Table 1

Characteristics of Sme efflux transporters in S. maltophilia K279a

Systematic ID
Name
Known or putative regulation mechanism
Closest match to a known antimicrobial efflux protein

Smlt4474-4476
SmeABC
Two component regulator (SmeSR, Smlt4477-8)
S. maltophilia SmeABC [20]
Smlt4070-4072
SmeDEF
Tet-R type (SmeT, Smlt4073)
S. maltophilia SmeDEF [17,22]
Smlt1829-1833
SmeVWX
LysR type (Smlt1827)
51%, 56% and 48% amino acid identity, respectively, to P. aeruginosa MexEF-OprN [64]
Smlt2201-2202
SmeYZ
Two component regulator (Smlt2199-30)
44% and 59% amino acid identity, respectively, to AdeAB of A. baumanii [65]
Smlt3170-3171
SmeGH
TetR type (Smlt3169)
39% and 49% amino acid identity, respectively, to AcrAB of M. morganii [66]
Smlt3788-3787
SmeMN
?
<30% identity to other known antimicrobial efflux proteins
Smlt3925-3924
SmeOP
TetR type (Smlt3926)
<30% identity to other known antimicrobial efflux proteins
Smlt4279/4281
SmeIJK
?
41%, 50% and 44% amino acid identity, respectively, to MtdABC of E. coli [25]

Crossman et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R74   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-r74