Comparative genomics study of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and ectoine relevant genes from Halomonas sp. TD01 revealed extensive horizontal gene transfer events and co-evolutionary relationships

Table 1 Putative PHA and ectoine relevant genes in the genome of Halomonas sp. TD01

	Enzyme	Gene	Accession Number^a	Calculated Molecular mass (kDa)^b	Calculated pI^b
PHA	Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase	phaC1	EGP20415	70	4.80
		phaC2	EGP19504	92	5.99
	Polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase	phaZ1	EGP20509	40	7.75
		phaZ2	EGP18355	33	4.80
		phaZ3	EGP19590	38	4.68
	Phasin	phaP	EGP20414	16	5.64
	Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis repressor	phaR	EGP21321	18	4.78
Ectoine	L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid acetyltransferase	ectA	EGP18461	21	4.94
	L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid transaminase	ectB	EGP18460	46	5.69
	Ectoine synthase	ectC	EGP18459	15	5.03
	Ectoine hydroxylase	ectD	EGP18127	36	5.35

^a, GenBank accession number.
^b, Molecular mass (kDa) and pI were calculated through ExPASy Proteomics server (http://web.expasy.org/compute_pi/).

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