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Table 1 Genes containing intragenic tandem repeat arrays in the Philadelphia strain

From: Intragenic tandem repeat variation between Legionella pneumophila strains

Gene

Length of repeat (bp)

Copy number

Identity† (%)

Genome annotation‡

LPG0451*

30

18

75.6

IcmE (DotG)

LPG0451*

30

7

72.9

IcmE (DotG)

LPG0688

9

5

88.9

Hsp60, 60 K H eat s hock p rotein

LPG1035

102

3

93.8

Cop per efflux A TPase copA2

LPG1038

12

4

89.6

Vrrb

LPG1062

108

8

71.1

TPR repeat protein

LPG1172*

108

8

69.9

TPR repeat protein

LPG1172*

108

4

75.0

TPR repeat protein

LPG1299 (Lpms35)§

18

3

87.0

Transmembrane Tfp pilus assembly protein FimV

LPG1356*

108

4

72.2

TPR repeat protein

LPG1356*

108

3

74.4

TPR repeat protein

LPG1421

261

3

71.4

30S Ribosomal protein S1

LPG1555

21

2

100

Arginine 3rd transport system periplasmic binding protein ArtJ

LPG1602

90

10

65.1

FLJ00180 protein

LPG1948

90

7

75.6

FLJ00180 protein

LPG1958

87

13

74.3

FLJ00180 protein

LPG1976

171

3

73.7

UV B-r esistance protein UVR8

LPG2222

108

6

70.7

TPR repeat protein, protein-protein interaction

LPG2224

171

5

73.5

UVB-resistance protein UVR8

LPG2392

87

6

72.2

Leucine rich repeat protein family

LPG2416

105

3

81.9

Ankyrin repeat family protein

LPG2485

102

9

58.5

TPR domain protein

LPG2559

12

4

91.7

ATP-dependant DNA helicase RecG

LPG2639

108

5

65.9

Enh anced entry protein EnhC

LPG2644 (Lpms31)§

45

19

85.4

Tail fiber protein SclB (collagen-like)

LPG2793 (Lpms3)§

96

7

74.0

LepA, interaptin

  1. *Genes containing two distinct repeat arrays. †Percentage identity between repeats. ‡All gene annotations are from the published sequence of Legionella pneumophila, Philadelphia strain (GenBank accession no. AE017354). §Annotation used in MLVA typing scheme proposed by [17]. IcmE: intracellular multiplication protein E, DotG: defect in organelle trafficking protein G, Vrrb: variable region with repetitive sequence B, TPR: tetratricopeptide repeat, FimV: fimbriae protein V, Tfp: type IV pili, SclB: Streptococcus pyogenes collagen-like protein B, LepA: Legionella effector protein A.