Nucleotide sequences of moraxella catarrhalis genome

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  • Patent Application
  • 20040067554
  • Publication Number
    20040067554
  • Date Filed
    September 26, 2003
    20 years ago
  • Date Published
    April 08, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
The present invention provides the genomic sequences of a library of purified, polynucleotides, or their complements, comprising the genome of Moraxella catarrhalis. The invention also provides the identification of open reading frames contained within the polynucleotides of the library. The present invention further provides for the use of the polynucleotides, their complements or fragments, and proteins or portions thereof for identifying ligands and useful diagnostic and therapeutic compositions. In addition the invention provides for vectors, host cell sand methods for producing M. catarrhalis proteins or portions thereof.
Description


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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present invention discloses nucleotide sequences from the genome of Moraxella catarrhalis. These sequences may be used in various assays and in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic agents.



Sequence Listing

[0004] The present application is being filed along with duplicate copies of a CD-ROM marked “Copy 1” and “Copy 2” containing a Sequence Listing in electronic format. The duplicate copies of the CD-ROM each contain a file entitled ELITRA.025C1.txt created on Sep. 26, 2003 which is 2,330,432 bytes in size. The information on these duplicate CD-ROMs is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.



BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

[0005] All animals coexist with an indigenous microflora. Beginning shortly after birth, the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and other areas of the human body are colonized by different bacterial species. A large number of factors operate to maintain symbiotic, host-microbe balance. These include the physical barriers of skin and mucosal surfaces and both nonspecific and highly specific aspects of the immune system. When host-microbe balance becomes disturbed, infection may ensue. Virulence, the ability of a microbe to produce infection, is related to a variety of complex mechanisms of disease induction. Some organisms are highly virulent and cause clinical illness when they colonize most or all hosts. Alternatively, when host defenses are compromised, normally symbiotic microbes can induce serious, or even life-threatening, infections. Thus, infection is generally a consequence of the interaction between a relatively virulent microbe and a normal host or between a relatively less virulent microbe and a host with some degree of transient or permanent immunological impairment.


[0006]

M. catarrhalis
(Branhamella catarrhalis) is a large, aerobic, gram-negative diplococcus normally found among the bacterial flora of human upper airways. It is nonmotile and possesses fimbriae. Collonies are regularly friable and nonadherent and grow well on blood or chocolate agar. Unlike many other pathogenic bacteria, M. catarrhalis shows a high degree of homogeneity in its outer membrane proteins. This usually harmless parasite of the mucous membranes may behave as an opportunistic pathogen when microbehost balance is perturbed. Following infection, host antibodies directed against one or more of the microbial outer-membrane proteins are detectable in the serum.


[0007]

M. catarrhalis
is known to cause acute, localized infections such as otitis media, sinusitis, and bronchopulmonary infection and life-threatening, systemic diseases including endocarditis and meningitis. The presence of bacterial endotoxin and host histamine and chemotactic factors are major indicators of M. catarrhalis pathogenicity.


[0008]

M. catarrhalis
can be isolated from the upper respiratory tract of 50% of healthy school children and 7% of healthy adults. In children with otitis media, colonization increases to 86%, and it is the third most common bacterial isolate. It causes 10-15% of otitis media and sinusitis. Infections of the maxillary sinuses, middle ears, or bronchi may occur through contiguous spread of the microbes. M. catarrhalis causes a large proportion of lower respiratory tract infections in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and is exceeded only by Haemoohilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae as a causative agent of acute purulent exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.


[0009] Pneumonia due to M. catarrhalis, like that of H. influenzae or S. pneumoniae, begins with aspiration of the bacteria. Failure or absence of appropriate host defense allows the bacteria to replicate and produce an inflammatory response in the alveoli. Because of mandatory immunosuppression, organ transplant recipients can develop moderate to severe M. catarrhalis pneumonia very rapidly. Bloodstream invasion is less characteristic of M. catarrhalis than pneumococcal infection, but nearly 50% of M. catarrhalis pneumonia patients die within 3 months of onset.


[0010]

M. catarrhalis
is treated with antibiotic agents including penicillin-clavulanic acid combinations, cephalosporins, tetracycline, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and quinolones. Over 85% of M. catarrhalis clinical isolates have been reported to be resistant to penicillin. Moreover, the microbe protects itself by binding to the first subcomponent of the complement system (Clq) which inactivates the C1 complex or by inactivating the terminal, lytic complement complex via a protein on the outer cell wall surface. Resistance is mediated by two closely related β-lactamases, BRO-1, present in 90% of resistant isolates and BRO-2, present in 10%. These enzymes are active against penicillin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin, less active against cephalosporins, and bind avidly to clavulanic acid and sublactam. Tetracycline resistant strains are increasing in Europe and Asia and have been documented in the United States. Ampicillin, which had been universally effective in treating M. catarrhalis pneumonia, can no longer be used.


[0011]

M. catarrhalis
physiology and pathogenicity are reviewed in: Holt et al. (1994) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore Md.; Cullmann (1997) Med Klin 92(3):162-166; Isselbacher et al. (1994) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw-Hill, New York N.Y.; Murray (1995) Manual of Clinical Microbiology, ASM Press, Washington D.C.; and Shulman et al. (1997) The Biologic and Clinical Basis of Infectious Diseases, W B Saunders, Philadelphia Pa.


[0012] In view of the conditions or diseases associated with M. catarrhalis, it would be advantageous to provide specific methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases attributed to M. catarrhalis. Relevant methods would be based on the expression of M. catarrhalis-derived nucleic acid sequences. Such traits as virulence, acquisition of resistance factors, and effects of treatment using particular therapeutic agents may be characterized by under- or over-expression of nucleic acid sequences as revealed using PCR, hybridization or microarray technologies. Treatment for diseases attributed to M. catarrhalis can then be based on expression of these identified sequences or their expressed proteins, and efficacy of any particular therapy and development of resistance monitored. The information provided herein provides the basis for understanding the pathogenicity of M. catarrhalis and treating and monitoring the treatment of diseases caused by M. catarrhalis.



SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The present invention relates to a genomic library comprising the combination of nucleic acid molecules from Moraxella catarrhalis, presented as SEQ ID NOs:1-41. The library substantially provides the nucleic acid molecules comprising the genome of M. catarrhalis, and the nucleic acid molecules provide a plurality of open reading frames (ORFs). The ORFs uniquely identify structural, functional, and regulatory genes of M. catarrhalis. The invention encompasses oligonucleotides, fragments, and derivatives of the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecules, and sequences complementary to the nucleic acid molecules listed in the Sequence Listing.


[0014]

M. catarrhalis
nucleic acid molecules, fragments, derivatives, oligonucleotides, and complementary sequences thereof, can be used as probes to detect, amplify, or quantify M. catarrhalis genes, ORFs, cDNAs, or RNAs in biological, solution or substrate-based, assays or as compositions in diagnostic kits. The invention contemplates the use of such diagnostic probes to identify the presence of M. catarrhalis sequence in a sample or to screen for virulence factors and mutations.


[0015] The invention also provides for the comparison of the M. catarrhalis genomic library or the encoded proteins with genomes, individual DNA sequences, or proteins from other Moraxella species or strains, other bacteria, and other organisms to identify virulence factors, regulatory elements, drug targets, and to characterize genomic organization. In another aspect, the present invention provides for the use of computer databases to make such comparisons.


[0016] The invention further provides host cells and expression vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules of the invention and methods for the production of the proteins they encode. Such methods include culturing the host cells under conditions for expression of M. catarrhalis protein and recovering the protein from cell culture. The invention still further provides purified M. catarrhalis protein of which at least a portion is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule selected from the nucleic acid molecules of the Sequence Listing.


[0017] The subject invention provides a method of screening a library or a plurality of molecules or compounds for specific binding to a M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or fragment thereof or protein or portion thereof, to identify at least one ligand which specifically binds the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein. Such a method comprises the steps of combining the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein with a library or a plurality of molecules or compounds under conditions to allow specific binding and detecting M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein bound to at least one molecule or compound, thereby identifying a ligand which specifically binds the nucleic acid molecule or protein. Suitable libraries of ligands comprise aptamers, DNA molecules, RNA molecules, peptide nucleic acids, peptides, mimetics, proteins, agonists, antagonists, antibodies, inhibitors, immunoglobulins, pharmaceutical agents, and drug compounds.


[0018] The subject invention also provides a method of purifying a ligand from a sample. Such a method comprises the steps of combining the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein with a library or a plurality of molecules or compounds under conditions to allow specific binding, detecting M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein bound to at least one molecule or compound, recovering the bound M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein and separating the bound M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein from the ligand, thereby obtaining purified ligand.


[0019] The invention further comprises an antibody specific for a purified M. catarrhalis protein or a portion thereof which is encoded by an M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule selected from the Sequence Listing. Antibodies produced against M. catarrhalis protein may be used diagnostically for the detection of M. catarrhalis proteins in biological, solution- or substrate-based, samples and therapeutically to neutralize the activity of an M. catarrhalis protein expressed during infections caused by M. catarrhalis.



DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCE LISTING AND TABLES

[0020] The Sequence Listing is a compilation of the consensus sequences of contiguous sequences (contigs) or groups of overlapping sequences, assembled from individual sequences obtained by sequencing genomic clone inserts of a randomly generated M. catarrhalis DNA library. Each assembled contig or singlet is identified by a sequence identification number (SEQ ID NO) and by the contig number which it represents.


[0021] Table 1 lists the assembled M. catarrhalis contiguous sequences prepared as described in the Examples. The first column contains the number of the contig, which is also SEQ ID NO, listed in ascending order. The second column contains the length of the nucleic acid molecule. The third and fourth columns contain the start and stop nucleotides, respectively, for any open reading frames (ORFs) in the contig. The fifth column contains the Locus ID. The sixth column lists the GenBank identification number of the closest homolog, if any. The seventh column gives the P-value for the match to the homolog. The last column contains the description of the homolog. Orphans or LURs have no GenBank homologs.


[0022] Table 2 shows the order of the contigs or singlets comprising the M. catarrhalis genome.



DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0023] It is understood that this invention is not limited to the particular machines, materials and methods described. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention which will be limited only by the appended claims. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. For example, a reference to “a host cell” includes a plurality of such host cells known to those skilled in the art.


[0024] All patents and publications cited for the purpose of describing and disclosing the cell lines, protocols, reagents and vectors which might be used in connection with the invention are expressly incorporated by reference. Citation is for the purpose of providing the best description of the invention and is not to be construed as an admission that the invention is not entitled to antedate such disclosure.


[0025] Definitions


[0026] “Biologically active” refers to a protein having structural, immunological, regulatory, or chemical functions of a naturally occurring, recombinant, or synthetic molecule.


[0027] “Complementary” refer to the natural hydrogen bonding by base pairing between purines and pyrimidines. For example, the sequence A-C-G-T forms hydrogen bonds with its complements T-G-C-A or U-G-C-A. The degree of complementarity between nucleic acid strands affects the efficiency and strength of the hybridization and amplification reactions.


[0028] “Derivative” refers to the chemical modification of a nucleic acid or amino acid molecule. Chemical modifications can include replacement of hydrogen by an alkyl, acyl, or amino group or glycosylation, pegylation, or any similar process which retains or enhances biological activity, stability, or lifespan of the molecule.


[0029] “Fragment” refers to an Incyte clone or any part of a nucleic acid molecule which retains a usable, functional characteristic. Useful fragments include oligonucleotides which may be used in hybridization or amplification technologies or to regulate replication, transcription or translation.


[0030] “Hybridization complex” refers to a complex between two nucleic acid molecules by virtue of the formation of hydrogen bonds between purines and pyrimidines.


[0031] “Ligand” refers to any molecule or compound which will bind to a complementary site on a nucleic acid molecule or protein.


[0032] “Modulates” refers to a change in activity (biological, chemical, or immunological) or lifespan resulting from specific binding between a molecule or compound and either a nucleic acid molecule or a protein.


[0033] “Molecules” is used substantially interchangeably with the terms agents and compounds. Such molecules modulate the activity of nucleic acid molecules or proteins of the invention and may be composed of at least one of the following: inorganic and organic substances including cofactors, nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and lipids.


[0034] “Nucleic acid molecule” is substantially interchangeable with the term polynucleotide and may refer to a probe, a fragment of DNA or RNA of genomic or synthetic origin. Such molecules may be double-stranded or single-stranded and may be engineered into vectors to perform a particular activity such as transcription.


[0035] “Oligonucleotide” is substantially equivalent to the terms “amplimer”, “primer”, “oligomer”, and “element”, and is preferably single stranded.


[0036] “Protein” refers to an amino acid sequence, oligopeptide, peptide, polypeptide or portions thereof whether naturally occurring or synthetic.


[0037] “Portion” refers to any part of a protein used for any purpose, but especially for the screening of a library of molecules or compounds which specifically bind to that portion or for the production of antibodies.


[0038] “Sample” is used in its broadest sense. A sample containing nucleic acid molecules may comprise a bodily fluid; an extract from a cell, chromosome, organelle, or membrane isolated from a cell; genomic DNA, RNA, or cDNA in solution or bound to a substrate; a cell; a tissue; a tissue print; a hair, and the like.


[0039] “Substantially purified” refers to nucleic acid molecules or proteins that are isolated or separated from their natural environment and are about 60% free to about 90% free from other components with which they are naturally associated.


[0040] “Substrate” refers to any rigid or semi-rigid support to which nucleic acid molecules or proteins are bound and includes membranes, filters, chips, slides, wafers, fibers, magnetic or nonmagnetic beads, gels, capillaries or other tubing, plates, polymers, and microparticles with a variety of surface forms including wells, trenches, pins, channels and pores.


[0041] The Invention


[0042] The majority of the Moraxella catarrhalis genome was sequenced using a strategy of shotgun sequencing. Genomic DNA was mechanically sheared, treated with enzyme to create blunt ends, gel-purified, and cloned into modified PBLUESCRIPT vectors (Stratagene, La Jolla Calif.). The vectors were transformed into E. coli cells and grown overnight. Colonies were picked, and plasmid DNA was isolated. Templates were prepared and sequenced, sequences were assembled into contiguous sequences (contigs), and open reading frames were identified.


[0043] The invention relates to a Moraxella catarrhalis genomic DNA library comprising a combination of nucleic acid molecules, SEQ ID NOs:1-41, and their complements. These nucleic acid molecules comprise contiguous sequences which contain annotated and unannotated reading frames (ORFs and LURs). The nucleic acid molecules or fragments and probes thereof are used in hybridization, screening, and purification assays to identify ligands and in vectors and host cells to produce the proteins which they encode. The proteins or portions thereof are also used in screening and purification assays to identify useful ligands or to produce antibodies. The molecules or compounds used in hybridization, screening, and purification assays include aptamers, DNA molecules, RNA molecules, peptide nucleic acids, peptides, mimetics, transcription factor, enhancers, repressors, regulatory proteins, agonists, antagonists, antibodies, inhibitors, immunoglobulins, pharmaceutical agents, drug compounds, and the like. The nucleic acid molecules and proteins of M. catarrhalis are compared with those of other organisms using computer algorithms and databases to select those nucleic acid molecules and proteins of potential diagnostic and therapeutic use.


[0044] Characterization and Use of the Invention


[0045] Sequencing


[0046] Methods for sequencing nucleic acid molecules are well known in the art and may be used to practice any of the embodiments of the invention. These methods employ enzymes such as the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I, SEQUENASE, Taq DNA polymerase, thermostable T7 DNA polymerase (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (APB), Piscataway N.J.), or combinations of polymerases and proofreading exonucleases such as those found in the ELONGASE amplification system (Life Technologies, Rockville Md.). Preferably, sequence preparation is automated with machines such as the HYDRA microdispenser (Robbins Scientific, Sunnyvale Calif.), MICROLAB 2200 system (Hamilton, Reno Nev.), and the DNA ENGINE thermal cycler (MJ Research, Watertown Mass.). Machines used for sequencing include the ABI 3700, 377 or 373 DNA sequencing systems (PE Biosystems, Foster City Calif.), the MEGABACE 1000 DNA sequencing system (APB), and the like. The sequences may be analyzed using a variety of algorithms which are well known in the art and described in Ausubel (1997; Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, New York N.Y., unit 7.7) and in Meyers (1995; Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Wiley VCH, New York N.Y., pp. 856-853).


[0047] Shotgun sequencing methods are well known in the art and use thermostable DNA polymerases and heat-labile DNA polymerases. A detailed procedure is provided in the Examples. Prefinished sequences (incomplete assembled sequences) are cross-compared for identity using various algorithms or programs such as CONSED (Gordon (1998) Genome Res. 8:195-202), GELVIEW Fragment Assembly system (Genetics Computer Group, Madison Wis., and PHRAP (Phil Green, University of Washington, Seattle Wash.). Contaminating sequences, including vector or chimeric sequences, can be masked, removed or restored, in the process of turning the prefinished sequences into finished sequences.


[0048] Extension of a Nucleic Acid Sequence


[0049] The sequences of the invention may be extended using various PCR-based methods known in the art. For example, the XL-PCR kit (PE Biosystems), nested primers, and commercially available cDNA or genomic DNA libraries (Life Technologies and Clontech (Palo Alto Calif.), respectively) may be used to extend the nucleic acid sequence. For all PCR-based methods, primers may be designed using commercially available software, such as OLIGO 4.06 software (National Biosciences, Plymouth Minn.) to be about 22 to 30 nucleotides in length, to have a GC content from about 40-45%, and to anneal to a target molecule at temperatures from about 55 C to about 68 C. When extending a sequence to recover untranslated, regulatory elements, it is preferable to use genomic, rather than cDNA libraries.


[0050] Use of M. catarrhalis Nucleic Acid Molecules


[0051] Hybridization


[0052] The M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecules and fragments thereof can be used in various hybridization technologies for various purposes. Hybridization probes may be designed or derived from a highly unique region such as the 5′ untranslated sequence preceding the initiation codon or from a conserved coding region encoding a specific protein signature or motif and used in protocols to identify naturally occurring molecules encoding a particular M. catarrhalis protein, allelic variants, or related molecules. The probe should preferably have at least 50% sequence identity to any naturally occurring nucleic acid sequences. The probe may be a single stranded DNA or RNA molecule, produced biologically or synthetically, and labeled using oligolabeling, nick translation, end-labeling, or PCR amplification in the presence of at least one labeled nucleotide. A vector containing the nucleic acid molecule or a fragment thereof may be used to produce an mRNA probe in vitro by addition of an RNA polymerase and labeled nucleotides. These procedures may be conducted using commercially available kits such as those provided by APB.


[0053] The stringency of hybridization is determined by G+C content of the probe, salt concentration, and temperature. In particular, stringency can be increased by reducing the concentration of salt or raising the hybridization temperature. In solutions used for some membrane based hybridizations, addition of an organic solvent such as formamide allows the reaction to occur at a lower temperature. Hybridization can be performed at low stringency with buffers, such as 5×SSC with 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at 60 C, which permits the formation of a hybridization complex between nucleic acid sequences that contain some mismatches. Subsequent washes are performed at increased stringency with buffers such as 0.2×SSC with 0.1% SDS at either 45 C (medium stringency) or 68 C (high stringency). At high stringency, hybridization complexes will remain stable only where the nucleic acid molecules are completely complementary. In some membrane-based hybridizations, 35-50% formamide can be added to the hybridization solution to reduce the temperature at which hybridization is performed. Background signals can be reduced by the use of other detergents such as Sarkosyl or TRITON X-100 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis Mo.) and a blocking agent such as denatured salmon sperm DNA. Selection of components and conditions for hybridization are well known to those skilled in the art and are reviewed in Ausubel (supra) and in Sambrook et al. (1989; Molecular Cloning A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Press, Plainview N.Y.).


[0054] Microarrays may be prepared and analyzed using methods known in the art. Oligonucleotides or fragments of a nucleic acid molecule may be used as either probes or targets. The microarray can be used to monitor the expression level of large numbers of genes simultaneously and to identify genetic variants, mutations, and single nucleotide polymorphisms. Such information may be used to determine gene function; to understand the genetic basis of a condition, disease, or disorder; to diagnose a condition, disease, or disorder; and to develop and monitor the activities of therapeutic agents used to treat the condition, disease, or disorder. (See, eg, Brennan et al. (1995) U.S. Pat. No. 5,474,796; Schena et al. (1996) Proc Natl Acad Sci 93:10614-10619; Baldeschweiler et al. (1995) PCT application WO95/251116; Shalon et al. (1995) PCT application WO95/35505; Heller et al. (1997) Proc Natl Acad Sci 94:2150-2155; and Heller et al. (1997) U.S. Pat. No. 5,605,662.)


[0055] Hybridization probes are also useful in mapping the naturally occurring genomic sequence. The probes may be hybridized to: 1) a particular chromosome, 2) a specific region of a chromosome, 3) an artificial chromosome constructions such as human artificial chromosomes (HACs), yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs), bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), bacterial PI constructions, single chromosomes from eukaryotic species, or 5) DNA libraries made from any of these sources.


[0056] Expression


[0057] A nucleic acid molecule encoding a M. catarrhalis protein may be cloned into a vector and used to express the protein or portions thereof in host cells. The nucleic acid sequence can be engineered by such methods as DNA shuffling (U.S. Pat. No. 5,830,721) and site-directed mutagenesis to create new restriction sites, alter glycosylation patterns, change codon preference to increase expression in a particular host, produce splice variants, extend half-life, and the like. The expression vector may contain transcriptional and translational control elements (promoters, enhancers, specific initiation signals, and polyadenylated sequence) from various sources which have been selected for their efficiency in a particular host. The vector, nucleic acid molecule, and regulatory elements are combined using in vitro recombinant DNA techniques, synthetic techniques, and/or in vivo genetic recombination techniques well known in the art and described in Sambrook (supra ch. 4, 8, 16 and 17).


[0058] A variety of host systems may be transformed with an expression vector. These include, but are not limited to, bacteria transformed with recombinant bacteriophage, plasmid, or cosmid DNA expression vectors; yeast transformed with yeast expression vectors; insect cell systems transformed with baculovirus expression vectors; plant cell systems transformed with expression vectors containing viral and/or bacterial elements, or animal cell systems (Ausubel, supra, unit 16).


[0059] Routine cloning, subcloning, and propagation of nucleic acid molecules can be achieved using the multifunctional PBLUESCRIPT vector (Stratagene) or PSPORT1 plasmid (Life Technologies). Introduction of a nucleic acid sequence into the multiple cloning site of these vectors disrupts the lacZ gene and allows colorimetric screening for transformed bacteria. In addition, these vectors may be useful for in vitro transcription, dideoxy sequencing, single strand rescue with helper phage, and creation of nested deletions in the cloned sequence.


[0060] For long term production of recombinant M. catarrhalis proteins, the vector can be stably transformed into competent cells of E. coli along with a selectable or visible marker gene on the same or on a separate vector. After transformation, cells are allowed to grow in enriched media containing a selective agent. Selectable markers, antimetabolite, antibiotic, or herbicide resistance genes confer resistance to the respective selective agent and allow growth and recovery of cells which successfully express the introduced sequences. Resistant clones or colonies, identified either by survival on selective media or by the expression of visible markers, such as anthocyanins, green fluorescent protein (GFP), β glucuronidase, luciferase and the like, may be propagated using culture techniques well known in the art. Visible markers are also used to quantify the amount of protein expressed by the introduced genes. Verification that the host cell contains the desired M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule is based on DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridizations or PCR amplification.


[0061] The host cell may be chosen for its ability to modify a recombinant protein in a desired fashion. Such modifications include acetylation, carboxylation, glycosylation, phosphorylation, lipidation, acylation, and the like. Post-translational processing sequences (“prepro” forms) may also be engineered into the recombinant nucleotide sequence in order to specify protein targeting, folding, and/or activity. Different host cells available from the ATCC (Manassas Va.) which have specific cellular machinery and characteristic mechanisms for post-translational activities may be chosen to ensure the correct modification and processing of the recombinant protein.


[0062] Recovery of Proteins from Cell Culture


[0063] Heterologous moieties engineered into a vector for ease of purification include glutathione S-transferase (GST), calmodulin binding peptide (CBP), 6×His, FLAG, MYC, and the like. GST, CBP, and 6×His are purified using commercially available affinity matrices such as immobilized glutathione, calmodulin, and metal-chelate resins, respectively. FLAG and MYC are purified using commercially available monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. A proteolytic cleavage site may be located between the desired protein sequence and the heterologous moiety for ease of separating the desired protein following purification. Methods for recombinant protein expression and purification are discussed in Ausubel (supra, unit 16) and are commercially available (Invitrogen, San Diego Calif.).


[0064] Chemical Synthesis of Peptides


[0065] Proteins or portions thereof may be produced not only by recombinant methods, but also by using chemical methods well known in the art. Solid phase peptide synthesis may be carried out in a batchwise or continuous flow process which sequentially adds α-amino and side chain-protected amino acid residues to an insoluble polymeric support via a linker group. A linker group such as methylamine-derivatized polyethylene glycol is attached to poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) to form the support resin. The amino acid residues are N-α-protected by acid labile Boc (t-butyloxycarbonyl) or base-labile Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl). The carboxyl group of the protected amino acid is coupled to the amine of the linker group to anchor the residue to the solid phase support resin. Trifluoroacetic acid or piperidine are used to remove the protecting group in the case of Boc or Fmoc, respectively. Each additional amino acid is added to the anchored residue using a coupling agent or pre-activated amino acid derivative, and the resin is washed. The full length peptide is synthesized by sequential deprotection, coupling of derivitized amino acids, and washing with dichloromethane and/or N,N-dimethylformamide. The peptide is cleaved between the peptide carboxy terminus and the linker group to yield a peptide acid or amide. (Novabiochem 1997/98 Catalog and Peptide Synthesis Handbook, San Diego Calif., pp. S1-S20). Automated synthesis may also be carried out on machines such as the ABI 431A peptide synthesizer (PE Biosystems). A protein or portion thereof may be substantially purified by preparative high performance liquid chromatography and its composition confirmed by amino acid analysis or by sequencing (Creighton (1984) Proteins, Structures and Molecular Properties, W H Freeman, New York N.Y.).


[0066] Preparation and Screening of Antibodies


[0067] Various hosts including goats, rabbits, rats, mice, humans, and others may be immunized by injection with M. catarrhalis protein or any portion thereof. Adjuvants such as Freund's, mineral gels, and surface active substances such as lysolecithin, pluronic polyols, polyanions, peptides, oil emulsions, keyhole limpet hemacyanin (KLH), and dinitrophenol may be used to increase immunological response. The oligopeptide, peptide, or portion of protein used to induce antibodies should consist of about five to fifteen amino acids which are identical to a portion of the natural protein. Oligonucleotides may be fused with proteins such as KLH in order to produce antibodies to the chimeric molecule.


[0068] Monoclonal antibodies may be prepared using any technique which provides for the production of antibodies by continuous cell lines in culture. These include, but are not limited to, the hybridoma technique, the human B-cell hybridoma technique, and the EBV-hybridoma technique. (See, eg, Kohler et al. (1975) Nature 256:495-497; Kozbor et al. (1985) J Immunol Methods 81:31-42; Cote et al. (1983) Proc Natl Acad Sci 80:2026-2030; and Cole et al. (1984) Mol Cell Biol 62:109-120.)


[0069] Alternatively, techniques described for the production of single chain antibodies may be adapted, using methods known in the art, to produce epitope specific single chain antibodies. Antibody fragments which contain specific binding sites for epitopes of the M. catarrhalis protein may also be generated For example, such fragments include, but are not limited to, F(ab′)2 fragments produced by pepsin digestion of the antibody molecule and Fab fragments generated by reducing the disulfide bridges of the F(ab′)2 fragments. Alternatively, Fab expression libraries may be constructed to allow rapid and easy identification of monoclonal Fab fragments with the desired specificity (Huse et al. (1989) Science 246:1275-1281).


[0070] The M. catarrhalis protein may be used in screening assays of phage mid or B-lymphocyte immunoglobulin libraries to identify antibodies having the desired specificity. Numerous protocols for competitive binding or immunoassays using either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with established specificities are well known in the art. Such immunoassays typically involve the measurement of complex formation between the protein and its specific antibody. A two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing monoclonal antibodies reactive to two non-interfering epitopes is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may also be employed (Pound (1998) Immunochemical Protocols, Humana Press, Totowa N.J.).


[0071] Labeling of Molecules for Assay


[0072] A wide variety of labels and conjugation techniques are known by those skilled in the art and may be used in various nucleic acid molecule, protein, and antibody assays. Synthesis of labeled molecules may be achieved using Promega (Madison Wis.) or APB kits for incorporation of a labeled nucleotide such as 32p-dCTP, Cy3-dCTP or Cy5dCTP (APB) or amino acid such as 35S-methionine (APB). Nucleotides and amino acids may be directly labeled with a variety of substances including fluorescent, chemiluminescent, or chromogenic agents and the like, by chemical conjugation to amines, thiols and other groups present in the molecules using reagents such as BIODIPY or FITC (Molecular Probes, Eugene Oreg.).


[0073] Diagnostics


[0074] The nucleic acid molecules, fragments, oligonucleotides, complementary RNA and DNA molecules, and peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) may be used to detect and quantify differential gene expression, absence/presence vs. excess, of mRNAs or to monitor mRNA levels following drug treatment. Conditions, diseases or disorders associated with M. catarrhalis gene expression may include conditions and diseases such as allergies, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, endocarditis, hypereosinophilia, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia, sinusitis, and various respiratory distress syndromes. The diagnostic assay may use hybridization or amplification technology to compare gene expression in a biological sample from a patient to expression in disease and control standards in order to detect differential gene expression. Qualitative or quantitative methods for this comparison are well known in the art.


[0075] For example, the nucleic acid molecule, fragment, or probe may be labeled by standard methods and added to a sample from a patient under conditions for the formation of hybridization complexes. After an incubation period, the sample is washed and the amount of label (or signal) associated with hybridization complexes, is quantified and compared with a standard value. If the amount of label in the patient sample is significantly altered in comparison to the standard value, then the presence of elevated amounts of M. catarrhalis is responsible for the associated condition or disease.


[0076] In order to provide a basis for the diagnosis of a condition, disease or disorder associated with gene expression, a normal or standard expression profile is established. This may be accomplished by combining a biological sample taken from normal subjects, animal or more preferably human, with a probe under conditions for hybridization or amplification. Standard hybridization may be quantified by comparing the values obtained using normal subjects with values from an experiment in which a known amount of a substantially purified target sequence is used. Standard values obtained in this manner may be compared with values obtained from samples from patients who are symptomatic for a particular condition or diseases listed above. Deviation from standard values toward those associated with a particular diagnosed condition is used to diagnose the patient.


[0077] Such assays may also be used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapeutic treatment regimen in animal studies or in a clinical trial. Once efficacy is established, these assays may be used on a regular basis to determine if the therapy is effective in an individual patient. The results obtained from successive patient assays may be used over a period ranging from several days to months.


[0078] Immunological Methods


[0079] Detection and quantification of a protein using either specific polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are known in the art. Examples of such techniques include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), radioimmunoassays, and fluorescence activated cell sorting. A two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing monoclonal antibodies reactive to two non-interfering epitopes is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may be employed. (See, eg, Coligan et al. (1997) Current Protocols in Immunology, Wiley-Interscience, New York N.Y.; Pound, supra.)


[0080] Therapeutics


[0081] Chemical and structural similarity, in the context of sequences, signatures and motifs, antigenic epitopes and the like, generally exists between regions of homologous proteins. Comparisons of M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecules and proteins with those of other M. catarrhalis strains, other bacteria and other organisms allow preselection of therapeutic agents that affect the pathogenic organism without harming the host. Such therapeutic agents are useful in treating conditions and diseases such as allergies, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, endocarditis, hypereosinophilia, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia, sinusitis, and various respiratory distress syndromes caused by M. catarrhalis. In conditions associated with increased expression or activity of M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or protein, it is desirable to decrease expression or protein activity.


[0082] In one embodiment, a ligand such as an antagonist, antibody, or inhibitor identified by screening a plurality of molecules with the M. catarrhalis protein is administered to the subject to decrease the activity of the M. catarrhalis or homologous protein as it is overexpressed during pathogenesis.


[0083] In another embodiment, a composition comprising the substantially purified ligand and a pharmaceutical carrier may be administered to a subject to decrease the activity of the M. catarrhalis or homologous protein as it is overexpressed during pathogenesis. In one aspect, an antibody which specifically binds the M. catarrhalis protein may be used as a targeting or delivery mechanism for bringing a pharmaceutical agent to cells or tissues which are affected by the overexpression of the M. catarrhalis protein.


[0084] Any of the ligands may be administered in combination with other therapeutic agents. Selection of the agents for use in combination therapy may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art according to conventional pharmaceutical principles. A combination of therapeutic agents may act synergistically to effect prevention or treatment of a particular condition at a lower dosage of each agent.


[0085] Modification of Gene Expression Using Nucleic Acids


[0086] Gene expression may be modified by designing complementary or antisense molecules (DNA, RNA, or PNA) to the 5′, 3′, or intronic regions of the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule. Oligonucleotides designed with reference to the transcription initiation site are preferred. Similarly, inhibition can be achieved using triple helix base-pairing which inhibits the binding of polymerases, transcription factors, or regulatory molecules (Gee et al. In: Huber and Carr (1994) Molecular and Immunologic Approaches, Futura Publishing, Mt. Kisco N.Y., pp. 163-177). A complementary molecule may also be designed to block translation by preventing binding between ribosomes and mRNA. In one alternative, a library of cDNA molecules may be screened to identify those which specifically bind a regulatory, untranslated M. catarrhalis sequence. Delivery of this inhibitory nucleotide sequence using a vector designed to be transferred from transformed M. catarrhalis cells to infectious M. catarrhalis via genetic recombination is contemplated.


[0087] Ribozymes, enzymatic RNA molecules, may also be used to catalyze the specific cleavage of an M. catarrhalis RNA. The mechanism of ribozyme action involves sequence-specific hybridization of the ribozyme molecule to complementary target RNA followed by endonucleolytic cleavage at sites such as GUA, GUU, and GUC. Once such sites are identified, an oligonucleotide with the same sequence may be evaluated for secondary structural features which would render the oligonucleotide inoperable. The suitability of candidate targets may also be evaluated by testing their hybridization with complementary oligonucleotides using ribonuclease protection assays.


[0088] Complementary nucleic acids and ribozymes of the invention maybe prepared via recombinant expression, in vitro or in vivo, or using solid phase phosphoramidite chemical synthesis. In addition, RNA molecules may be modified to increase intracellular stability and half-life by addition of flanking sequences at the 5′ and/or 3′ ends of the molecule or by the use of phosphorothioate or 2′ O-methyl rather than phosphodiesterase linkages within the backbone of the molecule. Modification is inherent in the production of PNAs and can be extended to other derivative nucleotide molecules. Either the inclusion of nontraditional bases such as inosine, queosine, and wybutosine, and/or the modification of adenine, cytidine, guanine, thymine, and uridine with acetyl-, methyl-, thio-groups renders the molecule less available to endogenous bacterial endonucleases.


[0089] Screening Assays


[0090] The M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule may be used to screen a plurality or a library of molecules or compounds for specific binding affinity. The molecules or compounds may be selected from aptamers, DNA molecules, RNA molecules, PNAs, peptides, transcription factors, enhancers, repressors, regulatory proteins and other ligands which modulate the activity, replication, transcription, or translation of the nucleic acid molecules in the biological system. The assay involves combining the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or a fragment thereof with molecules or compounds under conditions to allow specific binding, and detecting specific binding to identify at least one ligand which specifically binds the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule.


[0091] Similarly the M. catarrhalis protein or a portion thereof may be used to screen a plurality of libraries of molecules or compounds in any of a variety of screening assays. The molecules or compounds may be selected from aptamers, DNA molecules, RNA molecules, peptide nucleic acids, peptides, mimetics, proteins, agonists, antagonists, antibodies, inhibitors, immunoglobulins, pharmaceutical agents, drug compounds, and the like. The protein or portion thereof employed in such screening may be free in solution, affixed to an abiotic or biotic substrate (eg, borne on a cell surface), or located intracellularly. Specific binding between the protein and molecule may be measured. One method for high throughput screening using very small assay volumes and very small amounts of test compound is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,946, incorporated herein by reference, which teaches how to screen large numbers of molecules for specific binding to a protein.


[0092] Purification of Ligand


[0093] The M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or a fragment thereof may be used to purify a ligand from a sample. A method for using a M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule or a fragment thereof to purify a ligand would involve combining the nucleic acid molecule or a fragment thereof with a sample under conditions to allow specific binding, detecting specific binding, recovering the bound M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule, and using an appropriate agent to separate the M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule from the purified ligand.


[0094] Similarly, the protein or a portion thereof may be used to purify a ligand from a sample. A method for using a M. catarrhalis protein or a portion thereof to purify a ligand would involve combining the protein or a portion thereof with a sample under conditions to allow specific binding, detecting specific binding between the protein and ligand, recovering the bound protein, and using an appropriate chaotropic agent to separate the protein from the purified ligand.


[0095] Pharmacology


[0096] Pharmaceutical compositions are those substances wherein the active ingredients are contained in an effective amount to achieve a desired and intended purpose. The determination of an effective dose is well within the capability of those skilled in the art. For any compound, the therapeutically effective dose may be estimated initially either in cell culture assays or in animal models. The animal model is also used to achieve a desirable concentration range and route of administration. Such information may then be used to determine useful doses and routes for administration in humans.


[0097] A therapeutically effective dose refers to that amount of a pharmaceutical agent which ameliorates the symptoms or condition. Therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of such agents may be determined by standard pharmaceutical procedures in cell cultures or experimental animals, eg, ED50 (the dose therapeutically effective in 50% of the population) and LD50 (the dose lethal to 50% of the population). The dose ratio between toxic and therapeutic effects is the therapeutic index, and it may be expressed as the ratio, LD50/ED50. Pharmaceutical compositions which exhibit large therapeutic indexes are preferred. The data obtained from cell culture assays and animal studies are used in formulating a range of dosage for human use.


[0098] Rational Drug Design


[0099] The goal of rational drug design is to produce structural analogs of biologically active M. catarrhalis proteins of interest or of ligands with which they interact. Any of these examples can be used to fashion drugs which are more active or stable forms of the protein, or which enhance or interfere with the function of a protein in vivo (Hodgson (1991) Bio/Technology 9:19-21).


[0100] In one approach, the three-dimensional structure of an M. catarrhalis protein, or of an M. catarrhalis protein-inhibitor complex, is determined by X-ray crystallography, by computer modeling or, most typically, by a combination of the two approaches. Both the shape and charges of the protein must be ascertained to elucidate the structure and to determine active site(s). Less often, useful information regarding the structure of a protein may be gained by modeling based on the structure of homologous proteins. In both cases, relevant structural information is used to design analogous M. catarrhalis protein-like molecules or to identify efficient inhibitors.


[0101] Useful examples of rational drug design may include molecules which have improved activity or stability, as shown by Braxton et al. (1992, Biochem 31:77967801), or which act as inhibitors, agonists, or antagonists of M. catarrhalis peptides, as shown by Athauda et al. (1993, J Biochem 113:742-746).


[0102] It is also possible to isolate a target-specific antibody, selected by functional assay, as described above, and then to solve its crystal structure. This approach, in principle, yields a pharmacore upon which subsequent drug design can be based. It is possible to bypass protein crystallography altogether by generating anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-ids) to a functional, pharmacologically-active antibody. As a mirror image of a mirror image, the binding site of the anti-id is an analog of the original receptor. The anti-id can be used to identify and isolate peptides from banks of chemically or biologically-produced peptides. The isolated peptides act as the pharmacore.







EXAMPLES


Example 1


Shotgun Sequencing Strategy

[0103] The strategy for sequencing the M. catarrhalis genome was a modification of the shotgun approach to whole genome sequencing described by Lander and Waterman (1988 Genomics 2:231). They applied the equation for the Poisson distribution px=mxe−m/x!, where x is the number of occurrences of an event, m is the mean number of occurrences, and Px is the probability that any given base is not sequenced after a certain amount of random sequence has been generated. If L is the genome length, n is the number of clones insert ends sequenced, and w is the sequencing read length, then m=nw/L, and the probability that no clone originates at any of the w bases preceding a given base, ie, the probability that a base is not sequenced, is p0=e−m. For sequencing where p0>0, the total gap length is Le−m, and the average gap size is L/n.


[0104] The shotgun approach has recently been used to sequence the genomes of H. influenzae (Fleischmann et al. (1995) Science 269:496; WO 96/33276), Mycoplasma genitalium (Fraser et al. (1995) Science 270:397 and Methanococcus jannashii (Bult et al. (1996) Science 273:1058). All of these microbes have relatively small genomes of 1.8, 0.6, and 1.8 megabases, respectively. The size of the M. catarrhalis genome is estimated to be 1.9 megabases.



Example 2


Construction of the Genomic Library

[0105] An M. catarrhalis genomic DNA library was constructed using DNA purified from the gram negative, aerobic diplococcus, M. catarrhalis, ATCC accession number 43617. The isolate was obtained from transtracheal aspirate of a coal miner with chronic bronchitis. The G+C content is 42%.


[0106] Using a syringe fitted with a 0.0025 in. Ruby orifice (Stanford University, Stanford Calif.), 50 μg of M. catarrhalis DNA was sheared into 1.5-2.9 kb fragments. The shearing process was monitored by electrophoresis of a subsample of sheared DNA on a 0.8% SEAKEM GTG agarose gel (FMC Bioproducts, Rockland Me.) in 1×TAE buffer at about 950 V-h. Comparison with a DNA ladder with known size fragments was used to verify the size and quality of the sheared DNA


[0107] Sheared DNA was visualized with low wavelength UV and bands of 1.5 to 2.8 kbs were removed from a preparative 0.8% SEAKEM GTG agarose gel (FMC Bioproducts). The 1.5-2.9 kb fragments were electrophoresced through a preparative 0.8% SEAPLAQUE GTG low melt agarose gel (FMC Bioproducts) in 1×TAE buffer at about 850 V-h. The DNA band was removed from the low melt agarose, placed in an microcentrifuge tube, and the agarose melted at 65 C for 10-15 minutes. After 5 minutes of heating, the melted agarose was diluted with a half volume of double distilled water, and the sample was equilibrated to 42 C. β-AGARASE (New England Biolabs (NEB), Beverly Mass.) and 10xβ-AGARASE (NEB) were added, and the preparation was incubated for 1-3 hours with addition of a half initial volume of β-AGARASE (NEB) after 1 hour and mixing by inversion every half hour. The DNA was extracted once with phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1) followed by extraction with chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24:1) and precipitated by addition of 1-3 μl glycogen, {fraction (1/10)} volume 3M NaOAc, and 2.5 volumes cold 100% ethanol. The sample was stored overnight at −20 C.


[0108] The purified DNA strands were treated with BAL31 (NEB) at 1 U/20 μg DNA in a final volume of 50 μl at 30 C for 10 minutes to prepare blunt ends. Then the DNA was re-extracted as above (phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol followed by chloroform:isoamyl alcohol). The DNA was reprecipitated as above and stored at −20 C until ligation into the vector.


[0109] The PBLUESCRIPT plasmid (Stratagene) was cut with SmaI endonuclease, and the ends of the strands dephosphorylated to prepare the BS.S2 vector. The purified M. catarrhalis DNA (2 μg) was ligated into the BS.S2 vector (1 μg) with T4 DNA ligase (Life Technologies) for 4 hours at 14 C. Following the ligation reaction, the ligated DNA was extracted and precipitated as above. The ligated vector:insert DNA was the size selected (vector+insert=4.4-5.7 kb) and purified by gel electrophoresis and extracted as described above.


[0110] Following gel purification, the ends of the vector:insert DNA were repaired using T4 DNA polymerase (NEB) for 5 minutes at 37 C, re-extracted and precipitated as above, and self-ligated into circles with T4 DNA ligase (Life Technologies). After 10 minutes, the ligation reaction was stopped by heating at 70 C for 10 minutes.


[0111] The circular plasmid was transformed into DH10B competent cells (Life Technologies) by electroporation at 1.8 volts. Transformed cells were selected by growth on X-Gal+isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)+2× carbenicillin (carb) LB agar plates.



Example 3


Isolation of Clones and Sequencing

[0112] Plasmid DNA was released from the cells and purified using the REAL PREP 96 plasmid kit (QIAGEN, Chatsworth Calif.). This kit enabled simultaneous purification of 96 samples in a 96-well block using multi-channel reagent dispensers. The recommended protocol was employed except for the following changes: 1) the bacteria were cultured in 1 ml of sterile TERRIFIC BROTH (BD Biosciences, Sparks Md.) with carb at 25 mg/l and glycerol at 0.4%; 2) after inoculation and incubation for 19 hours, the cells were lysed with 0.3 ml of lysis buffer; and 3) following isopropanol precipitation, the plasmid DNA pellet was resuspended in 0.1 ml of distilled water. After this final step, samples were transferred to a 96-well block for storage at 4 C.


[0113] The DNA inserts were prepared for sequencing using a 96 well HYDRA microdispenser (Robbins Scientific) in combination with DNA ENGINE thermal cyclers (MJ Research). After thermal cycling, the A, C, G, and T reactions with each DNA template were combined. Then, 50 μl 100% ethanol was added, and the solution was spun at 4 C for 30 min at 4500 rpm in a centrifuge (Jouan, Winchester Va.). After the pellet was dried for 15 min under vacuum, the DNA sample was dissolved in 3 μl of formaldehyde/50 mM EDTA and loaded on wells in volumes of 1 μl per well for sequencing. Sequencing used the method of Sanger and Coulson (1975, J. Mol. Biol. 94:441f) and an ABI PRISM 377 sequencing systems (PE Biosystems). After electrophoresis for four hours on 4% acrylamide gels on 36 cm plates at 2.3 kV, approximately 500-650 bps were determined per sequence.



Example 4


Sequence Processing and Contiguous Sequence Assembly

[0114] Sequences were generated from either shotgun sequencing or closure sequencing. Closure sequences were obtained by directed genomic walks or PCR of specific genomic regions. In the latter case, the PCR products were sequenced.


[0115] Sequences were edited in a two-step process. In the first step, vector sequences from both the 5′ and 3′ ends were clipped using the algorithm provided in U.S. Ser. No. 09/276,534 filed Mar. 25, 1999. In the second step, possible contaminating sequence was removed by reading each raw sequence and performing a cross-match search against a contamination database containing known vector sequences and DNA marker sequences. Sequences with cross-match scores of 18 or greater were removed.


[0116] Contigs were assembled using PHRAP (Green, supra) which aligns multiple, overlapping DNA sequences to form a contiguous consensus sequence. Alignments were influenced by quality scores assigned to each base in a sequence. A single sequence cannot belong to more than one contig.


[0117] The 41 contigs presented in Table 1 and the Sequence Listing were assembled from 47385 individual sequences. The contigs represent approximately 13.3× coverage or 100.7% of the M. catarrhalis genome.



Example 5


Gene Finding

[0118] ORF identification was carried out through combination of BLAST (Karlin, supra) and FASTA searches. These serial searches compared the consensus sequences of the assembled contigs, presented in Table 1, against sequences in public-domain databases. The searches identified similarity matches, or “hits”, that indicated an ORF within the sequence.


[0119] The consensus sequences of the contigs were analyzed against the GenBank peptide (GenPept) database. The ORF identification process assigned ORFs to loci on a contig. If a match was found at a P-value less than or equal to 1e-6, the corresponding locus on the contig was designated as an ORF. This portion of the contig was masked by Ns, and the consensus sequence underwent a second BLASTX or FASTX search against the GenPept database. Again, the match with the lowest P-value (less than or equal to 1e-6) was used to identify a second ORF. The corresponding sequences were masked, and the process continued until all BLASTX and FASTX matches with P-values less than or equal to le-6 had been identified for a given contig. Then, the contigs were run through GeneMark, an algorithm for identifying putative ORFs. The GeneMark algorithm is described and developed in the following references: Borodovsky and McIninch (1993) Computers & Chemistry 17:123; Blattner et al. (1993) Nucl Acid Res 21:5408; and Borodovsky et al. (1994) Trends Biochem Sci 19:309. After all possible homology and algorithm-based ORFs were identified, a process called ORF selection was applied. In this process GeneMark ORFs that overlapped homology-based ORFs were rejected, and homology-based ORFs were retained. GeneMark ORFs that did not overlap homology-based ORFs and those that overlapped other GeneMark ORFs were retained. Finally, all ORFs were annotated by performing BLAST2 comparisons against GenPept and taking annotation from the best hit with P-value less than or equal to 1e-6.


[0120] Contigs with high probability for ORFs, but no identified ORFs, were identified as “orphan” contigs (Table 1). Unannotated regions of contigs exceeding 500 bases in length were identified as “Long-Unannotated Regions” (LURs) and contain novel ORFs. The designations, orphan and LUR, were based on comparative analyses of the lengths of ORFs and unannotated regions.


[0121] A total of 1258 ORFs were identified by homology searches of the GenPept database with an additional 253 ORFs identified using the GeneMark algorithm.



Example 6


Gene Clustering

[0122] In the final step of analysis, a gene clustering protocol is used to determine related ORFs within and across genomes. Gene clustering is carried out through BLAST2 pairwise comparisons of each ORF in the PATHOSEQ database (Incyte Genomics, Palo Alto Calif.) against every other ORF in the database. If two ORFs matched each other at a P-value less than or equal to 1e-15, they were placed in the same cluster. If a third ORF matched either of the first two ORFs at a P-value of less than or equal to 1e-15, the third ORF joined the cluster. Thus, clusters were formed so that any ORF in a cluster must match at least one other ORF in the cluster at less than or equal to the threshold P-value of 1e-15. The representative ORF for a cluster is the one with the best matched annotation.



Example 7


Ordering of Contiguous Sequences

[0123] The ordering of contigs has been accomplished through three types of analyses: 1) 5′/3′ sequence pair information, 2) annotation information, and 3) BLAST2 analysis of the ends of contigs. Contig ordering based on 5′/3′ sequence pairs was done by identifying all 5′/3′ sequence pairs (5′ and 3′ sequences with the same Sequence ID) that were not in the same contig, but span a gap between two contigs with the estimated distance between them of about 1.5-3.0 kb (the insert size of the library). Annotation information was used to determine contig order in two ways, either by identifying genes spanning contig gaps or by comparison with genes at the ends of contigs in related organisms with similar gene order.


[0124] Genes spanning gaps were identified by observing the N-terminal portion of an ORF at the end of one contig and the C-terminal portion of an ORF at the end of another contig. Two partial ORFs are considered to be portions of the same ORF when they meet this criteria and annotate to the same top five GenPept database entries. Comparison of two related organisms with similar gene order is used to predict contig ordering when one organism contains continuous gene order information over a region that spans a gap in the second organism. BLAST analysis of the ends of contigs was used to identify those contigs which overlapped, but failed to join because the sequence overlap did not meet the length or quality score required by PHRAP (Green, supra). Table 2 shows the ordering of the M. catarrhalis contigs as supported by one or more of these analyses.



Example 8


Extension of Partial ORFs to Full Length

[0125] Using the DNA sequences disclosed herein, an ORF is extended using a modified XL-PCR (PE Biosystems) procedure. Oligonucleotide primers, one to initiate 5′ extension and the other to initiate 3′ extension were designed using the nucleotide sequence of the known fragment and OLIGO 4.06 software (National Biosciences). The initial primers were about 22 to 30 nucleotides in length, had a GC content of about 42%, and annealed to the target sequence at temperatures of about 55 C to about 68 C. Any fragment which would result in hairpin structures and primer-primer dimerizations was avoided. The genomic DNA library was used to extend the molecule. If more than one extension was needed, additional or nested sets of primers were designed.


[0126] High fidelity amplification was obtained by performing PCR in 96-well plates using the DNA ENGINE thermal cycler (MJ Research). The reaction mix contained 2+DNA template, 200 mol of each primer, reaction buffer containing Mg, (NH4)2SO4, and β-mercaptoethanol, Taq DNA polymerase (APB), ELONGASE enzyme (Life Technologies), and Pfu DNA polymerase (Stratagene), with the following parameters for primer pair selected from the plasmid: Step 1: 94 C, 3 min; Step 2: 94 C, 15 sec; Step 3: 60 C, 1 min; Step 4: 68 C, 2 min; Step 5: Steps 2, 3, and 4 repeated 20 times; Step 6: 68 C, 5 min; Step 7: storage at 4 C. In the alternative, parameters for the primer pair, T7 and SK+ (Stratagene), were as follows: Step 1: 94 C, 3 min; Step 2: 94 C, 15 sec; Step 3: 57 C, 1 min; Step 4: 68 C, 2 min; Step 5: Steps 2, 3, and 4 repeated 20 times; Step 6: 68 C, 5 min; Step 7: storage at 4 C.


[0127] The concentration of DNA in each well was determined by dispensing 100 μl PICOGREEN quantitation reagent (0.25% v/v; Molecular Probes) dissolved in 1×TE and 0.5 μl of undiluted PCR product into each well of an opaque fluorimeter plate (Corning Costar, Acton Mass.) and allowing the DNA to bind to the reagent. The plate was scanned in a Fluoroskan II (Labsystems Oy, Helsinki, Finland) to measure the fluorescence of the sample and to quantify the concentration of DNA. A 5 μl to 10 μl aliquot of the reaction mixture was analyzed by electrophoresis on a 1% agarose mini-gel to determine which reactions were successful in producing longer sequence.


[0128] The extended sequences were desalted, concentrated, transferred to 384-well plates, digested with CviJI cholera virus endonuclease (Molecular Biology Research, Madison Wis.), and sonicated or sheared prior to religation into pUC18 vector (APB). For shotgun sequencing, the digested fragments were separated on about 0.6-0.8% agarose gels, fragments were excised as visualized under UV light, and agarose removed/digested with AGARACE enzyme (promega). Extended fragments were religated using T4 DNA ligase (NEB) into pUC18 vector (APB), treated with Pfu DNA polymerase (Stratagene) to fill-in restriction site overhangs, and transformed into competent E. coli cells. Transformed cells were selected on antibiotic-containing media, and individual colonies were picked and cultured overnight at 37 C in 384-well plates in LB/2×carb liquid media.


[0129] The cells were lysed, and DNA was amplified using Taq DNA polymerase (APB) and Pfu DNA polymerase (Stratagene) with the following parameters: Step 1: 94 C, 3 min; Step 2: 94 C, 15 sec; Step 3: 60 C, 1 min; Step 4: 72 C, 2 min; Step 5: steps 2, 3, and 4 repeated 29 times; Step 6: 72 C, 5 min; Step 7: storage at 4 C. DNA was quantified by PICOGREEN reagent (Molecular Probes) as described above. Samples with low DNA recoveries were reamplified using the conditions described above. Samples were diluted with 20% dimethysulphoxide (1:2, v/v), and sequenced using DYENAMIC energy transfer sequencing primers and the DYENAMIC DIRECT kit (APB) or the ABI PRISM BIGDYE terminator kit (PE Biosystems).



Example 9


Labeling of Probes and Hybridization Analyses

[0130] Substrate Preparation


[0131] Nucleic acids are isolated from a biological source and applied to a substrate for standard hybridization protocols by one of the following methods. A mixture of nucleic acids, a restriction digest of genomic DNA, is fractionated by electrophoresis through an 0.7% agarose gel in 1×TAE running buffer and transferred to a nylon membrane by capillary transfer using 20× saline sodium citrate (SSC). Alternatively, the nucleic acids are individually ligated to a vector and inserted into bacterial host cells to form a library. Nucleic acids are arranged on a substrate by one of the following methods. In the first method, bacterial cells containing individual clones are robotically picked and arranged on a nylon membrane. The membrane is placed on bacterial growth medium. LB agar containing carb, and incubated at 37 C for 16 hours. Bacterial colonies are denatured, neutralized, and digested with proteinase K. Nylon membranes are exposed to UV irradiation in a STRATALINKER UV-crosslinker (Stratagene) to cross-link DNA to the membrane.


[0132] In the second method, nucleic acids are amplified from bacterial vectors by thirty cycles of PCR using primers complementary to vector sequences flanking the insert. Amplified nucleic acids are purified using SEPHACRYL-400 beads (APB). Purified nucleic acids are robotically arrayed onto a glass microscope slide (Corning Science Products, Corning N.Y.). The slide is previously coated with 0.05% aminopropyl silane (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis Mo.) and cured at 110 C. The arrayed glass slide (microarray) is exposed to UV irradiation in a STRATALINKER UV-crosslinker (Stratagene).


[0133] Probe Preparation


[0134] DNA probes are made from mRNA templates. Five micrograms of mRNA is mixed with 1 μg random primer (Life Technologies), incubated at 70 C for 10 minutes, and lyophilized. The lyophilized sample is resuspended in 50 μl of 1× first strand buffer (cDNA Synthesis systems; Life Technologies) containing a dNTP mix, [α-32P]dCTP, dithiothreitol, and MMLV reverse transcriptase (Stratagene), and incubated at 42 C for 1-2 hours. After incubation, the probe is diluted with 42 μl dH2O, heated to 95 C for 3 minutes, and cooled on ice. mRNA in the probe is removed by alkaline degradation. The probe is neutralized, and degraded mRNA and unincorporated nucleotides are removed using a PROBEQUANT G-50 column (APB). Probes are labeled with fluorescent markers, Cy3-dCTP or Cy5-dCTP (APB), in place of the radionucleotide, [32P]dCTP.


[0135] Hybridization


[0136] Hybridization is carried out at 65 C in a hybridization buffer containing 0.5 M sodium phosphate (PH 7.2), 7% SDS, and 1 mM EDTA After the substrate is incubated in hybridization buffer at 65 C for at least 2 hours, the buffer is replaced with 10 ml of fresh buffer containing the probes. After incubation at 65 C for 18 hours, the hybridization buffer is removed, and the substrate is washed sequentially under increasingly stringent conditions, up to 40 mM sodium phosphate, 1% SDS, 1 mM EDTA at 65 C. To detect sighal produced by a radiolabeled probe hybridized on a membrane, the substrate is exposed to a PHOSPHORIMAGER cassette (APB), and the image is analyzed using IMAGEQUANT data analysis software (APB). To detect signals produced by a fluorescent probe hybridized on a microarray, the substrate is examined by confocal laser microscopy, and images are collected and analyzed using GEMTOOLS gene expression analysis software (Incyte Genomics).



Example 10


Complementary Nucleic Acid Molecules

[0137] Molecules complementary to the nucleic acid molecule, or a fragment thereof, are used to detect, decrease, or inhibit gene expression. Although use of oligonucleotides comprising from about 15 to about 30 base pairs is described, the same procedure is used with larger or smaller fragments or derivatives such as peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). Oligonucleotides are designed using OLIGO 4.06 software (National Biosciences) and a nucleic acid molecule of the Sequence Listing or fragment thereof. To inhibit transcription by preventing promoter binding, a complementary oligonucleotide is designed to bind to sequence 5′ of the ORF, most preferably about 10 nucleotides before the initiation codon of the ORF. To inhibit translation, a complementary oligonucleotide is designed to prevent ribosomal binding to the mRNA encoding the M. catarrhalis protein.



Example 11


Expression of an M. catarrhalis Protein

[0138] An M. catarrhalis nucleic acid molecule is subcloned into a vector containing an antibiotic resistance gene and the inducible T5 or T7 bacteriophage promoter in conjunction with the lac operator regulatory element. Recombinant vectors are transformed into BL21(DE3) competent cells (Stratagene). Antibiotic resistant bacteria express the bacterial protein upon induction with IPTG.


[0139] The protein is synthesized as a fusion protein with FLAG which permits affinity-based purification of the recombinant fusion protein from crude cell lysates. Kits for immunoaffinity purification using monoclonal and polyclonal anti-FLAG antibodies (Eastman Kodak, Rochester N.Y.) are commercially available. Following purification the heterogeneous moiety is proteolytically cleaved from the bacterial protein at specifically engineered sites. Purified protein is used directly in the production of antibodies or in activity assays.



Example 12


Production of M. catarrhalis Protein Specific Antibodies

[0140] An M. catarrhalis produced as described above or an oligopeptide designed and synthesized using an ABI 431 A peptide synthesizer (pE Biosystems) is used to produce an antibody. Animals are immunized with the protein or an oliopeptide-KLH complex in complete Freund's adjuvant. Immunizations are repeated at intervals thereafter in incomplete Freund's adjuvant. After a minimum of seven weeks for mouse or twelve weeks for rabbit, antisera are drawn and tested for antipeptide activity. Testing involves binding the peptide to plastic, blocking with 1% bovine serum albumin, reacting with rabbit antisera, washing, and reacting with radio-iodinated goat anti-rabbit IgG. Methods and machinery well known in the art are used to determine antibody titer and the amount of complex formation.



Example 13


Screening or Purifying Molecules Using Specific Binding

[0141] The nucleic acid molecule, or fragments thereof, or the protein, or portions thereof, are labeled with 32P-dCTP, Cy3-dCTP, Cy5-dCTP (APB), or BIODIPY or FITC (Molecular Probes), respectively. Libraries of candidate molecules previously arranged on a substrate are incubated in the presence of labeled nucleic acid molecule or protein. After incubation under conditions for either a nucleic acid or amino acid sequence, the substrate is washed, and any position on the substrate retaining label, which indicates specific binding or complex formation, is assayed, and the binding molecule is identified. Data obtained using different concentrations of the nucleic acid or protein are used to calculate affinity between the labeled nucleic acid or protein and the bound molecule.



Example 14


Identification of M. catarrhalis Genes Induced During Infection

[0142] In vivo expression technology (IVET) is used with the sequences, or ORFs, to identify M. catarrhalis genes specifically induced during infection or under pathogenic conditions (Mahan et al. (1993) Science 259:686). A library of random genomic fragments of M. catarrhalis is made and ligated to a gene for a selectable marker required for survival in the host animal. Only those M. catarrhalis cells harboring a fusion sequence containing an active promoter will survive passage through the host. Fusion bearing promoters with constitutive activity are identified and discarded by examining reporter activity on laboratory medium passaged M. catarrhalis bacteria. By harvesting M. catarrhalis cells from infection sites in the host and subtraction of the identified constitutively activated genes, a list of genes turned on during infection or under pathogenic conditions are compiled.


[0143] Host induced M. catarrhalis genes are identified using the M. catarrhalis sequences and ORFs disclosed herein and the method of differential fluorescence induction described by Valdivia and Falkow, (1996; Mol Microbiol 22:367).



Example 15


Identification of M. catarrhalis Genes Required for Survival in Host

[0144] Using the M. catarrhalis genomic sequences and ORFs, genes required for survival in a host is determined using the signature-tagged transposon method described by Hensel et al. (1995; Science 269:400). A library of M. catarrhalis mutants is marked with a unique oligonucleotide sequence for each disrupted gene. After passage of the library though an infected animal or other selective environment, putative survival genes are identified by absence of the mutant from the passaged library.


[0145] Various modifications of the described method and system of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described as specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention as claimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments. Indeed, various modifications of the above-described modes for carrying out the invention which are obvious to those skilled in the field of molecular biology or related fields are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.
1TABLE 1ContigSizeStartEndLocus IDIdentifierP-valueDescription14294264MCA101123g26348655.00E−18methylenetetrahydrofolatedehydrogenase5425840304257MCA100094g1454094.00E−17bacterioferritin5425812642612MCA100203g3402236e−127L-serine dehydratase5425835233978MCA100205g16735792.00E−51bacterioferritin542582343MCA101132g10015123.00E−24methylenetetrahydrofolatedehydrogenase65009411448MCA100317g1519052e−134succinyl CoA: 3-oxoacidCoA transferaseprecursor6500917774587MCA100318g15741470transferrin-bindingprotein, putative6500947295007MCA101039g17866256.00E−13putativeoxidoreductase7670329603466MCA100395g38611506.00E−23probable 50S ribosomalprotein L25 (rply)767039652437MCA100550g2465556e−155OpuE7670336874250MCA100554g15733666.00E−44peptidyl-tRNAhydrolase (pth)7670344915846MCA100555g1220106e−120hemN76703351563MCA101455g27317601.00E−1330S subunit ribosomalprotein S218742424233103MCA100638g2861764.00E−33negative regulator ofpyocin genes8742450816058MCA101449g487733.00E−97methyltransferase8742432184327MCA1016108742443205060MCA1016128742465046665MCA1019828742466626928MCA1019838742469257320MCA101984g17422191.00E−08ExodeoxyribonucleaseVIII (EC 3.1.11.—)(Exo VIII).9107094651976MCA100745g347071e−1414-hydroxybutyratecoenzyme A transferase91070923063046MCA100746g30638855.00E−30putative acyl-coAdehydrogenase91070941925478MCA100748g19232414.00E−69site-specificrecombinase91070959837809MCA100749g2169130principal sigmafactor, rpoDA91070982888701MCA10075091070986989393MCA100751g15747563.00E−12conserved hypotheticaltransmembrane protein9107093200MCA101334g1542763.00E−22peptide chain releasefactor 2910709986610330MCA101713g30255102.00E−33putativetransglycosylase10199881280012973MCA100043g22810301.00E−22ZfiA protein10199881306613413MCA10004410199889662060MCA100336g4062697e−121Hypothetical proteinin purB 5′region (orf-15)101998821413409MCA100338g26337424.00E−18similar tohypothetical proteinsfrom B. subtilis10199881574416295MCA100456g18055603.00E−36phosphoribosylglycinamideformyltransferase(EC 2.1.2.2)10199881633117356MCA100457g1788845e−130phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase = AIRsynthetase10199881768518677MCA100458g38611712.00E−27putative permeasehomolog (perM)10199881892119685MCA100459g32122152.00E−11conserved hypotheticalprotein101998855328192MCA100516g18000830Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase(EC 6.1.1.7)1019988882110335MCA100518g26326683.00E−69similar to di-tripeptide ABCtransporter101998835174892MCA100711g1573637e−171adenylosuccinate lyase(purB)10199881130312571MCA100888g2983613e−106aspartokinase10199881367313906MCA101216g15739764.00E−31ribosomal protein L28(rpL28)10199881394914101MCA101228g17900677.00E−1850S ribosomal subunitprotein L3310199881420114950MCA101234g33427981.00E−29glutaminecyclotransferaseprecursor101998883308503MCA1014811019988334801MCA101636g17891039.00E−38orf, hypotheticalprotein111433546185967MCA100986g1572963e−155conserved hypotheticalprotein111433578818108MCA100989111433580898514MCA100990111433585049154MCA100991g4553322.00E−07pilus expressionprotein1114335928110588MCA100992g4595511.00E−73fimbrial assemblyprotein11143351085611347MCA100993g15731663.00E−44shikimic acid kinase I(aroK)11143351142212447MCA100994g26614416.00E−883-dehydroquinatesynthetase11143351253813482MCA10099511143351350314108MCA100996g29504115.00E−26hypothetical proteinRv3588c111433511102087MCA101460g4235484e−142malate dehydrogenase111433523833599MCA101547g17908532.00E−25soluble lytic mureintransglycosylase111433572927798MCA101551g4553304.00E−15membrane protein11143351416714335MCA101992122141015647MCA100476g24620489.00E−50monofunctionalpeptidoglycantransglycosylase12214109933011MCA100477g24620470polyphosphate kinase122141030513521MCA100478g15732431.00E−34conserved hypotheticalprotein122141036414690MCA100479g1573154e−142chorismate synthase(aroC)122141055496016MCA100481g17868486.00E−38protein of lipoatebiosynthesis122141064217621MCA100938g17871629.00E−88nicotinatephosphoribosyltransferase122141082979625MCA100940g1573601e−123conserved hypotheticalprotein1221410975910676MCA100941g1492443.00E−59Lys R member12214101095612413MCA100942g44569965.00E−90permease for AmpCbeta-lactamaseexpression AmpG12214101257913343MCA100943g16516023.00E−41Protoporphyrinogenoxidase (EC 1.3.3.4)hemK12214101340614134MCA100944g17870481.00E−40molybdopterinbiosynthesis12214101438315528MCA100945g32617242.00E−42hypothetical proteinRv0647c12214101788518445MCA100947g413369.00E−49enterohemolysin 1122141048705397MCA101603g15730792.00E−71inorganicpyrophosphatase (ppa)13319402988330041MCA100005g32828002.00E−0950S ribosomal proteinL3213319401794818358MCA100019g428332.00E−46ribosomal protein L16(rplP) (aa 1-136)13319402020820510MCA100105g17897033.00E−2930S ribosomal subunitprotein S1413319402249322663MCA100139g4983621.00E−16ribosomal protein L3013319402267523106MCA100140g15738078.00E−37ribosomal protein L15(rpL15)13319402318224408MCA100141g606234e−111secY13319401893619301MCA100153g6062441.00E−5350S ribosomal subunitprotein L1413319401932519627MCA100154g15737993.00E−24ribosomal protein L24(rpL24)13319401966020193MCA100155g15738002.00E−71ribosomal protein L5(rpL5)13319402052820923MCA100157g15738021.00E−41ribosomal protein S8(rpS8)13319402107721607MCA100158g7106207.00E−58ribosomal protein L613319402162821969MCA100159g15738041.00E−32ribosomal protein L18(rpL18)13319402197522469MCA100160g429868.00E−54S5 (rpSE) (aa 1-167)13319401417614808MCA100248g15737874.00E−78ribosomal protein L3(rpL3)13319401485315425MCA100249g10371073.00E−70L413319401543715724MCA100250g5106887.00E−17ribosomal protein L2313319401576516586MCA100251g48648e−121ribosomal protein L2(AA 1-274)13319401660516877MCA100252g18413261.00E−37ribosomal protein S1913319401689017216MCA100253g428311.00E−35ribosomal protein L22(rplV) (aa 1-110)13319401722217926MCA100254g428322.00E−78ribosomal protein S3(rpsC) (aa 1-233)13319401178013402MCA100255g48826e−113orfF13319401099711554MCA100256g6061881.00E−24ORF_f217; orfE ofECMRED, uses 2nd start13319401038110659MCA100257g25891941.00E−08Glu-tRNAGlnamidotransferasesubunit C1331940880910284MCA100258g12240690amidase133194078138754MCA100259g14033650BRO-2133194039254569MCA100414g34936035.00E−26outer membrane proteinhomolog13319402469125044MCA100423g5812176.00E−46ribosomal protein S13(aa 1-118)13319402506825457MCA100424g40985757.00E−48ribosomal protein S1113319402547326111MCA100425g427984.00E−72ribosomal protein S4(aa 1-206)13319402614227107MCA100426g2896137e−112DNA-directed RNApolymerase alpha chain13319402716227518MCA100427g28961383.00E−52ribosomal largesubunit protein L1713319402910029645MCA10043013319401836118540MCA100557g18413309.00E−09ribosomal protein L29133194075707746MCA100583g25891962.00E−15Glu-tRNAGlnamidotransferasesubunit B133194063077563MCA100584g12240710unknown133194026063502MCA100588g3049683.00E−45ORF_f31013319403036531270MCA100612g32828032.00E−64malonyl CoA-acylcarrier proteintransacylase13319401282MCA101350g16515782.00E−26Cell divisioninhibitor MinD.1331940488748MCA101742g16515791.00E−14Cell divisioninhibitor MinC.13319401857318818MCA101811g6062459.00E−2330S ribosomal subunitprotein S1713319403129131908MCA101812g11738414.00E−623-ketoacyl-ACPreductase13319402761728207MCA101856g17420752.00E−29ORF_ID: o253#4; similarto [P45847]13319402827228676MCA101857g17886667.00E−34putative transportingATPase13319401380914117MCA101858g15737864.00E−45ribosomal protein S10(rpS10)133194052195743MCA101999g22319962.00E−06cytochrome c514196191169013288MCA100149g10014072.00E−80iron utilizationprotein14196191858719294MCA100717g23142204.00E−26phosphatidylserinesynthase (pssA)14196191751718404MCA100718g15734175.00E−39orfJ protein14196191611216555MCA100720g15738169.00E−36H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI078714196191460115785MCA100721g4210610e−110DapE14196191356114508MCA100722g16519168.00E−78iron transport protein14196197591838MCA100895g15746935.00E−72UDP-N-acetylglucosamine141961921572699MCA100896g26327213.00E−18similar toacetyltransferase141961928944285MCA100897g42056e−148(UDP-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase)141961943845265MCA100898g15746964.00E−78D-alanine--D-alanineligase (ddlB)141961956545914MCA100899g26220379.00E−11unknown141961959946857MCA100900g20987483.00E−49oxidative stresstranscriptionalregulator; OxyR141961970877644MCA100901g10647822.00E−63alkyl hydroperoxidereductase141961984079966MCA100903g1786823e−135alkyl hydroperoxidereductase, F52asubunit14196191036510556MCA100904g17999275.00E−17similar to [P37096]14196191080111643MCA100905g45143462.00E−67MsmX14196196629MCA101403g8824763.00E−57glutathione synthetase15286261022310792MCA10000315286262740828103MCA100097g4034363.00E−27repressor protein15286262428824542MCA100178g10016634.00E−16rare lipoprotein A15286261682217763MCA100385g453969e−103coproporphyrinogenoxidase15286261779018383MCA100386g15731722.00E−52GTP cyclohydrolase II(ribA)15286261235913507MCA100396g16847342.00E−44ORF396 protein15286261091012217MCA100397g1460202.00E−78folypolyglutamatesynthetase-dihydrofolatesynthetase152862612972204MCA100824g17863197.00E−91putative ATP-bindingcomponent of atransport system152862623193065MCA100825g17863209.00E−75orf, hypotheticalprotein152862631763997MCA100826g8826892.00E−48ORF_o282152862661516777MCA100828g1417976.00E−51phosphoribosylanthranilate isomerase152862669278117MCA100829g141798e−172tryptophan synthasebeta-subunit152862681638981MCA100830g1442886.00E−51tryptophan synthase Aprotein (EC 4.2.1.20)15286267661017MCA100987g28655282.00E−10mono-heme c-typecytochrome ScyA1528626925010096MCA101005g17886552.00E−78acetylCoA carboxylase,carboxytransferasebeta subunit15286261389014987MCA10104215286261527715660MCA10104615286261566715975MCA101766152862640675800MCA101839g15737330prolyl-tRNA synthetase(proS)15286261880920821MCA101840g1574278e−1661-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase (E.coli)15286262098121787MCA101843g15739584.00E−56extragenic suppressor(suhB)15286262278723935MCA101845g16574822.00E−13hypothetical protein15286262825728442MCA101846g4034372.00E−11putative16224072103522123MCA100084g1573365e−141conserved hypotheticalGTP-binding protein162240739044449MCA100337g30911467.00E−25iron-starvationprotein PigA16224071953220179MCA100398g34022504.00E−25putativetranscriptionalregulator16224071842719210MCA100399g10796621.00E−54catabolite repressioncontrol protein16224071634618019MCA100400g26498044.00E−70L-lactate permease(lctP)1622407152415MCA10110316224074711757MCA101104g507736e−167PurA162240722862729MCA101106g29094632.00E−08hypothetical proteinRv0274162240727472950MCA101107162240729403770MCA101108g32617569.00E−14hypothetical proteinRv0939162240749235546MCA101110g15745425.00E−78endonuclease III (nth)162240757476997MCA101111g17871882.00E−62putative ATP-dependentprotease162240783068893MCA101113g5812472.00E−32gidB protein162240789499728MCA101114g457132.00E−49unnamed proteinproduct1622407974410025MCA10111516224071033511093MCA101116g457144.00E−59unnamed proteinproduct16224071119012152MCA101117g15730073.00E−49conserved hypotheticalprotein16224071233213051MCA101118g16514441.00E−533-deoxy-manno-octulosonatecytidylyltransferase16224071308713668MCA10111916224071370714210MCA101120g9727783.00E−23homology to deltasubunit of DNApolymerase III16224071490516044MCA101122g1381737e−170lactate dehydrogenase17232101801420569MCA100120g27725860high molecular weightouter membrane protein17232105051527MCA101311g3170587e−105glyceraldehyde-3-phosphatedehydrogenase homolog172321023533555MCA101313g1573894e−102GTP-binding protein(yhbZ)172321039194956MCA101314g409791e−104uroporphyrinogendecarboxylase172321060007055MCA101316g41549333.00E−71Protease DO172321078238527MCA101318g15733241.00E−40ABC transporter,permease protein172321086929441MCA101319g14314162.00E−12ORF YDL244w1723210957210231MCA101320g22932961.00E−34putative transporter17232101148312235MCA10132317232101310814196MCA101325g47094e−1073-phosphoserineaminotransferase (AA1-362)17232101430915082MCA101326g15527825.00E−42hypothetical protein17232101593217658MCA101328g452382e−1502-isopropylmalatesynthase172321071437448MCA101647g16524396.00E−08hypothetical protein17232101524615692MCA101649g22179442.00E−26Lrp-familytranscriptionalregulators17232101045210742MCA101666g10016631.00E−23rare lipoprotein A17232102072021990MCA101696g5372077.00E−40ORF_f27717232102238022529MCA101725g9960861.00E−09ORFY; non-essentialfor pilus assembly17232102298523149MCA10184717232101226513008MCA10196318340012302023238MCA10008918340012444524774MCA10009318340012713528022MCA100416g18906554.00E−90UDP-3-O-acyl-GlcNAcdeacetylase18340012922529902MCA10041818340013113031741MCA100421g7464007.00E−53regulatory protein18340011519315909MCA100448g4965982.00E−69ORF11834001184930MCA100873g12090543.00E−87EtfS18340019721898MCA100874g12090556.00E−90EtfL183400143185247MCA100877g309885e−100‘aspartatetranscarbamoylase’183400154216119MCA100878g17868642.00E−43orf, hypotheticalprotein183400163597432MCA100879g3098863.00E−73dihydroorotase-like183400174888273MCA100880g21139319.00E−18citE18340012334123862MCA10124818340012626826834MCA101720g4336701.00E−70elongation factor P183400121662930MCA101753g16534411.00E−20rRNA methylase183400130464006MCA101756g9018692.00E−78fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatephosphatase1834001931410354MCA101758g17886602.00E−42erythronate-4-phosphate dehyrogenase18340011050711499MCA101759g29833263.00E−28hypothetical protein18340011173012191MCA101764g17865862.00E−29orf, hypotheticalprotein18340012512526090MCA101767g17905897.00E−77orf, hypotheticalprotein18340011224913307MCA101768g16216017.00E−67PurK18340011343513911MCA101769g15744611.00E−53phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase183400182829238MCA101775g415527.00E−58genX18340012166922925MCA10178018340012395724285MCA101781g26497316.00E−23conserved hypotheticalprotein18340013186233821MCA101782g7464010ATP-binding protein18340013066730945MCA101796g17503882.00E−19orf218340011593716377MCA101803g23146562.00E−16conserved hypotheticalintegral membraneprotein18340011652318349MCA101806g28961333.00E−24outer membraneesterase18340011866219597MCA101808g2294845e−103biotin synthase18340012030520988MCA101813g34174151.00E−44phosphoserinephosphatase19337783297033659MCA100015g24599642.00E−36HisX19337782037821868MCA100026g608530e−106L-aspartate oxidase19337781583416912MCA100127g968930e−132peptide chain releasefactor 119337781720518047MCA100128g14987539.00E−76nicotinate-nucleotidepyrophosphorylase19337781934920326MCA100320g1651337e−116Quinolinate synthetaseA.19337781030511824MCA100473g23139491.00E−98osmoprotection protein(proWX)19337781273214177MCA100475g1789015e−165succinate-semialdehydedehydrogenase, NADP−dependent193377820582579MCA100756193377840594889MCA10075819337783122032257MCA100768g26958254.00E−58corA19337782937031016MCA100769g1573928e−119glutathione-regulatedpotassium effluxsystem protein19337782781429127MCA100770g15732943.00E−98conserved hypotheticalprotein19337782515127505MCA100771g29593350Lon-protease19337782448125038MCA100772g17545274.00E−16intracellularseptation A19337782333223889MCA100774g39162542.00E−25ExbB19337782389224287MCA100946g39162551.00E−23ExbD193377891069774MCA101121g9278002.00E−20Ydr533cp; CAI: 0.2419337782191652MCA101802193377834873846MCA101805193377846514911MCA101974193377863346705MCA101975193377828113494MCA10197719337782234223226MCA10200621169157555MCA100759g26336702.00E−17yzzE; similar togeneral stress protein211697951166MCA101009g39299045.00E−18fumarate hydratase B,beta subunit20310638481366MCA100998g3963212.00E−57nusG203106314761898MCA100999g23673347.00E−5150S ribosomal subunitprotein L11203106319072581MCA101000g472572.00E−62L1 protein (AA 1-234)203106329203411MCA101001g15736389.00E−63ribosomal protein L10(rpL10)203106334813852MCA101002g15736397.00E−25ribosomal proteinL7/L12 (rpL7/L12)203106342758360MCA101003g457290beta-subunit of RNApolymerase2031063844612564MCA101004g23673350RNA polymerase, betaprime subunit20310631290514122MCA101239g1573443e−146D-3-phosphoglyceratedehydrogenase (serA)20310631432115688MCA101240g1573119e−171glutathione reductase(gor)20310631609516997MCA101241g40626716.00E−73Hypothetical proteinHI095920310631724219314MCA101242g15745196.00E−81tail specific protease(prc)20310632017720935MCA101244g15739224.00E−28conserved hypotheticalprotein20310632198822695MCA101246g23140025.00E−13H. pylori predictedcoding region HP086220310632313823536MCA101247g18885647.00E−36ORFX20310632409324545MCA101249g45452476.00E−53invasion proteinhomolog20310632472626248MCA101250g26339665.00E−49chromosome segregationSMC protein homolog20310632859129325MCA101251g2960304.00E−97ribosomal protein S220310632946030314MCA101252g15527474.00E−61elongation factor EF-Ts20310633048231063MCA101253g10796612.00E−47orotate phosphoribosyltransferase20310632653128321MCA101493g12370154.00E−44ORF42031063350823MCA10188020310632104021933MCA101950g29831995.00E−07biotin [acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] ligase21390033016531499MCA100007g1772845e−130NAD (P) H-dependentglutamatedehydrogenase21390032882929935MCA100118g1786552e−134glutathione-dependentformaldehydedehydrogenase21390032525526679MCA100217g17879994.00E−77orf, hypotheticalprotein21390032708227942MCA10021821390032799228813MCA100219g4058781.00E−86probable esterase21390032022520965MCA100226g32201853.00E−31pteridine reductase21390031902720070MCA100227g8825787.00E−55CG Site No. 93321390032127722656MCA100347g1736694e−126Proline transportprotein21390032402524876MCA100349g25709061.00E−64stearoyl-CoAdesaturase21390033586438086MCA100561g1763284e−163penicillin-bindingprotein 1A21390033349035418MCA100562g8629020high temperatureprotein G213900380419210MCA101029g18062391.00E−35lipD21390031666418907MCA101134g17888060putative multimodularenzyme21390031533816315MCA101135g1009431e−106porphobilinogensynthase21390031342514354MCA101137g42903e−119ruvB gene product (AA1-336)21390031202813293MCA101138g2909447e−147fadA221390031033011691MCA101140g30638838.00E−92putative 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier protein]reductase2139003937710174MCA101141g29094453.00E−35hypothetical proteinRv0241c213900373847893MCA101143g30463264.00E−55hypoxanthinephosphoribosyltransferase213900348776769MCA101145g2885320dihydroxy acid213900328064254MCA101147g20780665.00E−97betP213900314612414MCA101149g10015193.00E−23hypothetical protein21390035591209MCA1012012139003116433MCA101854g22261162.00E−16hypothetical protein21390033828138810MCA101855g9729763.00E−201-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphateacyltransferase213900369017305MCA10186321390031470115213MCA10186422456133327534222MCA100119g17864053.00E−57transcriptionalregulator for nitritereductase22456133102332033MCA100130g16532411.00E−40hemolysin22456131359014525MCA100133g476229e−150isopropylmalatedehydrogenase22456134043041209MCA100144g17998427.00E−62sulfate/thiosulfatetransport protein cysW22456134133842090MCA100171g17998539.00E−60sulfate transportsystem permeaseprotein cyst.22456134252242968MCA10021022456134299344153MCA100212g15739114.00E−84ATP-dependent RNAhelicase (rhlB)22456134420945369MCA100213g15734412.00E−87oxygen-independentcoproporphyrinogen IIIoxidase22456131085313060MCA100223g10006920LeuA22456135361627MCA100312g17904874.00E−49alanine racemase 1224561316933003MCA100313g145763e−106DnaB replicationprotein (dnaB)224561332664333MCA100314g17862373.00E−66pyridoxinebiosynthesis224561380409071MCA100353g3758880e−153fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase224561390749676MCA100354g15732804.00E−29Holliday junction DNAhelicase (ruvA)22456131029210609MCA100356g18507966.00E−19CynR protein22456133026130536MCA100450g15732063.00E−17conserved hypotheticalprotein22456132826730132MCA100451g3983168e−141SecD22456132716328047MCA100452g15732044.00E−55protein-exportmembrane protein(secF)22456132620026925MCA100453g15187824.00E−38penicillin-bindingprotein 522456133960940322MCA100541g17998412.00E−67sulfate/thiosulfatetransport protein cysA22456133814339546MCA100542g1881700e−143RadA22456133606037833MCA100543g16805330phospho enol pyruvatecarboxykinase22456133486235839MCA100544g22261454.00E−30hypothetical protein22456131539616193MCA100678g15729872.00E−90exodeoxyribonucleaseIII (xthA)22456131654818068MCA100679g13594730lysyl-tRNA-synthase22456131809719173MCA100680g1574159e−104DNA polymerase III,subunits gamma and tau(dnaX)22456132077621252MCA100682g9249938.00E−19transcriptionalregulator LtrA22456132181622710MCA100684g17869843.00E−32putativetranscriptionalregulator LYSR-type22456132285523910MCA100685g21082201.00E−88hemolysin22456132427225591MCA100686g22092683.00E−69Na+/H+ antiporter224561353476123MCA100727g15735371.00E−51diadenosine-tetraphosphatase(apaH)224561344785278MCA100787g17862367.00E−62S-adenosylmethionine-6-N′,N′-adenosyldimethyltransferase224561362677456MCA101090g41422e−121phosphoglyceratekinase (AA 1-387)22456133218132786MCA1017842333140647814MCA100041233314027193444MCA100603g23306411.00E−22htrB233314034635241MCA100604g17881730aspartate tRNAsynthetase233314058227239MCA100606g40627765.00E−83ORF_ID: o245#1233314077018581MCA100608g15745341.00E−72protease, putative(sohB)233314089079644MCA100609g15242173.00E−47hypothetical proteinRv09452333140995610741MCA100610g414243.00E−45ORF4 (AA 1-197)23331403197133044MCA100705g17889538.00E−983-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase23331401088211415MCA101509g15736538.00E−53DNA-3-methyladenineglycosidase I (tagI)23331401149212220MCA101510g30463222.00E−69O-acetylserinesynthase; CysE223331401268613213MCA101511g30463241.00E−24unknown23331401372016956MCA101513g9408860DNA polymerase IIIholoenzyme alphasubunit23331401715118281MCA101514g15733673.00E−93conserved hypotheticalprotein23331401866919625MCA101515g17997252.00E−69similar to [SwissProtAccession NumberP39199]23331401987020970MCA101516g1162959e−123homologous to HI0365in Haemophilusinfluenzae; ORF123331402106221676MCA10151723331402173522844MCA101518g1531668e−122AarC23331402299623775MCA101519g41553683.00E−53putative23331402384425085MCA101520g1573338e−117histidyl-tRNAsynthetase (hisS)23331402520326036MCA101521g15733391.00E−12conserved hypotheticalprotein23331402614527266MCA101522g18055718.00E−33serine/threonineprotein kinase (EC2.7.1.—)23331402740728831MCA101523g1788858e−153putative GTP-bindingfactor23331402894129570MCA101524g26339781.00E−30ribonuclease H23331402968330894MCA101525g16947832.00E−671pxB23331403111731638MCA101526g17876024.00E−11orf, hypotheticalprotein2333140136480MCA10188323331408821604MCA10188924332483142331823MCA101434g10462418.00E−16orf1424332482562829158MCA101438g16515490Transcription-repaircoupling protein mfd24332482415125353MCA101439g16850805.00E−30TolB24332482283623243MCA101441g11038611.00E−17TolR24332482211522702MCA101442g11038601.00E−37TolQ24332481768421622MCA101443g15746280ATP-dependent helicase(hrpa)24332481592016918MCA101445g23146612.00E−13lipase-like protein24332481469815579MCA101446g18401549.00E−3636 kDa protein24332481351914589MCA101447g41559891.00E−12putative24332481238313468MCA101448g23146587.00E−25conserved hypotheticalintegral membraneprotein24332481133111747MCA101450g17877092.00E−32orf, hypotheticalprotein24332481056011324MCA101451g31927026.00E−28gp1924332483260233087MCA101505g17900343.00E−36orf, hypotheticalprotein2433248994010167MCA101507g16283681.00E−08gepA243324854716674MCA101512g4377005.00E−39traN243324899350MCA102008243324810191525MCA102009243324815262998MCA102010243324829984413MCA102011243324870228038MCA102014g27648609.00E−16gene 13243324880498252MCA102016243324883138672MCA10201724332482325324080MCA102018243324886749030MCA102026243324890309377MCA10202824332483101331210MCA10202924332483223232447MCA10203025311478301147MCA100008g37761116.00E−32thioredoxin25311473593MCA100009g4548413.00E−7925311472978630031MCA100048g15189271.00E−32ferredoxin25311472929829753MCA100049g15189262.00E−45protein forlipopolysaccharidecore synthesis25311471227113725MCA100080g42000422.00E−81exopolyphosphatase253114747515011MCA100380g6632692.00E−13BolA253114726164289MCA100381g26267532.00E−58sulfate transporter253114714322072MCA100384g17862441.00E−36orf, hypotheticalprotein253114763977359MCA100487g10528268.00E−97phosphate bindingprotein253114775548459MCA100488g15742151.00E−70phosphate ABCtransporter, permeaseprotein (pstC)253114785399348MCA100489g423979.00E−76phoT (pstA) geneproduct (aa 1-296)2531147951610262MCA100490g17901627.00E−94ABC transporter, high-affinity phosphate-specific25311471049611182MCA100491g17865996.00E−64positive responseregulator for phoregulon25311471138212201MCA100492g32827756.00E−53histidine proteinkinase PhoR253114751105892MCA100803g16532856.00E−19hypothetical protein25311471459015696MCA10145325311471671017657MCA101456g27661953.00E−15putative permease BhiE25311471774218020MCA101457g24155452.00E−19permease protein25311471833819156MCA101458g15748067.00E−65spermidine/putrescineABC transporter25311471944920102MCA101459g45395764.00E−10putative morphologicaldifferentiation-associated protein25311472069621667MCA101461g18813138.00E−80similar to alkanalmonooxygenase alphachain25311472181022436MCA101462g17888446.00E−70uracilphosphoribosyltransferase25311472397825966MCA101464g15746510DNA ligase (lig)25311472599026874MCA10146525311472760428056MCA101467g17889735.00E−48small protein B25311472835829119MCA101468g4789861.00E−47NADPH-flavinoxidoreductase25311471576616581MCA101993g13602161.00E−06ORF YLL031c26342792457524982MCA100071g17877092.00E−33orf, hypotheticalprotein26342792382224559MCA100072g31927024.00E−32gp1926342792592228576MCA100506g31927040gp2126342793050130830MCA100508263427930378MCA100640g15742562.00E−24H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI142226342797751820MCA100642g151524.00E−31alpha gene (pot.P4-specific DNA primase)(AA 1-777)263427937474175MCA100645263427947245230MCA100647263427957157454MCA100648g37030765.00E−08putative terminaselarge subunit26342792532425890MCA100871g31927036.00E−26gp20263427977728620MCA101290g15743655.00E−78H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI1523263427987268929MCA101291263427989969613HCA10129226342791103011218MCA10129526342791136212360MCA101296g41266112.00E−21ORF2526342791282813169MCA10129726342791315313626MCA10129926342791362313979MCA10130026342791400714438MCA10130126342791452114868MCA10130226342791494315191MCA10130326342791524715624MCA10130426342791573319257MCA101305g23928382.00E−07unknown26342791935019622MCA101306g22323632.00E−09lambda phage M tailcomponent homolog26342792263423014MCA10130926342792306923783MCA101409g31927011.00E−44gp18263427942814589MCA101760263427953845770MCA10176226342793091731486MCA10178526342791252512812MCA10179326342791014110902MCA101809g31722644.00E−12major head subunit;gp1726342792157522135MCA10193226342792209822577MCA101933263427974327626MCA101935263427952275397MCA102035274832838984593MCA10005627483282308024003MCA100073g34828822.00E−81unknown274832811791733MCA100106274832818822790MCA10010727483284343945661MCA100173g17862393.00E−52organic solventtolerance27483281847018898MCA100206g23140293.00E−33conserved hypotheticalprotein27483281895719259MCA100207g32283851.00E−10DsrC27483281960819982MCA100208g6062797.00E−14ORF_f12827483282028022904MCA100209g1789433e−171adenylylating enzymefor glutaminesynthetase27483283972840198MCA100292g416113.00E−53GreA protein27483284022040582MCA10029327483284090741812MCA100294g4403778.00E−14297 amino acidspeptide, unknownfunction27483284195443224MCA100295g17862381.00E−28survival protein27483281308013841MCA100296g31927024.00E−33gp1927483281384514246MCA100297g10462415.00E−30orf1427483281518316646MCA100300g3192704e−126gp212748328936110777MCA100325g31926998.00E−13gp1627483281705718226MCA100681g32944786.00E−74putative integrase274832853435990MCA100784g156405.00E−36antirepressor proteingene (aa 1-300)274832876409283MCA100788g27648739.00E−27gene 18.127483281090411236MCA10079027483281134111730MCA10079127483281181412479MCA100792g31927014.00E−32gp1827483282478225846MCA101267g21050658.00E−71hypothetical proteinRv3629c27483282592626549MCA101268g34068295.00E−40glutathione-s-transferase homolog27483282671428057MCA101269g17897682.00E−93uroporphyrinogen IIImethylase; sirohaemebiosynthesis27483282852730197MCA101270g2565334e−175sulfite reductase27483283040331599MCA101271g1799660e−141aspartateaminotransferase (EC2.6.1.1)27483283213632504MCA101273g17880771.00E−27orf, hypotheticalprotein27483283287134085MCA101274g451651e−139carbamoyl phosphatesynthetase lightsubunit27483283423135126MCA101275g17810742.00E−41mrr27483283521835517MCA10127627483283564836154MCA101277g15732883.00E−39conserved hypotheticalprotein27483283621239451MCA101278g17503870carbamoylphosphatesynthetase largesubunit274832816901878MCA10131527483284647947453MCA101401g45452433.00E−43unknown27483281456115130MCA101644g31927031.00E−17gp2027483284751948194MCA101706g45452444.00E−34unknown274832866006881MCA101849274832830713532MCA101900274832836253816MCA10190127483282349MCA10190228496173319534376MCA100162g1573560e−173elongation factor Tu(tufA)28496173452335461MCA100163g1787114e−103thioredoxin reductase28496172982030191MCA100230g1489853.00E−59StrA28496173031530785MCA100231g15735686.00E−60ribosomal protein S7(rpS7)28496173094833044MCA100232g415170elongation factor G28496177621895MCA100242g1647599.00E−17alanine: glyoxylateaminotransferase284961720473519MCA100244g1573675e−137aminoacyl-histidinedipeptidase (pepD)284961736194347MCA100245g7465132.00E−23D1022.428496173560736643MCA100342g31721175.00E−84acyl-CoA dehydrogenase28496173664437420MCA100343g29094483.00E−31fadE528496173784338634MCA100344g17859006.00E−30shikimatedehydrogenase28496173874739349MCA10034528496173935040180MCA100346g16515394.00E−074-amino-4-deoxychorismate lyase.28496171439517115MCA100440g34146970lactoferrin bindingprotein B; LbpB28496172251423227MCA100449g3414695e−135unknown28496174037341422MCA100670g15734313.00E−63conserved hypotheticalprotein28496174143842034MCA100671g33285932.00E−29Thymidylate Kinase28496174225443129MCA100672g15732214.00E−76dihydrodipicolinatesynthetase (dapA)28496174353144238MCA100673g17888201.00E−80phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamidede synthetase28496174428744583MCA100674g12619322.00E−22hypothetical proteinRv2230c28496174496446457MCA100675g38754e−161anthranilate synthase28496174787148461MCA100677g14205859.00E−23ORF YOR259c284961745614887MCA100806g40627586.00E−28Hypothetical proteinHI1355284961751715995MCA100807g17785775.00E−38similar to H.influenzae 284961770027334MCA100810g5369521.00E−32phnA gene product284961774018669MCA100811g557262e−141glutamate 1-semialdehyde 2,1-aminomutase2849617898711776MCA100812g17862870preproteintranslocase; secretionprotein28496171195212248MCA10081328496171245313913MCA100961g40337292.00E−92apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase28496171730220301MCA101127g34146880lactoferrin bindingprotein A; LbpA28496172215822340MCA10112928496172339024286MCA101130g38610354.00E−53unknown28496172434125198MCA101131g1542312.00E−57p-aminobenzoatesynthase component I28496172589127114MCA101133g2384564e−115beta-ketoacyl-ACPsynthase I28496174316643477MCA10176528496172763828825MCA101786g39248243.00E−18cDNA ESTs D37429,D34381, yk370a12.5,and yk370a12.328496172030621928MCA101788g34146890unknown284961762606820MCA101859g8878483.00E−16ORF_o3262849617237524MCA10190529669863544138304MCA100016g1544170DNA repair enzyme29669865966760365MCA100045g17700573.00E−25glutamate racemase29669862652727261MCA100088g5518271.00E−50phosphatidylserinedecarboxylase29669866255162976MCA100100g26216093.00E−35peptide methioninesulfoxide reductase29669863281033283MCA100164g18711771.00E−32unknown protein29669863218832637MCA100165g17903204.00E−29orf, hypotheticalprotein29669863151332049MCA100166g15743952.00E−41dethiobiotin synthase(bioD-2)29669863064131438MCA100167g15743962.00E−26biotin synthesisprotein, putative296698637604908MCA100170g150277e−144major anaerobicallyinduced outer membraneprotein296698675788528MCA100196g1788007e−108phenylalanine tRNAsynthetase, alpha-subunit2966986858710980MCA100197g17880060phenylalanine tRNAsynthetase, beta-subunit29669863762616MCA100310g25848710nitric oxide reductase29669866307363813MCA100362g15732896.00E−48conserved hypotheticalprotein29669866396864921MCA100363g17365172.00E−86ORF_ID: o337#12;similar to [P44167]29669866501165925MCA100364g17882682.00E−60orf, hypotheticalprotein29669862757927932MCA100376g17731503.00E−10hypothetical 14.8 kdprotein29669862812629346MCA100377g1574398e−134adenosylmethionine-8-amino-7-oxononanoateaminotransfer29669862945130593MCA100378g15743973.00E−948-amino-7-oxononanoatesynthase (bioF)29669863845338947MCA100569g15732163.00E−41single-stranded DNAbinding protein (ssb)29669864125841935MCA100572g10671663.00E−67inner membrane protein296698667687145MCA100655g29835023.00E−12hypothetical protein29669865691658574MCA100693g18420570electron transferflavoprotein-ubiquinoneoxidoreductase29669865545456770MCA100694g17874615.00E−88enzyme in alternatepath of synthesis of5-aminolevulin29669865350954726MCA100696g5572591.00E−18orf3296698656786376MCA100697g18061804.00E−13hypothetical proteinRv071229669865251552949MCA100698g5572583.00E−09hemM29669865171952480MCA100699g9689279.00E−37orfY gene product29669865011151057MCA100701g147379e−122phosphoribosylpyrophosphatesynthetase (EC2.7.6.1)29669864953450058MCA100957g40626311.00E−11Cytochrome b56129669862358725704MCA100973g9397242.00E−99putative sensorkinase; regulatoryprotein29669862183222698MCA100974g581757e−110cysteine synthase29669862112221790MCA100975g41551849.00E−19putative29669861903120455MCA100977g17891485.00E−69putative enzyme29669861727718389MCA100979g15731951.00E−82ATP-dependent RNAhelicase (deaD)29669861419116212MCA100981g1789147e−144(p)ppGpp synthetase I(GTPpyrophosphokinase)29669861328014149MCA100982g4667732.00E−57formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase29669861163711894MCA100984g16574961.00E−21hypothetical protein29669866138562110MCA101336g31322531.00E−33ORF529669861113111412MCA101783g14351993.00E−26IhfA29669864914249360MCA10178729669866062060838MCA10179129669864196242651MCA101800g11742368.00E−30CycJ29669864742548129MCA101884g4673279.00E−49unknown29669863358333888MCA101885g11964814.00E−10unknown protein29669863423934529MCA101888g17785543.00E−20HI0034 homolog29669863482435239MCA101893g13037917.00E−15YqeJ296698628403361MCA101894g26332731.00E−30similar tohypothetical proteins29669863925240400MCA101895g17894167.00E−91putativesynthetase/amidase29669864281443641MCA101896g150508e−103lipoprotein29669864383644480MCA101897g15527741.00E−37hypothetical29669864451545558MCA101898g1573615e−121ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein29669864578146777MCA101899g20727129.00E−14mtrB29669865893959568MCA10205029669862080221026MCA10205129669861222513193MCA10205530589095703258390MCA100109g4062412e−165Hypothet. 51.7 kdprotein in dnaJ-rpsUinteregenic region.30589094455045806MCA100235g17996342.00E−97NADH dehydrogenase Ichain N (EC 1.6.5.3)30589094799149715MCA100331g15744240arginyl-tRNAsynthetase (argS)30589094697347773MCA100332g2904464.00E−31ferredoxin NADP+reductase305890910642329MCA100463g436156e−127GTPase required forhigh frequencylysogenization305890925023320MCA100464g6061155.00E−55dihydropteroatesynthase305890933694094MCA100465g17893154.00E−34orf, hypotheticalprotein30589095601456754MCA100615g11838398.00E−73unknown30589095429255815MCA100616g148179e−131threonine deaminase30589095306454086MCA100617g44888e−153NgoPII restriction andmodification30589095262453001MCA100618g6063341.00E−30ORF_o13330589095219052600MCA100619g11478121.00E−23red cell-type lowmolecular weight acidphosphatase30589095100852030MCA100620g1454314.00E−49unidentified readingframe II305890943925996MCA100757g44839e−139pilB gene product (AA1-521)30589094597046683MCA100785g15735615.00E−96membrane protein30589096854MCA100838g15737237.00E−63heat shock protein(htpX)30589093921039746MCA101072g17886172.00E−81NADH dehydrogenase Ichain I30589093979440300MCA101079g17886162.00E−32NADH dehydrogenase Ichain J305890963407718MCA101157g2804454e−131C. elegansadenosylhomocysteinase(SW: P27604)3058909833311554MCA101159g35231350transferrin bindingprotein A; TbpA30589091259014125MCA101161g35231280unknown30589091440316520MCA101164g35231290transferrin bindingprotein B; TbpB30589091743218442MCA101166g15909238.00E−21conserved hypotheticalprotein30589091872219336MCA101167g38612199.00E−47unknown30589091937520268MCA101168g16519623.00E−80hypothetical protein30589092234323683MCA101170g1574303e−128mrsA protein (mrsA)30589092385824490MCA101194g16533899.00E−50pyridoxamine 5-phosphate oxidase30589092481425410MCA101195g40633813.00E−27periplasmic chaperoneprotein30589092543825635MCA101196g15732603.00E−08mercuric ion scavengerprotein (merP)30589092582426192MCA101197g32737352.00E−32NADH dehydrogenasechain A30589092678527447MCA101199g17886246.00E−87NADH dehydrogenase Ichain B30589092761929301MCA101200g17886220NADH dehydrogenase Ichain C, D30589093056831590MCA101202g6827653.00E−74mccB30589093196532180MCA101203g3496352.00E−19NADH dehydrogenasesubunit30589093319233647MCA101205g3496363.00E−46NADH dehydrogenasesubunit30589093377035029MCA101206g1799645e−152NADH dehydrogenase Ichain F (EC 1.6.5.3)30589093507038009MCA101207g4090130NADH dehydrogenasesubunit30589093820239188MCA101208g1788618e−123NADH dehydrogenase Ichain H30589094044040736MCA101211g17996394.00E−22NADH dehydrogenase Ichain K (EC 1.6.5.3)30589094074642596MCA101212g17886140NADH dehydrogenase Ichain L30589094262244157MCA101213g1799637e−148NADH dehydrogenasechain 4 (EC 1.6.5.3)30589093226233029MCA10196631657925710158057MCA100214g12366312.00E−69SfhB31657925817358838MCA100215g21043295.00E−19yfiH31657925895559695MCA100216g15730581.00E−62conserved hypotheticalprotein31657923144932228MCA100281g40080343.00E−82enoyl-(acyl-carrierprotein) reductase31657923237333071MCA100282g15735533.00E−91ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase (dod)31657923343033732MCA10028331657923378834507MCA10028431657923461335137MCA100286g29593348.00E−17hypothetical protein31657924454746088MCA100350g1790041e−1532,3-bisphosphoglycerate-indpndntphosphoglyceratemutase31657924632947333MCA100351g29833652.00E−42carboxyl-terminalprotease31657925993962041MCA100406g1573258e−178potassium/copper-transporting ATPase,putative31657926218962968MCA10040731657926313763424MCA100408g17871087.00E−14orf, hypotheticalprotein31657926349465749MCA100409g459720URF 231657923421250MCA100493g17877996.00E−40orf, hypotheticalprotein316579253667711MCA100687g424810pyruvate, waterdikinase316579281228934MCA100688g10016275.00E−16hypothetical protein3165792919411455MCA100689g4062515e−117Hypothetical proteinHI011531657921203012881MCA100691g17876065.00E−96orf, hypotheticalprotein31657923538036765MCA100702g4155857e−162fumerase31657923710140302MCA100703g39287234.00E−77putative ABCtransporter31657924155841968MCA100706g41546311.00E−26bacterioferritincomigratory protein31657924231043617MCA100707g15730800conserved hypotheticalprotein31657921382714018MCA100733g17788257.00E−21major cold shockprotein CspA31657923307733430MCA10077531657924745048073MCA100793g31427292.00E−62response regulator31657924827348530MCA100794g26320003.00E−22RpsT protein31657924882049518MCA100795g12039357.00E−08coded for by C.elegans cDNA yk86b10.531657924976652474MCA100796g5252020DNA topoisomerase(ATP-hydrolysing)31657925249953179MCA100797g5578445.00E−19orf, len: 234, CAI:0.2631657925391955553MCA100799g8825894.00E−61CG Site No. 847;alternate gen namednaP, parB31657925598656600MCA100800g15731346.00E−31lipoprotein, putative31657923065131190MCA100907g29810821.00E−51GTP-cyclohydrolase31657922883830289MCA100908g40626235.00E−91Novobiocin resistance-related protein Nov31657922710028536MCA100909g28943976.00E−25TphA protein31657922635426986MCA100911g27086573.00E−57ribose-5-phosphateisomerase31657922519526139MCA100912g17871003.00E−43putative surfaceprotein31657922391025004MCA100913g17892734.00E−39orf, hypotheticalprotein31657922226223656MCA100914g142309e−179glutamine synthetase31657925322653429MCA10179831657922151121816MCA10183531657921739018373MCA101836g16534222.00E−06hypothetical protein31657922095521458MCA101838316579216042059MCA101861g26884977.00E−13carboxypeptidase,putative316579224443820MCA101862g1907384e−160soluble pyridinenucleotidetranshydrogenase316579241904996MCA101866g17879952.00E−61orf, hypotheticalprotein31657921424016021MCA101867g1651441e−107MsbA protein.31657921849019170MCA101868g5616915.00E−40LpsA31657921919719931MCA101873g15736521.00E−55lipopolysaccharidebiosynthesis protein31657921999820750MCA101874g15736524.00E−56lipopolysaccharidebiosynthesis protein31657921310313522MCA101875g30624.00E−413-dehydroquinatedehydratase32629095074552567MCA100340g26239692.00E−56putative peptidyl-prolyl cis-transisomerase32629094900050580MCA100341g425950purH gene product32629094292848531MCA100348g16666831.00E−45hsf gene product326290983518881MCA100498g15745702.00E−61conserved hypotheticalprotein32629091010311257MCA100501g1789311e−157methionineadenosyltransferase 132629091189512551MCA100503g40626891.00E−56heterocyst maturationprotein (devA) homolog32629091258113813MCA100504g17873622.00E−62putative kinase326290965667315MCA100649g17732052.00E−22similar to H.influenzae HI0735326290960256510MCA100650g17867361.00E−52peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase B(rotamase B)326290940725826MCA100651g1574816e−175glutaminyl-tRNAsynthetase (glnS)326290926343977MCA100652g38501103.00E−60rrm3-pif1 helicasehomolog326290910162038MCA100654g399213.00E−75glyceraldehyde-3-phosphatedehydrogenase (AA 1-335)32629095435354796MCA100831g15733493.00E−38conserved hypotheticalprotein32629095487456076MCA100832g1788879e−169putativeaminotransferase32629095625656636MCA100833g17888783.00E−55orf, hypotheticalprotein32629095675257066MCA100834g15733452.00E−30conserved hypotheticalprotein32629095776759620MCA100836g1573342e−135heat shock protein(hscA)32629095973260067MCA100837g39255146.00E−39ferredoxin32629096069362453MCA100839g32616573.00E−97ggtB32629095711457557MCA100980g17999354.00E−17similar to [P36540]32629091412614635MCA10106632629091753917940MCA101071g21144705.00E−46transposase homolog A32629092160522480MCA101075g17888192.00E−68orf, hypotheticalprotein32629092257023385MCA101076g10013667.00E−39hypothetical protein32629092608626817MCA101080g23673077.00E−9532629092750929122MCA101082g23673095.00E−89orf, hypotheticalprotein32629092917029628MCA101083g16530858.00E−26adeninephosphoribosyltransferase32629095348054157MCA10120432629093151432173MCA101329g11104412.00E−27hypothetical product32629093228134587MCA101330g2906422.00E−80ATPase32629093541337533MCA101332g1574581e−127penicillin-bindingprotein 1B (ponB)32629094089841815MCA101337g23672081.00E−56methylase for 50Sribosomal subunitprotein L1132629094186542068MCA101338g27733162.00E−12small DNA bindingprotein Fis32629096269262907MCA101380g24072335.00E−23similar to Haemophilusinfluenzae U3279632629095273553004MCA101444g5357095.00E−26HU protein32629091963520612MCA10177332629092682627470MCA10177632629092995430133MCA101904g17880765.00E−10orf, hypotheticalprotein32629093017031093MCA101910g18000201.00E−54similar to [P37768]32629093986140532MCA101911g488959.00E−10acid phosphatase32629091520916036MCA101913g26490172.00E−16conserved hypotheticalprotein32629091641417027MCA101914g16529525.00E−30transposase32629092071221326MCA101917g2445015.00E−42esteraseII = carboxylesterase{EC 3.1.1.1}32629092494525550MCA101919g24072353.00E−81manganese superoxidedismutase326290991149776MCA102048g10014101.00E−07hypothetical protein32629091148311827MCA10204933635636240562632MCA101035g23140315.00E−10conserved hypotheticalprotein33635635694858870MCA101040g26232584.00E−45putative secretedprotein33635632176623691MCA101136g27654518.00E−61nitrate/nitritesensory protein33635633827MCA101560g20987637.00E−67ThiI33635633168131896MCA101587g393123.00E−08barstar (AA 1-90)336356314092644MCA101680g16847343.00E−41ORF396 protein336356337494354MCA101682g17863182.00E−61putative carbonicanhdrase (EC 4.2.1.1)336356345698282MCA101683g19112430alpha-subunit ofnitrate reductase336356383479879MCA101684g27654550respiratory nitratereductase beta subunit3363563990710644MCA101685g27654561.00E−40putative chaperone33635631071911384MCA101686g27654572.00E−63respiratory nitratereductase gammasubunit33635631187212597MCA101688g27654586.00E−39NifM protein33635631274113922MCA101689g15742879.00E−70molybdopterinbiosynthesis protein(moeA)33635631393115273MCA101690g15745454.00E−46molybdenum ABCtransporter, permeaseprotein (modB)33635631534916047MCA101691g9732142.00E−49ModA33635631615716573MCA101692g8992211.00E−26potential molybdenum-pterin-binding-protein33635631665917036MCA101693g10012131.00E−26molybdopterin (MPT)converting factor,subunit 233635631712217355MCA101694g16733091.00E−09hypothetical protein33635631737517827MCA101695g41855482.00E−27molybdenum cofactorbiosynthesis protein C33635631852019008MCA101697g420092.00E−50moaB33635631925719745MCA101698g17903455.00E−20orf, hypotheticalprotein33635631984920817MCA101699g15745261.00E−73molybdenum cofactorbiosynthesis protein A(moaA)33635632109921722MCA101700g27654501.00E−57nitrate/nitriteregulatory protein33635632402725301MCA101702g2765452e−100nitrate extrusionprotein33635632532226662MCA101703g2765453e−131nitrate extrusionprotein33635632676727003MCA101704g435937.00E−25IS1016-V633635632710127838MCA101705g12568352.00E−37moeB gene product33635633082431012MCA101707g393126.00E−08barstar (AA 1-90)33635633190832282MCA101708g5325285.00E−15ribonuclease precursor33635634451344764MCA10191233635635934260850MCA101915g17726223.00E−30HecB33635636328663563MCA10191634890475480756590MCA100174g29843234.00E−67hypothetical protein34890477275173173MCA100188g17885222.00E−25possible subunit ofheme lyase34890476443265214MCA100272g17997118.00E−72pseudouridylatesynthase I (EC4.2.1.70)34890476407864287MCA100273g1424597.00E−25initiation factor 134890471626018866MCA100326g16512690Leucine-tRNA ligase(EC 6.1.1.4).34890476783468322MCA100327g15737756.00E−27conserved hypotheticalprotein34890476860469926MCA10032934890477010372067MCA100330g1174237e−175CycK348904782189123MCA100410g1420863e−140oligopeptidepermease3489047934911319MCA100411g14208590oligopeptidepermease34890471146211734MCA100412g18175287.00E−13component protein ofadhesin complex34890471211712434MCA100413g18175281.00E−14component protein ofadhesin complex34890473128832337MCA100432g3212213e−120H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI1126.134890473088631281MCA100623g32122148.00E−48H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI1127348904735734214MCA100666g15739066.00E−96H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI0882348904746216105MCA100667g14208600oligopeptidepermease348904761097032MCA100668g1420861e−145oligopeptidepermease348904770818115MCA100669g1420862e−163oligopeptidepermease34890472654128064MCA100734g29843192.00E−95Na (+): solute symporter(Ssf family)34890472490125710MCA100736g15130825.00E−67ATPase34890472332824365MCA100738g17866068.00E−89S-adenosylmethionine: tRNAribosyltransferase-isomerase34890472206323202MCA100739g1573209e−147tRNA-guaninetransglycosylase (tgt)34890472028021854MCA100740g5369582.00E−74yjdB gene product34890471901019351MCA100742g15730527.00E−15conserved hypotheticalprotein34890477217672649MCA100857g9297911.00E−22periplasmic or innermembrane associatedprotein34890476081761410MCA101043g3127085.00E−41miaE34890475935660669MCA101044g17906098.00E−39orf, hypotheticalprotein34890475790658931MCA101045g15737047.00E−40conserved hypotheticalprotein34890475682857394MCA101047g33284303.00E−71Deoxycytidinetriphosphate deaminasefamily protein34890475298553889MCA101051g26365492.00E−22similar tohypothetical proteins34890475171252935MCA101052g2166284.00E−52UbiH (VisB)34890475050551353MCA101053g17878807.00E−32putative transportprotein34890474810550117MCA101054g148182e−177rep helicase34890474673747753MCA101056g5370054.00E−58ORF_f33734890477479675440MCA101231g45201347.00E−73adenylate kinase34890477886780283MCA101233g38611639.00E−742-acylglycerophosphoethanolamineacyltransferase34890478208083144MCA101235g15737001.00E−28conserved hypotheticalprotein34890478549388297MCA101238g15736992.00E−69conserved hypotheticalprotein34890474529745752MCA101341g17900383.00E−37protein export;molecular chaperone34890474470445165MCA101342g413004.00E−46dUTPase (dut)34890474424344665MCA101343g29842881.00E−33acetylglutamate kinase34890474344444199MCA101344g24620491.00E−14hypothetical protein34890474270043350MCA101345g17636196.00E−19potassium channelalpha subunit34890473988540328MCA101347g428486.00E−32ribosome protein L9(aa 1-149)34890473964139865MCA101348g15735305.00E−29ribosomal protein S18(rpS18)34890473922439610MCA101349g428452.00E−35ribosomal protein S6(aa 1-131)34890473644737520MCA101351g17892721.00E−96tetrahydrofolate-dependentaminomethyltransferase34890473575136128MCA101352g17892718.00E−40carrier of aminomethylmoiety via lipoylcofactor34890473262835462MCA101353g3048920gcvHP34890472877730564MCA101356g3212231e−141TonB-dependentreceptor, putative34890477326174523MCA10153234890474582046071MCA101632g38607687.00E−16glutaredoxin 334890476209063166MCA101727g19222762.00E−15porin34890472592726316MCA101860g45450965.00E−09unknown34890473804338363MCA101920g40627563.00E−08Hypothetical proteinHI144634890476638467498MCA101922g1420975e−130aspartate semialdehydedehydrogenase34890475751057803MCA10206134890474032859MCA102062g29831635.00E−07outer membrane protein c348904731643520MCA10206334890473849638981MCA10206834890471306114095MCA102070g44568074.00E−07hypothetical protein34890474080441724MCA10207234890474191142456MCA102073g17901493.00E−12orf, hypotheticalprotein35961096360363740MCA100010g36030609.00E−11ribosomal protein L3635961096388264673MCA100011g6093336.00E−61orf27235961097811275MCA100095g17890195.00E−25orf, hypotheticalprotein35961093147931784MCA100151g1490644.00E−07insb (putative);putative35961091667917584MCA100238g15742779.00E−55geranyltranstransferase(ispA)35961091548416293MCA100239g1468645.00E−60A/G-specific adenineglycosylase35961091439914971MCA100241g13141603.00E−20mitochondrial nuclease3596109330551MCA100571g11738422.00E−20acyl carrier protein35961099169993600MCA100613g15741990threonyl-tRNAsynthetase (thrS)35961091800818937MCA100723g15744003.00E−612-hydroxyaciddehydrogenase35961091917322007MCA100724g17862450probable ATP-dependentRNA helicase35961092372925783MCA100726g26959590fadH35961096487965883MCA100851g21984962.00E−51B1306.06c protein35961096845368746MCA100854g1440525.00E−18outer membrane protein A35961096909269673MCA100855g15736973.00E−46conserved hypotheticalprotein35961096993771532MCA100856g7906119.00E−63unknown35961097205572594MCA100858g21605202.00E−32ORF1; similar to Ecoli L2808235961097277873755MCA10085935961097386074870MCA100860g32575052.00E−32homocysteine S-methyltransferase35961098964890142MCA100884g2904496.00E−45initiation factor 335961098658088901MCA100886g1790622e−148putative enzyme35961098385285201MCA100889g2558473e−124Na-translocating NADH-quinone reductasealpha-subunit35961098264183837MCA100890g1573123e−138NADH: ubiquinoneoxidoreductase,subunit B (nqrB)35961098184882621MCA100891g25584752.00E−42Na-translocating NADH-quinone reductasegamma-subunit35961098120781806MCA100892g15731252.00E−71NADH: ubiquinoneoxidoreductase, Natranslocating35961098054281147MCA100893g25584772.00E−78Na-translocating NADH-quinone reductasesubunit 535961097928780495MCA100894g1573127e−164Na-translocating NADH-quinone reductasebeta-subunit35961092211723637MCA100915g1001214e−134hypothetical protein359610924114147MCA100916g17862650acetolactate synthaseIII, val sensitive,large subunit359610941684656MCA100917g17862666.00E−44acetolactate synthaseIII, val sensitive,small subunit359610948355848MCA100918g2529237e−125acetohydroxy acidisomeroreductase359610959606370MCA100919359610967186918MCA100920g44543614.00E−22cold shock protein,CSPA359610971637651MCA100921g15732842.00E−42crossover junctionendodeoxyribonuclease(ruvC)359610978528388MCA100922359610984849779MCA100923g32983361.00E−65NorM35961091000011088MCA100924g15746925.00E−58cell division protein(ftsW)35961091135712736MCA100925g15746911.00E−75UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine--D-glutamate ligase35961091293813273MCA100926g27353247.00E−44PII-protein35961096609566631MCA100978g33233047.00E−13glpG protein, putative35961092672427458MCA101006g4738233.00E−85‘methionineaminopeptidase’35961092768730377MCA101007g39257e−153uridylyl transferase35961093051031373MCA10100835961093270833978MCA101010g17887833.00E−40putative prophageintegrase35961093523336276MCA10101235961093639837465MCA10101335961093754737858MCA10101435961093785538175MCA10101535961095659557344MCA101109g15736764.00E−56integrase/recombinase(xerC)35961093963739939MCA10148635961094005740410MCA10148735961094546746231MCA101490g15732422.00E−36ribonuclease BN (rbn)35961094659846957MCA101491g34936053.00E−30Trp repressor bindingprotein35961094718547616MCA10149235961094886049144MCA101494g1496883.00E−32htpA35961094927350910MCA101495g4992060GroEL35961095113051963MCA101496g17891921.00E−74prolipoproteindiacylglyceryltransferase35961095199052829MCA101497g22582802.00E−97thymidylate synthase35961095285653290MCA101498g6656431.00E−28dihydrofolatereductase35961095341354426MCA101499g15731283.00E−47lipoprotein, putative35961095457955025MCA10150035961095511556281MCA101501g2166281.00E−35UbiH (VisB)35961095764758471MCA101503g17902424.00E−80diaminopimelateepimerase35961095874859965MCA101504g1929094e−110LysA protein35961096061261766MCA101506g14058805.00E−83acetate kinase35961096233463320MCA101508g1574131e−127phosphateacetyltransferase(pta)35961092613926477MCA101763g25649774.00E−09hypothetical protein35961094183743138MCA101842g10331203.00E−15ORF_o46935961098573086452MCA101876g8366469.00E−64phosphoribosylformimino-5-aminoimidazolecarboxamide35961098924389524MCA101877g427422.00E−11rimI protein (AA 1-161)35961097501175493MCA101878g40625705.00E−374-hydroxyphenylacetate3-monooxygenase (EC1.14.13.3)35961097573377289MCA101881g17875977.00E−94putative pump protein(transport)35961097765179135MCA101882g15739490catalase (hktE)35961093818538586MCA10193035961094076241004MCA102021g23130861.00E−08DNA primase (dnaG)35961094319643354MCA10202235961099518195342MCA10207836924079123391847MCA100081g26354371.00E−27similar to protease IV36924075009250511MCA100085g15742833.00E−53ribosomal protein L13(rpL13)36924074969650073MCA100086g2418673.00E−44ribosomal protein S9homolog = rpsI369240770887378MCA100136g28655281.00E−13mono-heme c-typecytochrome ScyA369240777488335MCA100137g5168783.00E−35cytochrome c4preprotein36924071410715696MCA100530g581070e−144acyl coenzyme Asynthetase36924071253113733MCA100531g15739782.00E−83DNA/pantothenatemetabolismflavoprotein (dfp)36924071100112140MCA100532g551299e−106Na+/H+ antiporter36924071602517620MCA100708g581070e−166acyl coenzyme Asynthetase36924071791918623MCA100709g10796636.00E−79RNase PH36924071863419089MCA10071036924071990820546MCA100712g4368812.00E−34outer membranephospholipase A36924072057921427MCA10071336924072138721977MCA10071436924072197422960MCA10071536924072295723763MCA10071636924078161589MCA100752g29843607.00E−71thiamine biosynthesis,thiazole moiety369240717613098MCA100753g29601587.00E−59hypothetical proteinRv3734c369240732435234MCA100754g15747310methionyl-tRNAsynthetase (metG)369240755716977MCA100755g41206e−132cysteinyl-tRNAsynthetase36924076178863133MCA100840g1788963e−156GTP-binding exportfactor36924076335664015MCA100842g17881094.00E−20orf, hypotheticalprotein36924076418664992MCA100843g17894374.00E−43bacitracin resistance36924076531465850MCA100844g38511825.00E−14unknown36924076594266205MCA10084536924076624467065MCA100846g3963755.00E−644-hydroxybenzoate-octaprenyl transferase36924076736268897MCA100847g1449339e−137pitB36924076929469974MCA100848g6063749.00E−53ORF_f23136924077036570850MCA100849g15740672.00E−34conserved hypotheticalprotein36924077098271563MCA100850g4971272.00E−55RNase T36924073885739717MCA100927g43767825.00E−12CT391 hypotheticalprotein36924074091441549MCA100929g38609285.00E−25ABC transporter ATP-binding protein36924074206144601MCA100931g15738740ATP-dependent Clpprotease, ATPasesubunit (clpB)36924074551745870MCA100933g15742792.00E−28stringent starvationprotein B (sspB)36924074589146442MCA100934g429986.00E−33SSP (AA1-212)36924074664347320MCA100935g26423631.00E−39cytochrome c136924074739548567MCA100936g2642362e−133cytochrome b36924074859749166MCA100937g26423614.00E−48Fe-S protein36924078897290090MCA101033g3053866.00E−21recombination protein36924078197182912MCA101037g13778682.00E−47cbb3-type cytochrome coxidase CcoP subunit36924077160272657MCA101086g3868712e−114dihydroorotase36924077285574180MCA101087g15745830argininosuccinatesynthetase (argG)36924077439774897MCA10108836924077504975960MCA101089g36439962.00E−30putative regulatoryprotein36924077698378173MCA101091g1522104.00E−68nitrogen fixationprotein fixG36924077961780960MCA101093g1552601e−179FixNd36924078106481636MCA101094g10028793.00E−56CcoO36924078310384722MCA101097g15746300CTP synthetase (pyrG)36924078489385729MCA101098g4235471e−1142-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphooctonatealdolase36924078582387097MCA101099g1789141e−156enolase36924078721087455MCA101100g17891054.00E−08orf, hypotheticalprotein36924078762188316MCA101101g15736733.00E−36conserved hypotheticalprotein36924073998040804MCA101148g38609274.00E−24unknown36924075902160271MCA101153g429131.00E−58ORF 45 peptide (AA 1-400)36924075508158941MCA101154g429141.00E−59SbcC (AA 1-1048)36924075115252987MCA101156g5814630homologous to E. coligidA36924073535636111MCA101172g16514452.00E−42SmtA protein.36924073398635242MCA101173g12453472.00E−43AlgI36924073068831161MCA101176g27658352.00E−29hypothetical protein36924072919430474MCA101177g31328891.00E−62WaaA36924072646928985MCA101178g1574460e−160aminopeptidase N(pepN)36924072554226057MCA101179g6630681.00E−26PAL369240785949688MCA1012723692407967610008MCA10129436924072407424832MCA10184836924073628137267MCA10185036924073743238508MCA101851g38609261.00E−08unknown36924076077561569MCA101909g17889642.00E−15orf, hypotheticalprotein36924078168781869MCA10192836924075334154315MCA10194436924075450454968MCA10194537996296976770210MCA100038g17184886.00E−34FabZ37996297027571039MCA100039g17863783.00E−77UDP-N-acetylglucosamineacetyltransferase37996297143272897MCA100082g1573742e−119sodium-dependenttransporter, putative37996297648978342MCA100169g25993402.00E−40protein-disulfidereductase37996295137652041MCA100276g28655303.00E−30cytochrome cmaturation protein B37996297329474871MCA100290g142301e−168cytochrome d subunitIa37996297491376046MCA100291g17869542.00E−99cytochrome d terminaloxidase polypeptidesubunit II37996296617268571MCA100323g1552754e−123hypothetical protein37996296864369560MCA100324g15739362.00E−56UDP-3-O-(3-hydroxymyristoyl)-glucosamine N-acyltransfer37996293362234110MCA100374g15746691.00E−31thioredoxin, putative37996293201433450MCA100375g1573139e−105amino acid carrierprotein, putative379962926925811MCA100461g4388540envD homologue; ORFB379962958847308MCA100564g31841903.00E−77OprM379962983089618MCA100566g10612602.00E−68putative protein3799629997311343MCA100567g1788397e−165orf, hypotheticalprotein37996291139112323MCA100568g23142726.00E−88cytosine specific DNAmethyltransferase(BSP6IM)37996292532MCA100700g17863935.00E−27orf, hypotheticalprotein37996295647157733MCA100776g1651420e−145Serine-tRNA ligase (EC6.1.1.11)37996295795159921MCA100777g23671770transketolase 1isozyme37996296011960835MCA100778g34174481.00E−67UMP kinase37996296095061501MCA100779g34174491.00E−63ribosome recyclingfactor37996296159862323MCA100780g17863715.00E−54orf, hypotheticalprotein37996296252263199MCA100781g12623325.00E−39CDP-diglyceridesynthetase37996296335864560MCA100782g17863693.00E−85putative ATP-bindingcomponent of atransport system37996296458465951MCA100783g15527538.00E−83hypothetical37996293492335243MCA100789g1423043.00E−52ferredoxin I379962912692564MCA100852g5323101.00E−6142 kDa protein37996292694230208MCA101055g23670960isoleucine tRNAsynthetase37996298328884046MCA101084g17891403.00E−18orf, hypotheticalprotein37996293048431758MCA101163g4062560e−147Uracil transportprotein37996293869240539MCA10125637996294049941389MCA10125737996294322346123MCA101259g15742250valyl-tRNA synthetase(valS)37996294620747085MCA101260g303628e−161MboI methyltransferase A37996294709347932MCA101261g303629e−151MboI endonuclease37996294793748755MCA101262g303630e−145MboI methyltransferase C37996295079551373MCA101265g460242.00E−25helA37996292643726910MCA101360g1513483.00E−35signal peptidase II37996292574926177MCA101361g1513492.00E−26ORF14937996292442625547MCA101362g18351141.00E−95homoserine O-acetyltransferase37996292302923605MCA101364g40622596.00E−14Sel-1 protein37996292047922755MCA101365g3089420major outer membraneprotein37996291860020063MCA101366g387200IMP dehydrogenase37996291732618006MCA101368g31353217.00E−33putativethiol: disulfideinterchange proteinprecursor37996291565316846MCA101369g453298.00E−97homoserinedehydrogenase37996291481315373MCA101370g17902961.00E−55orf, hypotheticalprotein37996291391714735MCA101371g6060866.00E−72ORF_f28637996297873080198MCA101417g1418860acetaldehydedehydrogenase II37996298040381914MCA101418g2635246e−118similar tosodium/proton-dependent alaninecarrier prot37996298237282926MCA101419g33228621.00E−33Tp70 protein37996298404984567MCA10142137996299844498752MCA101422g2166363.00E−21ribosomal protein L2137996298537786027MCA101423g41020102.00E−38putative transposase37996298609386667MCA101424g45122242.00E−26Similar to IS1301 ofNeisseria meningitidis37996298695588568MCA101426g17474910alxA37996298857389919MCA101427g16850994.00E−56HSDS37996299115894300MCA101429g16851000HSDR37996299438195240MCA101430g17865186.00E−66putativeoxidoreductase37996299528795940MCA101431g15747335.00E−72NAD(P)H-flavinoxidoreductase37996299605197094MCA101432g13039642.00E−70YqjM37996299736698229MCA101433g1502336.00E−30nahR protein precursor37996299882099074MCA101440g2166372.00E−28ribosomal protein L2737996291307913333MCA101463g15189276.00E−28ferredoxin37996291343913879MCA101466g15754833.00E−23LporfX37996291233413065MCA101598g41556379.00E−79putative37996295392454736MCA101923g7650962.00E−94heat-shock sigmafactor37996293626837779MCA101924g1787309e−103putative virulencefactor37996293799438530MCA101929g40798288.00E−45N-acetyl-anhydromuramyl-L-alanine amidase37996294147442911MCA101936g2633081e−119similar to 2-oxoglutarate/malatetranslocator37996294879949662MCA101938g5807267.00E−63Portion ofhypothetical protein37996295212152933MCA101939g35133563.00E−39hypothetical protein37996298993091132MCA10200238947508281983559MCA100037g15731623.00E−71tRNA (guanine-N1)-methyltransferase(trmD)38947508373684065MCA100220g18000118.00E−36ribosomal protein L1938947508419584599MCA100221g1450638.00E−31two-subunit pilinprecursor38947503836239300MCA10028738947503936840069MCA100288g397053.00E−27fimC38947503741338177MCA100301g15733114.00E−49conserved hypotheticalprotein38947503635137259MCA100302g17862087.00E−49putative regulator38947504352043906MCA100403g10550717.00E−33C23G10.2 gene product38947504010642352MCA100405g147345e−140primosomal protein n'38947506011360MCA100435g26338261.00E−30similar tohypothetical proteins389475014012000MCA100436g10017471.00E−40alkaline phosphatase-like389475024333071MCA100437g15746974.00E−12cell division protein(ftsQ)389475031434201MCA100438g27385885.00E−23cell division protein38947507770778381MCA100467g10798079.00E−42RstA38947507917980048MCA100469g17426484.00E−37Sensor protein RstB(EC 2.7.3.—).38947508183382078MCA100471g15731643.00E−25ribosomal protein S16(rpS16)38947508228882782MCA100472g15731637.00E−26conserved hypotheticalprotein38947502964030077MCA100521g41642243.00E−55ferric uptakeregulator38947503026931297MCA100522g1514907.00E−90twitching motilityprotein38947503172032301MCA100523g4548387.00E−51ORF 6; putative38947503236433974MCA100524g1653472e−120NH(3)-dependent NAD(+)synthetase38947502525827037MCA100546g27350930ubiquitous surfaceprotein A 238947502719828070MCA100547g26776321.00E−66methionine regulatoryprotein MetR38947502833028986MCA100548g17997103.00E−47dedA protein38947507042971286MCA100628g6691119.00E−79alternate atpB CDS38947507134771586MCA100629g15734621.00E−14ATP synthase F0,subunit c (atpE)38947507168372144MCA100630g5818144.00E−30uncF (AA 1-156)38947507216072699MCA100631g483369.00E−26uncH (AA 1-177)38947507274974284MCA100632g17901720membrane-bound ATPsynthase, F1 sector,alpha-subunit38947507437275238MCA100633g17901713.00E−96membrane-bound ATPsynthase, F1 sector,gamma-subunit38947507569477103MCA100635g15734570ATP synthase F1,subunit beta (atpD)38947507718877586MCA100636g15734562.00E−16ATP synthase F1,subunit epsilon (atpC)38947504239943304MCA100808g17887711.00E−66orf, hypotheticalprotein38947502386724892MCA101243g1573514e−106O-sialoglycoproteinendopeptidase (gcp)38947502900529400MCA101264g10331131.00E−11ORF_o113389475046735742MCA101528g2165093.00E−82cell division proteinfstZ389475058666756MCA101529g15742351.00E−42conserved hypotheticalprotein389475077678792MCA101531g440089e−137RecA3894750969911027MCA101533g3876615e−112Similar to Yeast D-lactate dehydrogenase(SW: DLD1_YEAST)38947501105011592MCA10153438947501167412723MCA10153538947501283813641MCA101536g15730291.00E−27conserved hypotheticalprotein38947501366714434MCA101537g17891771.00E−42putative enzyme38947501467615545MCA101538g1574480e−1012,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine-2-carboxylate N-succinyltransf38947501683017747MCA101540g15729713.00E−93lipoate biosynthesisprotein A (lipA)38947501826919222MCA101542g17866812.00E−89ferrochelatase: finalenzyme of hemebiosynthesis38947501995621070MCA101544g16522229.00E−44hypothetical protein38947502126123480MCA101545g10306960isocitratedehydrogenase38947504419746308MCA101565g15746009.00E−78guanosine-3′,5′-bis (diphosphate) 3′-pyrophosphohydrolase38947504669346932MCA101566g15746021.00E−14DNA-directed RNApolymerase, omegachain (rpoZ)38947504703847643MCA101567g2904982.00E−505′ guanylate kinase38947504781648742MCA101568g216456e−110hypothetical 34.8 Kprotein(PIR: JE0403)38947504885350493MCA101569g1789259e−124ssDNA exonuclease,5′-> 3′ specific38947505058951176MCA101570g2904962.00E−33o22338947505134652017MCA101572g29842723.00E−19hypothetical protein38947505251953892MCA101574g23408150L-2,4-diaminobutyrate: 2-ketoglutarate 4-aminotransferase38947505405155967MCA101575g4454667e−134methyltransferase38947505599558601MCA101576g44546680restrictionendonuclease38947505865260190MCA101577g8933550L-2,4-diaminobutyratedecarboxylase38947506027862041MCA101578g472402e−128UVR excinucleasesubunit C38947506222362858MCA101579g15735522.00E−44phosphoglycolatephosphatase (gph)38947506319963741MCA10158038947506388964746MCA101581g17863371.00E−42putative tRNAsynthetase38947506477265185MCA101582g17863384.00E−43dnaK suppressorprotein38947506533566003MCA101583g8825621.00E−23icc gene product38947506616066916MCA101584g15733803.00E−27conserved hypotheticalintegral membraneprotein38947506696767674MCA101585g17365011.00E−47Sulfate transport ATP-binding protein CYsA.38947506770068140MCA101586g17904807.00E−20putative regulator38947506947169878MCA10158838947507526775602MCA10168138947506854669241MCA101853g17881643.00E−16putative adhesin38947503430134576MCA10189038947503567436312MCA10189238947508782789506MCA101940g4093650urocanase38947508960191106MCA101941g151274e−164histidine ammonialyase(hutH) precursor(gtg start codon (E. C.4.3.1.3)38947509163492272MCA101942g1492045.00E−35histidine utilizationrepressor G38947509257593723MCA101946g4106576e−109ORF9, highly similarto imidazolonepropionate hydrolase38947501565816503MCA101947g22859191.00E−13K5L + K6L389475068167307MCA101948g13216186.00E−1638947508020981537MCA101953g34022751.00E−51EnvZ protein38947508500787612MCA101955g23670970aconitate hydrase B391008487919079684MCA100004g18356031.00E−3015 kDa protein391008487757578220MCA100013g490952.00E−47triosephosphateisomerase391008483356034450MCA100033g17869843.00E−38putativetranscriptionalregulator LYSR-type391008481605017411MCA100152g154205e−139phosphomannomutase391008483800739128MCA100236g15745582.00E−27conserved hypotheticalprotein391008483914940258MCA100237g17907137.00E−15orf, hypotheticalprotein391008481332414526MCA100260g17880924.00E−39putative aminoacid/amine transportprotein391008481458615035MCA100261391008481509115930MCA100262g17731714.00E−38similar to M.tuberculosisMTCY277.09391008483612337547MCA100305g2984771e−101PhpA391008483462535815MCA100306g409800e−132tyrosineaminotransferase391008488911589381MCA100389g4290561.00E−26ribosomal protein S15391008488960791682MCA100390g36503640polyribonucleotidenucleotidyltransferase391008489182792300MCA100391g29593364.00E−46hypothetical protein391008489253292957MCA100392g11008765.00E−19hypothetical OrfY391008489296993382MCA100393g17895382.00E−08orf, hypotheticalprotein391008489346794066MCA100394g17895401.00E−06putative periplasmicprotein391008482841129109MCA100525g416383.00E−64PufX protein391008483003030761MCA100527g17420828.00E−54Internalin B391008483089532214MCA100528g537059e−129ORF_f447391008483230233378MCA100529g29169602.00E−46chaA391008489436394614MCA100761g4156614.00E−14putative; ORF3391008489462195874MCA100762g415662e−141UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase391008489599296555MCA100763g26360058.00E−43ATPphosphoribosyltransferase391008489682098121MCA100764g2983343e−101histidinoldehydrogenase391008489822599295MCA100765g4403463.00E−99histidinol phosphateaminotransferase3910084899499100359MCA100766g29840791.00E−41fumarate hydratase(fumarase)391008487979681271MCA100801g1789560e−128transcription pausing;L factor391008488143984168MCA100802g38508310initiation factor IF2-alpha391008488654886931MCA100804g6061072.00E−17P15B391008488696487845MCA100805g15747482.00E−54tRNA pseudouridine 55synthase (truB)391008486799769420MCA100815g717082e−139glutamyl-tRNAsynthetase391008486974470682MCA100816g423188.00E−73orfB391008487074271092MCA100817391008487124673027MCA100818g8408422.00E−81penicillin-bindingprotein 3391008487320774637MCA100819g15746882.00E−74UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-tripeptide synthetase(murE)391008487475576140MCA100820g17862749.00E−76D-alanine: D-alanine-adding enzyme391008487620977270MCA100821g1574690e−105phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase E391008481895919780MCA100862g17891442.00E−46orf, hypotheticalprotein391008481992020072MCA100863g9732084.00E−09unknown391008482036821621MCA100864g36503603.00E−58polynucleotideadenylyltransferase391008482208922535MCA100865g15730124.00E−302-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine-pyroph391008482276923563MCA100866g39708122.00E−743-methyl-2-oxobutanoatehydroxymethyltransferase391008482357624412MCA100867g8546072.00E−64putative pantoate —beta-alanine ligase391008482455625401MCA100868g41383643.00E−59ORF284391008482546026035MCA100869g44674032.00E−23hsdS protein (AA 1-410391008482623526776MCA100870g41556044.00E−16putative391008482917329787MCA100902g6063197.00E−2027 kD protein inECDAMOPRA39100848155772MCA100959391008487871221MCA1009603910084822872865MCA100962g17894093.00E−18orf, hypotheticalprotein3910084830884974MCA100963g41763810topoisomerase IVsubunit3910084850745685MCA100964g26226433.00E−33imidazoleglycerol-phosphate synthase3910084856926273MCA100965g386673.00E−57hisB3910084865097017MCA100966g414742.00E−43fms3910084871478805MCA100967g18000212.00E−69DNA repair proteinRecN3910084888599404MCA100968g17893171.00E−30orf, hypotheticalprotein3910084894289826MCA100969g17893181.00E−23orf, hypotheticalprotein39100848990110368MCA100970391008481048310698MCA100971g17898811.00E−15orf, hypotheticalprotein391008481077511650MCA100972g26458003.00E−62site-specificrecombinase391008481794718870MCA100983g17812411.00E−99cysK391008482738627973MCA100985g18140741.00E−34DsbA391008484030741437MCA101057g16575733.00E−49hypothetical protein391008484149141649MCA101058391008484166342544MCA101059g17731362.00E−52acyl-coA thioesteraseII391008484289245303MCA101060g1573755e−124glycerol-3-phosphateacyltransferase (plsB)391008484543446276MCA101061g33725371.00E−61UTP-glucose-1-phosphateuridylyltransferase391008484636947937MCA101062g927386e−163glucose-6-phosphateisomerase391008484836848901MCA101063g35599501.00E−20UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase391008484959849843MCA101064391008485033150846MCA101065391008486488265763MCA101402g26614424.00E−80YafJ391008486280563572MCA101404g386742.00E−91cyclase391008486214462566MCA101405g17730992.00E−42probable riboflavinsynthase beta chain391008486154761969MCA101406g15747634.00E−17N utilizationsubstance protein B(nusB)391008486048061445MCA101407g23298401.00E−50thiamine-monophosphatekinase391008485973660230MCA101408g15747654.00E−19phosphatidylglycerophosphataseA (pgpA)391008485873559224MCA101410g27695744.00E−22methylase391008485662857614MCA101412g5807661.00E−54BepI modificationmethylase (AA 1-403)391008485468155580MCA101414g15738228.00E−37conserved hypotheticalprotein391008485265554490MCA101415g26540030glucosamine synthase391008485155552574MCA101416g1429254e−111UDP-glucose 4-epimerase391008481188613143MCA101479g1787337e−1093-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]synthase II391008488844788902MCA101792g9408021.00E−15outer membrane protein391008489393094229MCA101810391008485085551313MCA101869391008485635756563MCA101870391008486386364879MCA101871g30896164.00E−13homoserine kinasehomolog391008486576366659MCA101872391008487825978561MCA10212642642463783MCA100115g2905461.00E−07f135426429541610MCA100117g29600853.00E−15hypothetical proteinRv36614264217642642MCA101198g1542768.00E−96peptide chain releasefactor 2401192115016050753MCA100057g40627672.00E−34ZK688.3 protein401192115086551788MCA100058g13594741.00E−81homology to hydrolases401192115185252013MCA100059g5996065.00E−24rubredoxin4011921184138958MCA100065g43374461.00E−58ECORLD_ORF1; encodedby M30388 and Z29635401192111088811190MCA100146g15734182.00E−24conserved hypotheticalprotein401192111028210866MCA100147g15734192.00E−46recombination protein(recR)40119211906910181MCA100148g17881056.00E−35RNase D, processestRNA precursor40119211106690MCA100179g38610261.00E−13unknown401192116931781MCA100180g6061716.00E−92ORF_f3754011921118502371MCA100181g17428763.00E−28ORF_ID: o329#2; similarto [A40360]4011921126933697MCA100182g26347011.00E−61NAD (P) H-dependentglycerol-3-phosphatedehydrogenase4011921177788185MCA100367g1458922.00E−18biotin carboxylcarrier protein4011921164227750MCA100368g405541e−152biotin carboxylase4011921151396181MCA100369g17868812.00E−94putative ATP-bindingprotein in pho regulon4011921145444891MCA100370g17868804.00E−13orf, hypotheticalprotein401192112765128547MCA100431g151405e−111phaseolotoxinsensitive octase401192112634526839MCA100433g26322259.00E−15YkuD protein401192117655076939MCA100482g3049133.00E−26urf240119211114141114743MCA100510g2861767.00E−28negative regulator ofpyocin genes40119211115659116633MCA10051240119211116611117456MCA10051340119211117460118032MCA100514401192112230124235MCA100948g1574757e−143ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein401192112123022201MCA100949g18722072.00E−35HtrB homolog401192112079321170MCA100950g26346594.00E−42aspartate 1-decarboxylase401192111787018673MCA100952g10528306.00E−63indoleglycerolphosphate synthetase401192111678217798MCA100953g1437843.00E−42tryptophanyl tRNAsynthetase (EC6.1.1.2)401192111595516656MCA100954g4101318.00E−22ORFX7401192111528915762MCA100955g4101323.00E−14ORFX8401192111418215102MCA100956g15741285.00E−73conserved hypotheticalprotein401192117703277787MCA101016g15730171.00E−50tRNA delta(2)-isopentenylpyrophosphatetransferase401192117816178421MCA101017g10656273.00E−30yersinia multipleregulator401192117898279953MCA101019g17895884.00E−68putative isomerase401192118002080511MCA101020g23672026.00E−33orf, hypotheticalprotein401192118054581120MCA101021401192118117381667MCA101023g6061396.00E−15ORF_o185401192118169882408MCA101024g23177373.00E−87putative ABCtransporter ATP-binding protein401192118252886061MCA101025g27666930proline dehydrogenase401192118802989999MCA101028g11610593.00E−57protease401192119052292645MCA101031401192116057862242MCA101150g1574163e−112dihydrolipoamideacetyltransferase(aceF)401192114877350050MCA101214g154288e−1425-phosphoribosylglycinamidesynthetase401192114731748624MCA101215g30877379.00E−44ABC1 protein401192114403144555MCA101218g15730901.00E−48DNA polymerase III,epsilon subunit (dnaQ)401192114302443593MCA101220g3963353.00E−37No definition linefound401192114252242941MCA101221g17426953.00E−34Ferredoxin II.401192114060540901MCA101223g17875047.00E−22orf, hypotheticalprotein401192113867240519MCA101224g17997177.00E−74similar to [SwissProtAccession NumberP44246]401192113710737787MCA101226g38612316.00E−49unknown40119211114989115282MCA101355401192119278893711MCA101469g1573776e−104cell division protein(ftsY)401192119389794241MCA101470g23138032.00E−27methylated-DNA -protein-cysteinemethyltransferase401192119436295357MCA101471g478702.00E−94dihydroorotate oxidase401192119539295904MCA101472401192119597097439MCA101473g1788651e−171amidophosphoribosyltransferase = PRPPamidotransferase401192119799698835MCA101475g19441585.00E−36lytic transglycosylase4011921199306101294MCA101476g15928180uvrB40119211101328101969MCA10147740119211102078105977MCA101480g15747812.00E−44exodeoxyribonucleaseV, beta chain (recB)40119211106602108041MCA101482g31427273.00E−49exodeoxyribonuclease Vsubunit40119211108251109219MCA101483g38854401.00E−86yhdG homolog40119211109659110585MCA101484g1482755.00E−16Exonuclease VII largesubunit40119211111005111736MCA101485g20726994.00E−74pvdS40119211118395118646MCA10154140119211118082118393MCA101543401192115237553448MCA101589g151446e−112P-protein401192115350554374MCA101590g4100552.00E−43cyclohexadienyldehydrogenase401192115449555763MCA101591g2634678e−1015-enolpyruvoylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase401192115586256695MCA101592g19063674.00E−64hypothetical protein401192115672357088MCA101593g17894381.00E−10putative kinase401192115707957510MCA101594401192115781860442MCA101595g25642170pyruvate dehydrogenase(lipoamide)401192116259563365MCA101597g17893634.00E−78orf, hypotheticalprotein401192116771068651MCA101599g17887657.00E−77thiosulfate bindingprotein401192116904070197MCA101600g3978474e−115MetZ homolog401192117044871575MCA101601g1574510e−157ribonucleosidediphosphate reductase,beta chain (nrdB)401192117168171902MCA101602g17885682.00E−08orf, hypotheticalprotein401192117324474389MCA101604g4981703.00E−87carboxynorspermidinedecarboxylase401192117460275804MCA101605g10011253.00E−74hypothetical protein401192117595776511MCA101606g41554347.00E−36putative40119211112492112878MCA10177040119211112942113109MCA10177140119211118691119050MCA10177240119211119052119211MCA101774401192111872720568MCA101814g1418011.00E−83anthranilatephosphoribosyltransferase(EC 2.4.2.18)401192111138213633MCA101815g17995810ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase1 alpha (EC1.17.4.1)401192116353166164MCA101886g15739622.00E−39exodeoxyribonucleaseV, gamma chain (recC)401192114475745182MCA101959g15527841.00E−34ribonuclease H401192114539745936MCA101960g38613722.00E−09possibleprotoporphyrinogenoxidase (hemk)401192114603247180MCA101961g22933123.00E−21YtfP401192112487626252MCA101962g5982510outer membrane protein E401192112911429992MCA101964g29835725.00E−193-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]synthase III401192113137732036MCA101965g5808753.00E−59ipa-57d401192113213932588MCA101967g17889113.00E−35putative deaminase401192113267733342MCA101968g15741492.00E−50cytidylate kinase 1(cmkA)401192113359735186MCA101969g1651439030S ribosomal proteinS1.401192113550635781MCA101970g3996702.00E−16integration hostfactor beta subunit401192113635537032MCA101971g8050686.00E−56OMP decarboxylase401192113796938598MCA101972g26358982.00E−17similar tohypothetical proteins401192118641987177MCA1020594011921138114308MCA102109g10011236.00E−08hypothetical protein401192112443024660MCA102111401192113581236213MCA102116401192113037731330MCA10211741269223188318189049MCA100014g21819575.00E−43hypothetical proteinRv3300c412692237777379113MCA100035g1497570outer membrane proteinCD41269223255725256996MCA100036g882710e−118N-acetylglutamatesynthase4126922317642576MCA100054g15732762.00E−46pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase(proC)41269223195583196011MCA100074g10018294.00E−15hypothetical protein412692238205782719MCA100076g9876425.00E−49ribonuclease III412692237939980121MCA100078g17889171.00E−61pyridoxinebiosynthesis41269223127128128444MCA100098g4071863.00E−75DnaA protein41269223192138192839MCA100103g21083421.00E−89OmpR protein41269223191142192041MCA100104g17884996.00E−42orf, hypotheticalprotein41269223126337126468MCA100112g1476827.00E−16ribosomal protein L3441269223125896126168MCA100113g5814622.00E−13homologous to E. colirnpA41269223125582125788MCA100114g28981082.00E−159-10 kDa protein-like41269223193168195417MCA100121g1098475e−171region E; orf;homologous to E. colio622, U1899741269223254370255644MCA100131g1574371e−100glutamate permease(gltS)4126922341894955MCA100190g1473222.00E−77acetyl-CoA carboxylase412692234196843620MCA100198g23673840putative ATP-bindingcomponent of atransport system412692234080541419MCA100200g22317262.00E−41macrophage infectivitypotentiator41269223189796190944MCA100247g1789473e−107putative transportprotein41269223185949186641MCA100307g15741753.00E−4816s pseudouridylate516 synthase (rsuA)41269223184967185572MCA100308g31353215.00E−12putativethiol: disulfideinterchange proteinprecursor41269223183536184672MCA100309g13897592.00E−94DnaJ412692233791638281MCA100355g33232262.00E−21T. pallidum predictedcoding region TP089541269223227863230013MCA100365g3918390alpha-subunit of HDT41269223230052231215MCA100366g391840e−146beta-subunit of HDT412692233680337561MCA100439g14689397.00E−60meso-2,3-butanedioldehydrogenase (D-acetoin forming)412692233494236237MCA100441g1657503e−106similar to S. aureusmercury (II) reductase412692233381334805MCA100442g10018124.00E−72hypothetical protein412692233295233533MCA100443g17898192.00E−49orf, hypotheticalprotein41269223164675165019MCA100454g26353073.00E−08ysmA412692239467095482MCA100483g1573330e−120iron (chelated) ABCtransporter,periplasmic-bindingprot412692239548596356MCA100484g1573329e−115iron (chelated) ABCtransporter, ATP-binding prot (yfeB)412692239638797214MCA100485g1573328e−100iron (chelated) ABCtransporter, permeaseprot (yfeC)412692239727298081MCA100486g12454671.00E−87YfeD41269223231781232396MCA100534g23400071.00E−28YlbK protein41269223233066233581MCA100536g23425348.00E−45PAPS reductase41269223233689234591MCA100537g13224099.00E−89cysD41269223234772236025MCA100538g1322410e−100cysN41269223236187238250MCA100539g23672540DNA helicase412692236611468632MCA100556g1574437e−153cell division proteinFtsK-related protein412692236911469851MCA100558g26685992.00E−78ATPase412692237001170676MCA100559g17870888.00E−34arginine 3rd transportsystem periplasmicbinding prot412692237086871533MCA100560g7697942.00E−40artJ412692237571577502MCA100597g17903020putative GTP-bindingfactor412692237409075439MCA100598g1573640e−127UDP-N-acetylglucosaminepyrophosphorylase(glmU)412692237335674006MCA100599g4965421.00E−48OccM412692237172373317MCA100600g17870851.00E−36arginine 3rd transportsystem periplasmicbinding prot4126922328504010MCA100637g9713946.00E−27similar to Acc. No.D2618541269223176444178372MCA100657g606286e−158ORF_o63741269223179340180227MCA100659g17897525.00E−45orf, hypotheticalprotein41269223180371181150MCA100660g11850022.00E−47dihydrodipicolinatereductase41269223181240182331MCA100661g3042661.00E−45cystathionine beta-lyase41269223182445183365MCA100662g26343283.00E−89similar to sodium-dependent transporter41269223178416179237MCA100692g22933472.00E−12DnaJ412692233993140560MCA100773g4516521.00E−45unknown41269223244876245628MCA101070g41861182.00E−24type 4 prepilinpeptidase412692233031001MCA101092g41553491.00E−27phosphomethylpyrimidinekinase41269223129669130736MCA101112g1508802.00E−37putative412692238288783588MCA101125g17889218.00E−43leader peptidase(signal peptidase I)41269223111855112940MCA101128g1507081.00E−99[ribB] gene products41269223268513268884MCA101181g12240057.00E−40ORF2; sim. to N-terminalphosphoribosyl c-AMPhydrolase41269223268096268443MCA101182g12240066.00E−28ORF3; sim. to C-terminalphosphoribosyl c-AMPhydrolase41269223267596268026MCA101183g12240072.00E−18ORF441269223266565267230MCA101184g12240083.00E−59ORF5; mutations inthis gene affect theculture pH41269223264696266135MCA101185g25779635.00E−86YerD protein41269223263394264128MCA101187g1492056.00E−36histidine utilizationrepressor C (hutC)41269223260788261690MCA101189g15732368.00E−61conserved hypotheticalprotein41269223259547260607MCA101190g4139531.00E−87ipa-29d41269223258434259207MCA101191g4139524.00E−45ipa-28d412692234440244662MCA101279412692234563547095MCA101281g14981928.00E−54putative412692235266352923MCA101283g16529243.00E−10pterin-4a-carbinolaminedehydratase412692235308455264MCA101284g41763790topoisomerase IVsubunit412692235909559403MCA101288412692235960162384MCA101289g15738710DNA polymerase I(polA)41269223196489197751MCA101331g1417700citrate synthaseprecursor41269223250144254073MCA101372g17889090phosphoribosylformyl-glycine amidesynthetase41269223248757249935MCA101373g26328811.00E−41similar tobicyclomycinresistance protein41269223246950248584MCA101374g3220230e−135type IV pilus assemblyprotein TapB41269223245649246836MCA101375g30257021.00E−56pilus assembly proteinPilC41269223244092244709MCA101377g15739091.00E−33conserved hypotheticalprotein41269223240255243272MCA101379g1736781e−111Acriflavin resistanceprotein D.41269223239100239612MCA101381g5504604.00E−18membrane fusionprotein41269223128505129656MCA101382g456917.00E−61dnaN protein (AA 1-367)41269223131062133455MCA101384g416460gyrase B (AA 1-804)41269223133644135200MCA101385g15731860GMP synthase (guaA)41269223136888137169MCA101388g10016632.00E−16rare lipoprotein A41269223137351137692MCA101389g16521342.00E−23FKBP-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-transisomerase41269223137915139009MCA101390g29833143.00E−63ornithinedecarboxylase41269223139063140330MCA101391g17899964.00E−99alanine-alpha-ketoisovaleratetransaminase C41269223140389140727MCA101392g24072348.00E−26similar to H.influenzae U3283641269223140754141998MCA101393g1787438e−138D-amino aciddehydrogenase subunit41269223142379144201MCA101394g17904270thiamin biosynthesis,pyrimidine moiety41269223144333146159MCA101395g15740840ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein41269223146383147726MCA101396g2635428e−130argininosuccinatelyase41269223147971148915MCA101397g41666e−100porphobilinogendeaminase (AA 1-313)41269223149877150605MCA101399g15738754.00E−46conserved hypotheticalprotein412692233846038705MCA101530g425431.00E−13pspE protein412692233181532798MCA101546g10013404.00E−54hypothetical protein412692232803530956MCA101548g4377308e−118Zinc Metalloprotease(insulinase family)412692232668127871MCA101549g2367234e−107orf, hypotheticalprotein412692232587326463MCA101550g15730781.00E−36phosphatidylglycerophosphatesynthase (pgsA)412692232378124791MCA101552g16578630NAD repressor/NMNtransporter NadRp412692232325923432MCA101553g26360245.00E−09yvlC412692231978122992MCA101554g16578620glycyl-tRNA synthetasealpha subunit412692231883319485MCA101555g17871111.00E−42leucyl, phenylalanyl-tRNA-proteintransferase412692231741518665MCA101556g32840000serinehydroxymethyltransferase412692231682417255MCA101557g432311.00E−10chorismate-pyruvatelyase412692231479716386MCA101558g2662054e−171isocitrate lyase412692231247414624MCA101559g19063690hypothetical protein41269223865611007MCA101561g1651530e−160Ribonuclease e (EC3.1.4.—) (RNase E).4126922367667716MCA101563g15733855.00E−64conserved hypotheticalprotein4126922351166546MCA101564g4200042e−112exopolyphosphatase412692239164191808MCA101609g2089311.00E−16ORF16-lacZ fusionprotein412692238812988366MCA101611g13344804.00E−14unique orf412692238621686662MCA101614g15739063.00E−65H. influenzaepredicted codingregion HI0882412692238399785778MCA101615g15729600GTP-binding membraneprotein (lepA)412692238099581894MCA101618g15729571.00E−80GTP-binding protein(era)41269223175707176225MCA101619g5607235.00E−22Mip = 24 kda macrophageinfectivitypotentiator protein41269223174030174176MCA101621g18947745.00E−16rubredoxin41269223172917173972MCA101622g17890651.00E−42putativeoxidoreductase41269223171413172576MCA101623g21501082.00E−85periplasmic substratebinding protein41269223170503171255MCA101624g21501095.00E−61integral membraneprotein41269223169728170423MCA101625g489722.00E−64nitrate transporter41269223169168169497MCA101626g15745793.00E−30conserved hypotheticalprotein41269223167480168979MCA101627g30056907.00E−91gamma-glutamylcysteinesynthetase41269223165388166755MCA101629g1573076e−121conserved hypotheticalprotein41269223164248164496MCA101631g15737699.00E−08conserved hypotheticalprotein41269223153230153748MCA101633g15730228.00E−20heat shock protein(grpE)41269223151115153019MCA101634g25222640DnaK41269223198632198931MCA101637g22392471.00E−18SdhC protein41269223198958199290MCA101638g429245.00E−19succinatedehydrogenasehydrophobic subunit41269223199379201199MCA101639g32733450fumarate reductaseflavoprotein subunit41269223201300201977MCA101640g22392501.00E−96succinatedehydrogenase putativeiron sulphur subunit41269223202407205205MCA101641g3923202-oxoglutaratedehydrogenase41269223205326206555MCA101642g39283e−131succinyltransferase41269223206648208090MCA101643g151345e−155dihydrolipoamidedehydrogenase41269223212826214043MCA10164541269223214142215374MCA10164641269223216050218155MCA101648g1486983.00E−92prolyl endopeptidase41269223218735220828MCA101650g1573174e−147oligopeptidase A(prlC)41269223221075221800MCA101651g17870088.00E−40orf, hypotheticalprotein41269223221952222545MCA101652g8824833.00E−50ORF_o19741269223222757224055MCA101653g1773120e−105trigger factor41269223224295224885MCA101654g17731211.00E−84ATP-dependent Clpproteinase41269223224934226208MCA101655g1573717e−149ATP-dependent Clpprotease, ATP-bindingsubunit41269223123662125293MCA101656g45709e−133homologous to E. coli60 K41269223122095123465MCA101657g45710e−113homologous to E. coli50 K41269223121548121988MCA101658g421481.00E−46orf141269223120490121497MCA101659g5811474.00E−80orf2, homologue toB. subtilis ribG41269223119545120186MCA101660g1507073.00E−49riboflavin synthetasealpha subunit41269223118437119363MCA101661g33281554.00E−69methionyl-tRNAformyltransferase41269223117032118369MCA101662g15736207.00E−65sun protein (sun)41269223115305116708MCA101663g2160269e−153threonine synthase41269223114048115172MCA101664g15740142.00E−44DNA processing chain A(dprA)41269223113447114028MCA101665g23672101.00E−19orf, hypotheticalprotein41269223110508111677MCA101668g14600813.00E−85hypothetical proteinRv2559c41269223109304109822MCA101670g4023623.00E−15hypothetical protein41269223105340106233MCA101673g13548273.00E−67arginase41269223104054105262MCA101674g790956e−145ornithineaminotransferase41269223103248103808MCA101675g16283692.00E−10gepB41269223101499102242MCA101677g41548513.00E−72putative41269223100074101222MCA101678g15737612.00E−75conserved hypotheticalprotein412692239863899816MCA101679g1574452e−120tyrosyl tRNAsynthetase (tyrS)412692234400844328MCA10179441269223257352257930MCA10193141269223238243238896MCA10193441269223239645239932MCA10193741269223243516244079MCA101943412692234499345466MCA10195441269223186833187384MCA101958g423585.00E−21pepQ product, prolinedipeptidase41269223187980188180MCA101973g33223571.00E−08dnaK suppressor,putative41269223211262211762MCA101976g5297277.00E−09heme receptor412692235542756215MCA101978g17881258.00E−47putative enzyme412692235633757158MCA101979g41557623.00E−16putative412692235722758789MCA101980g15745920peptide chain releasefactor 3 (prfC)412692236272565282MCA101981g15741970DNA topoisomerase I(topA)41269223106832107182MCA10213241269223113110113376MCA102133g17880965.00E−11orf, hypotheticalprotein412692232485725618MCA102137g16513387.00E−08PnuC protein412692233124131690MCA10213841269223135356136573MCA10213941269223262656262982MCA10214341269223148933149691MCA102146g4962155.00E−12uropprphyrinogen-III-synthase41269223155575156525MCA10214741269223156368159940MCA10214841269223160109161479MCA10214941269223161476162411MCA10215041269223162428163453MCA10215141269223163450164040MCA102152


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TABLE 2











Locus ID
End
Locus ID
End









MCA1c0001
5′
MCA1c0005
5′



MCA1c0001
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0002
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0002
3′
MCA1c0039
3′



MCA1c0003
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0003
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0004
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0004
3′
MCA1c0009
5′



MCA1c0005
5′
MCA1c0001
5′



MCA1c0005
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0006
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0006
3′
MCA1c0033
5′



MCA1c0007
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0007
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0008
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0008
3′
MCA1c0012
3′



MCA1c0009
5′
MCA1c0004
3′



MCA1c0009
3′
MCA1c0030
5′



MCA1c0010
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0010
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0011
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0011
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0012
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0012
3′
MCA1c0008
3′



MCA1c0013
5′
ND




MCA1c0013
3′
ND




MCA1c0014
5′
ND




MCA1c0014
3′
ND




MCA1c0015
5′
ND




MCA1c0015
3′
MCA1c0026
5′



MCA1c0016
5′
MCA1c0019
3′



MCA1c0016
3′
ND




MCA1c0017
5′
ND




MCA1c0017
3′
ND




MCA1c0018
5′
MCA1c0038
3′



MCA1c0018
3′
MCA1c0021
3′



MCA1c0019
5′
ND




MCA1c0019
3′
MCA1c0016
5′



MCA1c0020
5′
ND




MCA1c0020
3′
ND




MCA1c0021
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0021
3′
MCA1c0018
3′



MCA1c0022
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0022
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0023
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0023
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0024
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0024
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0025
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0025
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0026
5′
MCA1c0015
3′



MCA1c0026
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0027
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0027
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0028
5′
MCA1c0029
3′



MCA1c0028
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0029
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0029
3′
MCA1c0028
5′



MCA1c0030
5′
MCA1c0009
3′



MCA1c0030
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0031
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0031
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0032
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0032
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0033
5′
MCA1c0006
3′



MCA1c0033
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0034
5′
MCA1c0036
3′



MCA1c0034
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0035
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0035
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0036
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0036
3′
MCA1c0034
5′



MCA1c0037
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0037
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0038
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0038
3′
MCA1c0018
5′



MCA1c0039
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0039
3′
MCA1c0002
3′



MCA1c0040
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0040
3′
ND
ND



MCA1c0041
5′
ND
ND



MCA1c0041
3′
ND
ND











[0147]


Claims
  • 1. A purified or isolated nucleic acid consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence that encodes the same UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase encoded by nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto.
  • 2. The purified or isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein said nucleic acid sequence consists essentially of nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto.
  • 3. A purified or isolated oligonucleotide consisting essentially of a fragment of a nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a sequence complementary thereto, wherein said oligonucleotide is at least 22 nucleotides in length.
  • 4. A recombinant construct comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the same UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase encoded by nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35, or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto, operably linked to a promoter.
  • 5. A method of making UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase of Moraxella catarrahalis comprising: obtaining a nucleic acid consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence that encodes the same UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase encoded by nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35; inserting said nucleic acid in an expression vector such that said nucleic acid is operably linked to a promoter; and introducing said expression vector into a host cell whereby said host cell produces the protein encoded by said nucleic acid.
  • 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising isolating the protein.
  • 7. The method of claim 5, wherein said nucleic acid sequence consists essentially of nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto.
  • 8. A method for constructing a host cell that expresses UDP-Nacetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase of Moraxella catarrahalis comprising introducing a recombinant construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the same UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase encoded by nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 into said cell.
  • 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said nucleic acid sequence consists essentially of nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto.
  • 10. A vector comprising the purified or isolated nucleic acid of claim 1
  • 11. The vector of claim 10, wherein the isolated nucleic acid is operably linked to a promoter.
  • 12. The vector of claim 11, wherein the vector is an expression vector.
  • 13. A cultured cell line comprising the vector of claim 10.
  • 14. A vector comprising the purified or isolated nucleic acid of claim 2.
  • 15. The vector of claim 14, wherein the isolated nucleic acid is operably linked to a promoter.
  • 16. The vector of claim 15, wherein the vector is an expression vector.
  • 17. A cultured cell line comprising the vector of claim 14.
  • 18. An isolated expression construct comprising nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35, which encodes UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase, or a nucleotide sequence fully complementary thereto, operably linked to a promoter.
  • 19. A purified or isolated nucleic acid consisting essentially of a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes under high stringency to nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 and which encodes UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase.
  • 20. A purified or isolated nucleic acid which hybridizes substantially over the entire length to nucleotides 11357 to 12736 of SEQ ID NO:35 or a sequence complementary thereto under the following conditions: 5×SSC with 1% SDS at 60° C.; and washing with 0.2×SSC with 0.1% SDS at either 45 C or 68° C. or 0.5M sodium phospahate (pH 7.2), 7% SDS, and 1 mM EDTA at 65° C.; and washing with 40 mM sodium phosphate, 1% SDS, 1 mM EDTA at 65° C.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/596,002, filed on Jun. 16, 2000, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/140,121, filed Jun. 18, 1999, both of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

Provisional Applications (1)
Number Date Country
60140121 Jun 1999 US
Continuations (1)
Number Date Country
Parent 09596002 Jun 2000 US
Child 10672787 Sep 2003 US