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Table 5 C. crescentus genes identified for Direct 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

ada (354 aa)

O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; transcription activator/repressor enzyme

1-CC0709 (with internal deletion);

absent

  

2-CC3729

139/295 (47%)

alkB (216 aa)

AlkB protein, 1-methyladenine and 3-methylcytosine repair protein

CC0009

107/186 (57%)

phr (472 aa)

Photolyase

1-CC1428

260/474 (54%)

 

Photolyase-like

2-CC0646

absent

ogt (171 aa)

O-6-alkylguanine-DNA/cysteine-protein methyltransferase

1-CC0689;

95/166 (57%)

  

2-CC0659

53/106 (50%)

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