Investigating the genetic regulation of the ECF sigma factor σS in Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Transposon insertions resulting in decreased expression of sigS

Accession number	NE number^a	Tn551 insertion site	Gene	Hits^b	Unique^c
Regulators
SACOL1393	NE1415	Transcriptional antiterminator, licT putative	licT	3	1
Cell envelope associated
SACOL1138	NE1102	LPXTG cell wall surface anchor protein	isdB	1	1
Transporters
SACOL1424	NE1459	Phosphate ABC transporter, phosphate binding protein		2	1
SACOL1443	NE44	Branched chain amino acid transport system II carrier protein	brnQ3	7	1
SACOL1476	NE211	Amino acid permease		1	1
Amino acid biosynthesis
SACOL2043	NE1166	Acetolactate synthase, large subunit	ilvB	1	1
SACOL2154	NE134	Arginase	rocF	1	1
Protein synthesis and modification
SACOL1402	NE1306	Glutamyl aminopeptidase, putative	pepA3	1	1
Unknown Function
SACOL1452	NE577	PAP2 family protein		1	1
Hypothetical proteins
SACOL1947	NE1706	Conserved hypothetical protein		3	1
SACOL2143	NE1104	Conserved hypothetical protein		2	1

^aNE numbers are the identification number in the Nebraska Transposon Mutant Library.
^bHits refer to the total number of Tn551 insertion sites identified for a particular gene.
^cThe unique number of insertions sites refers to those insertions that are a result of distinctive insertion events.

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