79 (2–157) | AF285774 |
| Bacteroides fragilis UpcZ | Unknown | 40/60 (6–119) | AF048749 | ||
| wzx | 482 | Streptococcus pneumoniae Cps19BJ | Putative oligosaccharide repeat unit transporter | 32/56 (3–476) | AF004325 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica Wzx | Probable O-antigen transport protein | 27/45 (5–416) | Z47767 | ||
| wcfM | 364 | Streptococcus pneumoniae Cap33fN | UDP-galactopyranose mutase | 66/82 (5–360) | AJ006986 |
| Escherichia coli Glf | UDP-galactopyranose mutase | 59/79 (5–360) | P37747 | ||
| wcfN | 291 | Enterococcus faecalis Orfde 10 | Putative glycosyl transferase | 31/47 (1–101) | AF071085 |
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus RfbQ | Putative rhamnosyl transferase | 26/46 (3–231) | AE001082 | ||
| wzy | 434 | Vibrio cholerae WbfQ | Rfc-like protein | 21/40 (1–269) | Y07786 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae Cps2J | Unknown | 22/38 (107–433) | AF026471 | ||
| wcfO | 357 | Bacillus subtilis YwrD | Gamma-glutamyltransferase homolog | 26/47 (27–106) | Z93767 |
| wcfP | 378 | Escherichia coli WbnE | Putative glycosyl transferase | 32/51 (81–308) | AF172324 |
| Bacillus subtilis YveP | Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis homolog | 29/47 (9–372) | Z71928 | ||
| wcfQ | 268 | Erwinia amylovora AmsE | Glycosyl transferase | 33/51 (4–268) | Q46635 |
| Haemophilus influenzae HI1695 | Putative lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis protein | 30/51 (1–266) | C64175 | ||
| wcfR | 407 | Streptococcus suis Cps7G | Putative role in biosynthesis of amino sugar | 44/65 (3–393) | AF164515 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae type 4 | Unknown | 43/63 (15–412) | tigr | ||
| Shigella sonnei ORF7S | O-antigen gene | 35/56 (3–399) | AB028134 | ||
| Bordetella bronchiseptica WlbF | Putative amino sugar biosynthesis protein | 32/52 (3–396) | AJ007747 | ||
| Pyrococcus abyssi | Aspartate aminotransferase | 28/47 (3–396) | D75096 | ||
| wcfS | 195 | Shigella sonnei ORF8S | O-antigen gene | 55/73 (1–194) | AB028134 |
| Streptococcus suis Cps7F | Putative glycosyltransferase | 49/68 (4–195) | AF164515 | ||
| Streptococcus pneumoniae type 4 | Unknown | 44/63 (4–197) | tigr | ||
| Bordetella bronchiseptica WlbG | O-antigen initiating transferase | 52/66 (4–197) | AJ007747 | ||
| pdiA | 198 | Deinococcus radiodurans DR0189 | Thiol:disulfide interchange protein | 36/51 (55–173) | F75549 |
| Bacillus subtilis ResA | Thioredoxin related protein | 34/55 (59–176) | P35160 | ||
| tmA | 621 | Escherichia coli YfbS | Putative transport protein | 36/59 (7–621) | AE000318 |
| Deinococcus radiodurans DR1411 | Transporter, sodium/sulfate symporter family | 31/52 (1–621) | F75398 | ||
| mtfA | 259 | Thermotoga maritima TM1389 | Methyltransferase-related protein | 33/55 (82–185) | AE001791 |
| Deinococcus radiodurans DR0026 | Probable methyltransferase | 28/48 (70–148) | C75569 |
a
Amino acids.
b
Identities and similarities are based on the segment (in parentheses, in base pairs) of the B. fragilis product.