Full Size Repeat Insertions within the Rickettsia conorii Genes
| Gene name | Function | Phylogenetic distribution | Size (bp) | Location of repeat insertion | Structure data |
| RPE-1 | |||||
| coxB(RC0555) | Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide II | RPG--YOAE | 945 | 16..159 | 1OCC/Bos taurus |
| era (RC0158) | GTP-binding protein | RPG-SYO-E | 1017 | 10..144 | 1EGA/Escherichia coli |
| gltX (RC0966) | Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase | RPGCSYOAE | 1539 | 1006..1149 | 1GLN/Thermus thermophilus |
| gmk (RC1194) | Guanylate kinase | RPGC-YO-E | 687 | 19..126 | 1GKY/Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| hemC (RC0706) | Porphobilinogen deaminase | RPGC-YOAE | 1053 | 772..918 | 1PDA/Escherichia coli |
| kdtA(RC0118) | 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic-acid transferase | RP-C--O-- | 1392 | 147..290 | |
| mesJ(RC0067) | Cell cycle protein MesJ | RPGCSYO-- | 1434 | 625..768 | |
| mviN(RC0898) | Virulence factor MviN | RP-CSYO-- | 1665 | 6..149 | |
| pcnB(RC0015) | Poly(A)polymerase | RPGCSYO-E | 1308 | 120..263 | |
| rlpA(RC0537) | Rare lipoprotein A precursor | RP--SYO-- | 960 | 33..175 | |
| ssrA | tmRNA precursor | RPGCSYO-- | 474 | 78..223 | |
| truB(RC0665) | tRNA pseudouridine 55 synthase | RPGCSYOAE | 1035 | 784..927 | |
| ubiG(RC0965) | 3-demethylubiquinone-9 3-methyltransferase | RP------E | 867 | 148..291 | |
| uhiH(RC0848) | Ubiquinone biosynthesis protein | RP---Y--E | 1293 | 31..177 | |
| RC1039 | Split gene of mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase | -P---YOA- | 627 | 9..151 | |
| RC0071 | Unknown function | RP---YO-E | 1218 | 985..1128 | |
| RC0127 | Unknown function | --------- | 222 | 42..185 | |
| RC0183 | Unknown function | --------- | 1158 | 706..840 | |
| RC0209 | Unknown function | R-------- | 279 | 22..165 | |
| RC0659 | Unknown function | R-------- | 582 | 31..174 | |
| RC0675 | Unknown function | --------- | 225 | 18..162 | |
| RC0809 | Unknown function | RPGCSYO-- | 735 | 349..492 | |
| RC1172 | Unknown function | --------- | 345 | 18..161 | |
| RC1201 | Unknown function | --------- | 240 | 100..243 | |
| RPE-2 | |||||
| atpG(RC1236) | ATP synthase γ chain | RPG--YO-E | 969 | 622..726 | 1H8E/Bos taurus |
| ksgA (RC1022) | Dimethyladenosine transferase | RPGCSYOAE | 945 | 370..468 | 1YUB/Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| nuoC (RC0483) | NADH dehydrogenase I chain C | RPG--YOAE | 726 | 199..303 | |
| RC0698 | Unknown function | R-------- | 1002 | 100..201 | |
| RC0715 | Unknown function | R-------- | 753 | 299..374 | |
| RPE-3 | |||||
| envZ(RC0592) | Osmolarity sensor protein EnvZ | RP------- | 1437 | 34..149 | |
| lpxB(RC0440) | Lipid-A-disaccharide synthase | RP-C-YO-- | 1338 | 1138..1253 | |
| murD(RC0560) | UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanineD-glutamate ligase | RPGCSYO-- | 1500 | 796..917 | 1E0D/Escherichia coli |
| ptrB (RC0377) | Protease II | RPG------ | 2187 | 526..641 | 1QFM/Sus scrofa(pig) |
| RPE-4 | |||||
| RC0521 | Unknown function | --------- | 336 | 29..122 | |
| RC0679 | Unknown function | --------- | 1806 | 243..337 | |
| RPE-5 | |||||
| RC0340 | Unknown function | --------- | 171 | 45..165 | |
| rnpB | RNA subunit (M1 RNA) of ribonuclease P | RPGCSYOAE | 458 | 118..228 | |
| RPE-6 | |||||
| RC0614 | Unknown function | --------- | 387 | 198..334 | |
| RPE-7 | |||||
| RC1210 | Unknown function | --------- | 303 | 30..129 | |
| RR-1 | |||||
| RC1196 | Unknown function | --------- | 180 | 9..35 |
-
↵Abbreviations for the organism groups are as follows. R: Rickettsia (Rickettsia prowazekii); P: Proteobacteria (Escherichia coli K-12, Haemoplilus influenzae, Xylella fastidiosa, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Buchnera sp., Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and B, Helicobacter pylori 26695 and J99, Campylobacter jejuni); G: Gram positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus halodurans, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; C:Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia muridarum, Chlamydia pneumonia CWL029, AR39 and J138); S: Spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi, Treponema pallidum); Y: Cyanobacteria (Synechocystis); O: Other bacteria (Deinococcus radiodurans, Aquifex aeolicus, Thermotoga maritima); A: Archaea (Methanococcus jannaschii, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Archaeoglobus fulgidus, Halobacterium sp., Thermoplasma acidophilum, Pyrococcus horikoshii; Pyrococcus abyssi, Aeropyrum pernix); E: Eukaryotes (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster). When there is no homolog within an organism group, ‘-’ replaces the organism abbreviation.
-
↵Gene size without stop codon.
-
↵The repeat location is indicated by the base position within the gene.
-
↵Protein Data Bank identifiers and the organism names for the available structure data.
