Research Article

The O28 Antigen Gene Clusters of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dakar and Serovar Pomona Are Different

Table 1

Putative genes comprising the O antigen cluster of S. Dakar isolate S-1097.

ORFPosition in Sequence (nt)Length (bp)%G + C% DNA identitySpecies with the closest DNA identityAccession No.Protein length (aa)Similar proteinProtein FunctionSpecies with closest protein homolog% amino acid identityAccession No. of closest homolog

1105–1190108643.4699%S. enterica M269AF279620.1361RmlBdTDP-glucose 4,6 dehydrataseS. enterica serotype Dakar M26999%AAG09517.1
21190–208990050.0099%S. enterica M269AF279620.1299RmlDdTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductaseS. enterica serotype Dakar M26999%AAG09518.1
32137–300987343.34100%S. enterica M269AF279620.1290RmlAD-glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferaseS. enterica serotype Dakar M269100%AAG09519.1
43038–385381635.17100%S. enterica M269AF279620.1271Orf 2.9glycosyltransferaseS. enterica serotype Dakar M269100%AAG09520.1
53884–443555233.70100%S. enterica M269AF279620.1183RmlCdTDP-6-deoxy-D-glucose-3,5-epimeraseS. enterica serotype Dakar M269100%AAG09521.1
64428–482940332.0971%Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorumI PC1CP001657.1133FdtAdTDP-6-deoxy-3,4-keto-hexulose isomerasePectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum PC173%YP_003016883.1
74859–5962110433.4267%Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TTO1BX571875.1367FdtBaminotransferaseVibrio harveyi HY0161%ZP_01987033.1
85959–7224126632.9473% over 169 ntEnterobacter sakazakii strain NCTC 11467EU076545.1421WzxO-antigen flippasePectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum WPP1448%ZP_03830717.1
97231–8637140730.14none468putative glycosyltransferaseglycosyltransferaseFrancisella philomiragia subsp. philomiragia ATCC 2501533%ZP_04755635.1
108637–9932129630.32none431Wzyoligosaccharide repeat unit polymeraseRalstonia pickettii 12J29%YP_001898213.1
119922–1074982834.06none275glycosyltransferase family 2rhamnosyltransferaseE. coli ATCC 873932%YP_001724596.1
1211222–1075247135.8870%Shewanella denitrificans OS217156WcxM-like proteinacetyltransferase Providencia alcalifaciens DSM 3012069%ZP_03320663.1

Nt: nucleotides; bp: base pairs; aa: amino acids.