YsxC, an essential protein in Staphylococcus aureus crucial for ribosome assembly/stability

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Table 1 MASCOT search results for YsxC partners

Band no.	Gene name	Protein	Mowse score (threshold level) *	No. of fragments
1	not identified
2	rpoC	DNA-directed RNA polymerase beta' chain	40 (36)	2
3	secA	preprotein translocase secA subunit	20 (35)	1
4	pflB	formate acetyltransferase	27 (36)	1
5	glpD	aerobic glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	167 (37)	6
6	Casein
7	tuf	putative elongation factor Tu	39 (36)	1
8	rpsB	30 S ribosomal protein S2	121 (36)	3
9	ysxC	putative GTP-binding protein	227 (36)	2
10	Keratin
11	Casein
12	Casein
13	rpsE	30 S ribosomal protein S5	246 (38)	5
14	Casein
15	rplQ	50 S ribosomal protein L17	98 (41)	3
16	rpsJ	30 S ribosomal protein S10	173 (39)	3

¹ Mowse score = -10*Log(P), where P is the probability that the observed match is a random event. The higher the number, the better the match. Individual ions with scores greater than the threshold level (in brackets) indicates identity or extensive homology (p < 0.05).

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