Comparative genome analysis of an avirulent and two virulent strains of avian Pasteurella multocida reveals candidate genes involved in fitness and pathogenicity

Table 1 Predicted proteins of interest present in P. multocida strains P1059 and X73 at greater than 90% similarity but absent from strain Pm70

				Presence in:
Gene locus (P1059)	Length (aa)	Genomic island	Predicted function	Pm70	P1059	X73	36950	HN06	3480
00226	66	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	-	+	+
00545	68	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	-	+	+
00580	828	12	Trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase	-	+	+	+	+	+
00581	371	12	Cytochrome c-type protein TorY	-	+	+	+	+	+
00881	1125	15	Putative Ton-B dependent heme receptor	-	+	+	-	-	-
00948	62	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	+	+	+
01347	332	26	Putative DNA-binding protein	-	+	+	+	+	+
01412	52	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	+	+	+
01496	249	28	L-fucose operon activator	-	+	+	-	-	-
01497	586	28	L-fucose isomerase	-	+	+	-	-	-
01498	495	28	L-fuculokinase	-	+	+	-	-	-
01499	144	28	L-fucose mutarotase	-	+	+	-	-	-
01500	215	28	L-fuculose phosphate aldolase	-	+	+	-	-	-
01501	508	28	Ribose ABC transport system, ATP-binding protein	-	+	+	-	-	-
01502	342	28	Ribose ABC transport system, permease protein	-	+	+	-	-	-
01503	318	28	Ribose ABC transporter, periplasmic ribose-binding protein	-	+	+	-	-	-
01505	480	28	Aldehyde dehydrogenase A	-	+	+	-	-	-
01550	384	31	Flavohemoprotein	-	+	+	+	-	+
01587	53	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	+	+	+
01686	108	NA	HigA antitoxin protein	-	+	+	-	+	-
01825	60	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	+	+	+
01854	51	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	-	-	+
01963	52	NA	Hypothetical protein	-	+	+	+	+	+

Presence of these proteins in additional sequenced P. multocida is also presented.

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