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Table 4 C. crescentus genes identified for Mismatch Repair pathway

From: Genome analysis of DNA repair genes in the alpha proteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus

Genes in E. coli(protein size)

Description

Orthologs in C. crescentus

Similarity with E. colia

dam (278 aa)

Methylase GATC

absent

 

mutH (229 aa)

Endonuclease GATC

absent

 

mutL (615 aa)

DNA mismatch repair protein

CC0695

188/331 (56%)

mutS (853 aa)

DNA mismatch repair protein

CC0012

461/842 (55%)

vsr (156 aa)

Very short patch repair protein

CC3624

74/127 (58%)

  1. a. numbers indicate similarity within local alignment in aminoacids (aa).