Cloning and Characterization of EF-Tu and EF-Ts from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 1

Percent identity between P. aeruginosa EF-Tu and EF-Ts and the corresponding factors from other organisms.

Species	Evolutionary group	EF-Tu	EF-Ts
Rickettsia rickettsii	Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria	77	38
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria	79	43
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus	Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria	75	40
Helicobacter pylori	Proteobacteria; Epsilonproteobacteria	74	32
Campylobacter jejuni	Proteobacteria; Epsilonproteobacteria	72	31
Escherichia coli	Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria	84	55
Haemophilus influenzae	Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria	82	49
Chlamydia trachomatis	Chlamydiales/Verrucomicrobia group	67	29
Corynebacterium jeikeium	Actinobacteria	68	35
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Actinobacteria	72	31
Staphylococcus aureus	Firmicute; Bacilli; Bacillales	73	45
Streptococcus pneumoniae	Firmicute; Bacilli; Lactobacillales	68	35
Clostridium difficile	Firmicutes; Clostridia	73	45
𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑠^1	Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa	26	12
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi	26	14
Homo sapiens mitochondrial	Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa	37	19

1The protein corresponding to P. aeruginosa EF-Tu in eukaryotic cells is EF-1α, and the protein corresponding to EF-Ts that was used in the sequence analysis is EF-1β.