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Table 1 General features of the 20 coding sequences identified in the Kp13  cps  gene cluster

From: Pyrosequencing-based analysis reveals a novel capsular gene cluster in a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate identified in Brazil

ORF

Size (bp)

%GC

Gene name

Product

EC number

Best BLASTP hit (accession number) (identity)

KP03136

900

59.02

galF

UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase

2.7.7.9

K. pneumoniae strain NK8 (BAI43699) (100%)

KP03135

627

58.41

orf2

Uncharacterized phosphatidic acid phosphatase protein

3.1.3.4

K. pneumoniae strain MGH 78578 (ABR77932) (100%) and strain VGH404 serotype K5 (BAI43755) (100%).

KP03809

1,431

55.99

wzi

Capsule assembly 55.8 kDa protein

 

K. pneumoniae strain VGH484 serotype K9 (BAI43775) (98%)

KP03808

1,131

45.15

wza

Capsule polysaccharide export protein

 

K. pneumoniae strain VGH484 serotype K9 (BAI43776) (97%)

KP03807

438

39.69

wzb

Protein-tyrosine-phosphatase

3.1.3.48

K. pneumoniae strain MGH 78578 (ABR77929) (78%)

KP03806

2,154

35.61

wzc

Uncharacterized tyrosine-protein kinase

2.7.10.-

K. pneumoniae strain MGH 78578 (ABR77928) (79%)

KP31533

1,446

35.2

wbaP

Undecaprenolphosphate Gal-1-P transferase

2.-.-.-

K. pneumoniae strain MGH 78578 (ABR77927) (79%)

KP03804

906

37.51

orf8

Uncharacterized glycosyltransferase family 2

2.4.1-

K. pneumoniae strain A1517 (BAF75773) (67%)

KP03803

894

30.99

orf9

Uncharacterized glycosyltransferase family 2

2.4.1-

Dickeya dadantii (ADM97617) (63%)

KP03802

759

29.79

orf10

Uncharacterized glycosyltransferase

2.4.1.-

D. dadantii (ADM97619) (57%)

KP31534

1,404

51.46

gnd

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating

1.1.1.44

K. pneumoniae strain VGH484 serotype K9 (BAI43786) (99%)

KP31530

1,062

59.25

rmlB

dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase

4.2.1.46

K. pneumoniae strain VGH484 serotype K9 (BAI43787) (98%)

KP03797

867

58.74

rmlA

Glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase

2.7.7.24

Escherichia coli HS (EFK17576) (98%)

KP03796

888

61.5

rmlD

dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase

1.1.1.133

K. pneumoniae strain MGH 78578 (ABR77913) (98%)

KP03795

552

54.41

rmlC

dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase

5.1.3.13

K. pneumoniae strain VGH484 serotype K9 (BAI43790) (99%)

KP03794

1,164

50.82

ugd

UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase

1.1.1.22

K. pneumoniae strain NK8 (BAI43716) (100%) and strain VGH404 serotype K5 (BAI43755) (100%)

KP03793

999

41.92

uge-1

Uridine diphosphate galacturonate 4-epimerase

5.1.3.6

K. pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis ATCC 13884 (EEW43608) (97%)

KP31531

1,233

31.57

wzx

K-antigen flippase Wzx

 

E. coli TA27 (ZP_07523140) (64%)

KP03791

990

31.32

orf19

Uncharacterized glycosyltransferase family 2

2.4.1.-

Cronobacter sakazakii (ABX51890) (33%)

KP03789

1,044

29.61

wzy

K antigen polymerase Wzy

 

Thermoanaerobacter wiegelii (ACF14522) (35%)